Animal Control director, Guy Shaw, confirmed why many hoarders move to Kern County and set up shop. He also confirmed why he and many of his animal control officers should take some courses relating to animal hoarding. Mr. Shaw stated that Ms. Peck does not fit the description of an animal hoarder. In other words, Mr. Shaw claims that hundreds of animals confined to cages/pens 24/7 for the remainder of their lives is ok as long as the cages are cleaned and there is food/water....HELLLLOOOO, GUY SHAW...WAKE UP AND SMELL THE CRAP LIVING IN YOUR COMMUNITY!!!!! A hoarder is a person who has more animals than they can properly handle. Kimi Peck cannot afford proper vet care on all of her 200 plus special need dogs. She cannot properly exercise the 200 plus dogs confined to cages/pens 24/7. She does not have the proper amount of workers to properly care for the animals. She refuses to apply for the proper permits to operate a rescue operation even though she's been collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations. She cannot afford to pay for individual licenses. Not to leave out that Kern County Animal Control has ignored many complaints regarding Ms. Peck over the years and when they do an inspection, they give her ample notice. Let's hope that Kern County sends Guy Shaw to a different department and pray they hire a caring Animal Control Director who understands hoarding. Until then, Kern County will continue to be a HOARDER'S HAVEN...So, hoarders, you know where you are welcome...

See a similarity? Maybe people believed Peck's BS in Burbank; however, check out the similarities in the stories. Here's CBS Bakersfield's story from today:

Animal rescuer says she will end Kern County operation

Story Updated: Nov 20, 2009 at 7:01 PM PST
By Carol Ferguson, Eyewitness News Video BEAR VALLEY SPRINGS, Calif. -- Animal rescuer Kimi Peck will end her operation and said she is now trying to place about 150 dogs elsewhere.

Peck is now in a facility near Bear Valley Springs but said she will likely leave Kern County.

"I'm shutting down the Dog Angels and Chihuahua Rescue immediately," Peck said. "I'm giving up my 501(c)3, and I'll look back on the last 15 years as a horrible time in my life."

As of Friday, Peck said she had more than 200 dogs at the facility.

Friday morning, a group visited the large home and warehouse off Bear Valley Road. Peck said they were from Humane Society of the United States, but they immediately left when Eyewitness News arrived.

Peck said they had toured the facility, and they're ready to help.

"They went through all the dogs, evaluated them, and they said they're in excellent condition," Peck said. "They're going to do everything they could to help me find other sanctuary for them."

Contacted by phone in Washington D.C., Humane Society spokeswoman Rachel Querry said she had no knowledge of a group from her organization being at Peck's place. Querry said she would check at the state level.

Peck said the group will try to "come up with a plan" for two large rescue groups to take 50 dogs each, and she hopes another 50 can be placed with individual rescuers.

Peck said she plans to keep 46 dogs she is close to who are old and not adoptable. Those dogs live inside the house, and looking through a bedroom window, Peck named off several dogs on her large bed.

"I'll keep the old ones and the biters," she said.

Of the 150 dogs in the warehouse, Peck said many of them are also biters and very aggressive. She demonstrated, putting a fist near one pen where a couple small dogs bared their teeth.

Peck said she had adopted out a couple dozen dogs in the past couple weeks. She listed some border collies and Australian shepherd puppies.

A Los Angeles woman had contacted Eyewitness News, saying she had tried to adopt a dog from Peck. Robin Givens said she was met with continued delays as Peck required more paperwork.

Peck said that dog was delivered to Givens in Beverly Hills on Thursday, and Givens confirmed to Eyewitness News that she did get the dog.

Julie Feiner, also from the Los Angeles area, has tried for months to get back two small Chihuahua puppies that she turned over to Peck's rescue. Feiner said the puppies were born to a small dog that had died. That dog belonged to her mother, and Feiner said she had tried to convince her elderly mother not to let the dog have puppies.

Feiner hoped to save the new puppies and wanted Peck's rescue to find a nursing mother dog. But, when she figured the puppies were probably weaned, Feiner said she couldn't get them back from Peck.

Peck said the two puppies had health problems, and there were delays getting them spayed and neutered. She refused to turn the puppies back over to Feiner.

On Friday, Peck said the two tiny Chihuahua puppies had been sent "out of state" to an adoptive home.

Peck had previously lived in a large home near Tehachapi where she had some 200 dogs. Kern County officials had ordered her out of that location, saying it violated zoning rules.

County officials have been keeping an eye on her operation off Bear Valley Road, too.

That house is the same place where accused animal abuser Cynthia Gudger was found with some 50 animals in filthy conditions in July 2008. Peck said the house is now in foreclosure, and she expects it will go to auction in a couple weeks.

Asked if she will go someplace else in Kern County, Peck said "no."

"I don't belong in Kern County," Peck said. "It's not my cup of tea."

Peck said she'll go back to writing movie screenplays, and she wants to end her time as a rescuer.

"I'll go back to my real life again, and try not to regret this experience," she said.

Now go to the next page and read a story from the Burbank Leader in 2005...

