Marc Ching: Animal activist lied about dogs being saved from meat trade, pet being sodomized to make money
Famous vets and pet rescue workers have alleged that Hollywood's favorite animal welfare activist Marc Ching lied about dogs’ wounds to make extra bucks. He was accused of lying about rescued dogs as he claimed they were saved from the meat trade. The animals were in reality victims of road accidents, The Daily Mail reported. Besides, the 42-year-old also lied about an animal, which eventually became a poster dog for his firm and had an animal rights bill named after it, claiming it was sodomized, but the truth was it never faced any kind of assault.
These shocking revelations have reportedly been made by the Los Angeles Times in a report. In the report, a person identified as Sedna Moseley said that Ching, who founded Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation in Sherman Oaks, claimed in a charity post on Facebook that the poster dog - named Riley - that suffered acid burns on its face had also been sodomized. “He was burned with acid. Sodomized. Jaw shattered and broken in separate places,” the Facebook post from August 2017 stated.
Moseley, who worked as a veterinarian technician at Loma Linda Animal Hospital at the time, also noted that after Ching’s claims regarding the dog, two separate vets did medical tests on it and found sodomy claims were not true. Natalia Soto, one of the vets, who examined the pit bull mix, said to the Times that despite the medical tests report that stated that sodomy claims were false, it was time and again posted on social media. “I told them I never found any evidence that that happened,” she added. No rectal injuries were found on the dog, who died from injuries related to its abuse in January. “Marc didn't need to make up anything extra - the truth was more than horrifying. He used my dog to make money,” Moseley, who fostered Riley, told the Times.
Ching’s foundation has also been blamed for falsely saying in a 2016 social media post that eight dogs were rescued from a Thailand meat trade market. At the time, he even allegedly went on to say that one of the canines' limbs was cut off in a slaughterhouse. John Dalley, head of Thailand-based Soi Dog Foundation, confirmed to the Times that while handing over the dogs to the Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation, he told Ching they were not victimized by the meat trade market. He also said that the animal welfare activist was provided with the history of each pooch in which most of them had suffered road traffic accidents.
Meanwhile, reports said that the charity’s attorney has accused its former executive director Valarie Ianniello of the wrongdoing. The lawyer alleged that Ianniello’s claim about the dog with its limbs cut off was “an unfortunate but honest mistake”. But the ex-executive director defended herself by telling the Times that she followed Ching’s instructions while writing things for donations on social media.
The Times also did a separate investigation in which it was found Ching hired people shown as Indonesia butchers for a 2016 campaign appeal to put a ban on China's dog meat trade. The clip showed butchers hanging a dog and setting it ablaze alive. But Ching and his foundation have refuted all the allegations as its website says, “The Foundation has never actively encouraged, contributed to, or participated in the harm of any animals. All accusations that the Foundation or its founder “staged” the torture or burning of any animals are false. The burning of live dogs in the dog meat trade is, unfortunately, a true and well established barbaric practice that has been documented numerous times from a variety of sources—it is not something the Foundation fabricated in the hopes of increased donations. No one associated with the Foundation, including the founder, has ever stolen or embezzled donations or used them for any non-Foundation purpose and benefit.”