The self-proclaimed “Canine Whisperer” and tv canine coach, Cesar Millan, is presently beneath investigation and going through doable animal cruelty costs stemming from an incident filmed for his NatGeo hit collection, Cesar 911.
An investigation was launched after involved animal welfare advocates flooded Los Angeles County Animal Management and Santa Clarita police with telephone calls, emails, and suggestions after the Cesar 911 episode aired.
Sheriff’s deputies and investigators with LA County Animal Management visited Millan’s Canine Psychology Heart in Santa Clarita , California late Thursday night, however Millan was away for a talking engagement on Friday. Millan was given a discover of 24-hours to contact investigators.
Within the episode, a determined canine proprietor brings her French Bulldog, Simon, to Millan’s Canine Psychology Heart in hopes of serving to him overcome an aggression towards pigs. Simon’s proprietor, Sandy, explains that she had misplaced her beloved pet pig when Simon attacked. She hopes that, with Cesar’s assist, Simon can overcome his aggression “…as a result of that implies that my pig didn’t die in useless.”
Slightly than slowly, safely introducing Simon to pigs, in an atmosphere that promotes the security and well-being of all concerned, Millan instantly places Simon and a number of other unsuspecting pigs in a surprisingly harmful state of affairs. At first, Simon is on leash and seems to be calm, although alert. After a couple of moments of remaining calm within the pigs’ presence, Millan orders Simon’s leash eliminated, permitting him to roam freely. That’s when issues take a disturbing flip. Not capable of safely capable of management Simon, the identified “pig-slayer” (as he’s referred to within the video, who has already killed two pigs) takes off after the pigs, repeatedly nipping, drawing blood, and biting a piece off one of many pig’s ears.
A consultant from Nat Geo WILD, which airs Cesar 911, issued this assertion:
“Cesar Millan has devoted his life to serving to canines and to displaying how even probably the most troublesome “drawback canine” could be rescued and rehabilitated. In a latest episode of the Nat Geo WILD collection “Cesar 911,” Cesar works with an aggressive French bulldog/terrier combine named Simon, who has a historical past of attacking different animals, together with his proprietor’s pet potbellied pigs. A brief clip from the episode was shared on-line and confirmed Simon chasing a pig and nipping its ear, inflicting the ear to bleed. The clip induced some concern for viewers who didn’t see or perceive the total context of the encounter.
“…Cesar has created a secure and managed atmosphere at his Canine Psychology Heart (DPC) in California during which to rehabilitate a number of the most excessive — or “pink zone” — circumstances of canine aggression, equivalent to Simon’s. You will need to make clear that Cesar took precautions, equivalent to placing Simon on a protracted result in assess his conduct, earlier than making preliminary corrections and eradicating the leash. The pig that was nipped by Simon was tended to right away afterward, healed shortly and confirmed no lasting indicators of misery.”
Numerous educated animal behaviorists and trainers have weighed in on the incident, together with constructive coach and host of Animal Planet’s “It’s Me or the Canine,” Victoria Stilwell who referred to as the episode “appalling.”
Millan has lengthy been accused of abusing canines. Click on right here to see a number of extra video examples of Cesar Millan’s coaching strategies gone horribly incorrect.
