28.06.2026 Police have found 117 DOG REMAINS, 21 CANINE SKULLS and 600 DOG COLLARS in California.
MANY with GUNSHOT WOUNDS.(Image above: Rainhard Wiesinger)

Just horrifying. Dog mass grave found in California:

Authorities have discovered the remains of 117 dogs, many dead of gunshot wounds, at a supposed "no kill" shelter in Humboldt County, CA.

The poor dogs, including some remains in advanced stages of decomposition, were found… pic.twitter.com/ab5L5MpWp6

— Anna D. West 🇺🇸 (@SlimWiggy) June 28, 2026

Feds Unearth Bullet-Riddled Dog Corpses, 600 Collars Near Mass Graves At Rescue Sanctuary
Authorities searching Miranda’s Rescue uncovered mass graves, suspected killing sites, and hundreds of canine remains.

The case has exposed a little-known part of California’s animal welfare system: private rescues that accept animals from overcrowded public shelters, often for transfer fees, while operating outside direct government oversight.

It had contracts or transfer arrangements with various municipal/county animal shelters across California (and at least one mention involving out-of-state), under which it received per-animal fees (often hundreds to thousands of dollars). These are local government or shelter payments—not direct state appropriations or grants. Other shelters and rescues paid these fees to offload animals. The ongoing fraud investigation includes scrutiny of how these funds were used amid the high number of unaccounted animals.

Authorities have discovered the remains of 117 dogs, many dead of gunshot wounds, at a supposed “no kill” shelter in Humboldt County, CA.

The poor dogs, including some remains in advanced stages of decomposition, were found at Miranda’s Rescue, a 50 acre rural rescue that had been charging other shelters $500 per dog to take and supposedly rehome them.

900 dogs were transferred to Shannon Miranda’s remote rescue since January 2025, but only 117 were confirmed to have been adopted leaving over 700 unaccounted for.

Miranda is suspected of killing the dogs to make room for more. Authorities got involved after two neighbors snuck onto the property and dug up the remains of eight of the dogs.