Second Chance Rottweiler Rescue

Their contact data found in their Newsletter

Second Chance Rotweiler Rescue seeks to save Rottweilers from euthanasia and place them in good homes. They are a non-profit organization.

Links

• Their facts on Nonprofitfacts.com

Controversy

On August 6, 2014, it was reported in the SacBee that:

Eleven malnourished Rottweilers are recovering after the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office seized them last week from the Second Chance Rottweiler Rescue in Davis.

Capt. Larry Cecchettini said officers visited the facility on County Road 96 after receiving a tip from a volunteer. Inside, they found three dead dogs and 11 that were still alive but malnourished. All the dogs were taken as evidence in what Cecchettini described as an ongoing criminal investigation.

'“I think I should get my dogs back,” Elaine Greenberg, president and operator of Second Chance Rottweiler Rescue, said in a phone interview Tuesday [8/5/14] with The Davis Enterprise.' Commentators on Davisenterprise.com are quite opposed to this idea. The dogs that were taken are currently under care at Rotts Of Friends Animal Rescue in Woodland. Rotts Of Friends has the same street address as Yolo Canine Academy & 29 Palms Pet Resort, which has also attracted comments.

A few days later, a statement by the board was reported on locally, revealing that it was a board member of Second Chance Rotteiler Rescue who called authorities for assistance. The volunteer board member, a former law enforcement officer, discovered Elaine Greenberg, the president and caretaker for the dogs, to be in a disoriented state and the dogs starving and dying, despite a stock of premium dog food on hand. The board later removed Mrs. Greenberg and helped pay for the care of the dogs that were removed from their shelter.

On Friday, August 15, Greenberg’s body was found at about 1 p.m. inside her house in the 26000 block of County Road 96. The cause of her death was not immediately known.

Media Coverage

• News 10 Nick Monacelli reporting on this case
• Dead, starving dogs found at local animal rescue site, August 3rd, by Lauren Keene in the Davis Enterprise
• Rottweiler rescue operator speaks out, wants dogs returned, August 6th, 2014 by Lauren Keene in the Davis Enterprise
• Rottweiler rescue board ousts president, releases statement, August 10th, 2014 by Lauren Keene in the Davis Enterprise
• Rottweiler rescue founder dies in rural Davis home, August 17th, 2014 by Lauren Keene in the Davis Enterprise

2014-08-07 08:44:33   Don't donate, they are part of a criminal investigation. —ric.chaz

2014-08-07 17:52:12   This is very sad. Eileen saved and rehomed hundreds over 12 years. I am so saddened by this...something must of happened for this to occur...I do not believe this was a malicious act on her part. —Mahler