Kimi Peck hides her, what many people believe, hoarding addiction behind websites that paint a picture of a wonderful rescuer with a beautiful 'sanctuary'. Here's another victim duped by Ms. Peck's websites and lies.

We have been working very hard to help the animals in Kimi Peck's 'care'. Many people are now seeing and understanding the reality of 'rescuer' Kimi Peck's 'sanctuary'. Here are just a few of the 'HEADLINERS' pertaining to 'rescuer' or, as many of us see her, HOARDER, Kimi Peck:

-Fine line between disgusting, criminal animal caretaking

-County official says Kern woman has an illegal animal shelter

-Tehachapi woman living with 200 dogs faces action by the county

-Dog fight brewing in Tehachapi

-How many dogs is too many

-County seeks to shut Tehachapi home with 170 dogs

-Neighbor files for restraining order against Tehachapi dog rescuer

-Tehachapi woman, 200 dogs face foreclosure

-Local animal rescuer again in legal trouble

First, thank you all for visiting our site. In response to many e-mails, please understand that we, former volunteers and others of Kimi Peck, HAVE contacted many animal rights groups including, ASPCA, HSUS (Humane Society of the United States) and PETA. Neither has stepped up to the plate to help as a matter of fact, HSUS and ASPCA have continually IGNORED our pleas for their help and others pleas for help since 2005. We have spent much of our time and money exposing Kimi Peck for one reason only, TO HELP THE ANIMALS IN HER CARE and to expose a possible animal hoarder. In addition, Kern County officials have also ignored MANY MANY complaints from Kimi Peck's former concerned Tehachapi neighbors and people who have worked for Kimi in Tehachapi for five (5) years. With that said, we appreciate your positive feedback and for your concern about her animals. We encourage all to write letters to Kern County Animal Control, too, in addition to the other animal rights organizations. Do expect, however, that Kern County officials will continue to ignore your complaints because the few times they do inspections, they give her notice and the inspections are conducted under Kimi Peck's terms. Kern County animal control, as we mentioned, claim that Ms. Peck's hundreds of animals are 'well cared for' (even though she's been behind on licenses) and former Kern County Animal Control 'big shot', Denise Haynes, has even had lunch with 'rescuer' Kimi Peck. Denise Haynes has said that all of Kimi Peck's charges and convictions in criminal court are just 'HERE SAY'.

Yes, again, 'rescuer' Peck will have to move her 'sanctuary' of over 200 animals. She continues to blame the world for her negligence; however, she asks the world to bail her out, anyway. She wants YOU to buy the property for her. What she continues NOT to tell the world is that she has been legally forced to close many 'sanctuaries'. Was legally forced out of Los Angeles and is on their Do Not Adopt List. Has many charges and convictions stemming from her 'rescuing' efforts. And, well, in many people's opinion is an animal hoarder.

Local animal rescuer again in legal trouble

Last Update: 10/16 8:43 pm

Animal rescuer Kimi Peck is once again in trouble with the law. It's the latest chapter in a longstanding battle with animal control, and neighbors of Peck, who say she is hoarding dogs in deplorable conditions.

Since 2008, Peck has faced numerous county code compliance and animal control mandates. On Wednesday, she was fined for failing to license and vaccinate dogs 200 dogs on her Tehachapi property. Animal control officers say they had been asking Peck to comply for more than 6-months. But Peck told animal control officers it would cost too much money for her to vaccinate the animals, and failed to follow their orders.

Guy Shaw with Kern County Animal Control says this was a last resort. "This isn't like a fix it ticket or an infraction this is where you'll have to appear for an arraignment in Mojave and it's a misdemeanor it's a little more serious than infractions."

Shaw says Peck has also been asked to convert her property into a kennel, which would not require her to pay for licenses and vaccinations. But Shaw says Peck hasn't done that either. Kimi Peck is set to appear in a Mojave courtroom in December.

Some of the names Susan Marlowe uses when filing official documentation with the Courts, including Bankruptcy papers...

Again, Susan Marlowe claims to be an established animal rescuer with a facility. Ms. Marlowe's animal rescue organization is called DOG AT HOME, INC.

Hoarding Chihuahuas obtained official paperwork regarding a quick deed on Susan Marlowe's Tehachapi property (the one where she was harboring Cynthia Gudger and where Kimi Peck is now living and operating a kennel without the proper permits). The Deed (available in the Gallery section next week) states that Susan Marlowe is sharing the property with her 'mother', L. Otto. L. Otto is NOT Susan Marlowe's mother but a woman in her 80's who is living in Northern California in a nursing home. We also know that Ms. Otto was convicted of animal cruelty in Riverside (this seems to attract Susan Marlowe) and was supposedly running a non-profit rescue called TO LOVE CATS up until about six (6) months ago...

Kimi Peck and Susan Marlowe work very hard in making the public believe they are reputable rescuers operating a legitimate 'sanctuary'. They do this because they count on donations and grants to pay all bills, according to their tax returns, relating to Ms. Peck's expenses in Kern County (including her personal mortgage). They refer to themselves as 'The Dog Angels Sanctuary' aka 'The Dog Angels' aka 'Chihuahua Rescue' aka 'Chihuahua Rescue LA' aka 'KimiPeck.org'...and the list goes on and on and on...