14 DAY TRIAL // Quite a while ago, an animal hospice known as Angela's Gate got significant public appraisal after both Martha Stewart and Oprah Winfrey spoke about how disabled and chronically ill animals were more than properly looked after by the people running this shelter.
As was to be expected, this much media attention translated into Angela's Gate starting to get ever more money from the general public, primarily because most American citizens wished to lend a helping hand in making life easier for the pets nurtured by this facility.
Still, soon after, green-oriented organization PETA decided to carry out an undercover investigation, and found that, contrary to what most people believed, the animals at Angela's Gate were forced to live in more than unfortunate conditions.
Given the fact that this pet shelter received considerable amounts of donations in order to provide for the animals under its care, it comes as no surprise that people soon started asking questions about where all the money had gone.
Ecorazzi informs us that, following this line of reasoning, New York's state attorney general saw fit to launch yet another investigation, this time focusing not on the animals, but on the money.
Apparently, it was soon discovered that Angela's Gate financial reports were “funny” to say the least.
It is expected that Susan Marino, the facility's chief executive, will appear in front of a court of law this following Monday, in order to face the charges filed against her by the state attorney general.
As well as this, the 30th of October will witness her being made to answer for the 22 counts of animal cruelty she has been charged with so far.
Naturally, Susan Marino denies both that she abused the animals in her care, and that she “toyed” with the donations she received from the public.
All in all, Angela's Gate is to at least temporarily shut down, seeing how, “These past two years have been hell.”
“We have an auditor who has been working with our bookkeeper to get our records up to date. We're late in filing, but there's been no misappropriation of funds. Every penny went for the animals' care,” Susan Marino told members of the press.