Exclusive statement from Shannon Miranda.
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Statement from Shannon Miranda
July 31, 2026
Media coverage, social media posts, and law enforcement have continued to distort the truth about Miranda’s Rescue and me. I have fully cooperated with the investigation and provided everything requested, including my records, computers, and phones. I have been forthright and honest. The same cannot be said of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office or my neighbors, Jenna Moore (aka Chris Jenna) and Jennifer Raymond.
Because of the investigation, I have not spoken publicly in my defense. However, the inaccurate information and lies circulating about this case have fueled rumors, threats, and hostility toward my family and me.
Law enforcement, particularly Sheriff Honsal, has become part of the rumor mill, so I will no longer stay silent. Many facts have not been released, and what has been released has been distorted. They are using Gestapo tactics in this investigation, including ransacking my house at 10 p.m. and frightening my family. Despite numerous requests, the Sheriff still has not provided me with the list of items taken from my home and the Rescue property during their searches, as promised. They continue to stonewall me while bending over backward to appease Jenna Moore.
These women claim to have insider information and present it as fact. Sheriff Honsal, his officers, and investigators seem willing to speak with my accusers but not with me. In addition, Sheriff Honsal’s wife, Jodi Honsal, is actively involved in Moore’s and Raymond’s elaborate scheme to discredit me.
The authorities are selectively releasing information for publicity rather than to reflect the truth, and they are using inflammatory language in doing so. It appears the Sheriff is using me to help his re-election campaign rather than conducting this investigation with integrity.
Several social media pages by Moore, Raymond, and others claim to be sources of truth, but they are not. The two main perpetrators of total lies are Moore and Raymond. They are clearly making things up for clicks, reactions, and to position themselves as avengers, when they are merely bullies and stalkers. In addition, numerous of their vigilante friends and followers are posting death threats and lies.
Moore and Raymond are profiting from this scheme by selling merchandise branded with their lies to raise funds for themselves, including T-shirts and scented candles. If they are truly honest and honorable, why are they doing this?
This began as a personal vendetta by Jenna Moore, who, for reasons I do not understand, began blatantly harassing me. She and her family trespassed on my property multiple times, dug up buried dogs, illegally videotaped and photographed them, and posted these images on multiple social media sites without any factual information or even the slightest context. She continues to act aggressively, spreading lies and claiming ongoing abuse.
Let me lay out some of the facts:
• Not releasing the whole truth: One example of Sheriff Honsal not providing all the information is the bin of used dog collars found in the barn. Honsal failed to mention that the collars were donated to the Rescue, many still tagged, for use with incoming dogs.
These were NOT collars and tags from dogs that came to the Rescue.
• The mission of my rescue organization is to provide a final opportunity for dogs that had been slated for euthanasia in municipal shelters. These animals were transferred into my care as a last resort, with the understanding that I had full legal authority and responsibility for all medical and adoption decisions in their best interests and in compliance with applicable laws.
Every decision was made after careful evaluation of each dog's medical condition, behavioral history, and public safety considerations. While many dogs could be rehabilitated and successfully placed in loving homes, not every dog could be safely or legally adopted. Some adopted dogs were returned because of aggression.
Under county ordinance, a dog that has bitten a person or attacked, seriously injured, or killed another animal may be classified as “potentially dangerous” or “dangerous”. In such cases, the law imposes restrictions that can make adoption unlawful or impossible. As the responsible party, I was legally and ethically obligated to comply with those requirements.
• Personal opinions, emotions, or public pressure cannot override established laws or my legal obligations. Placing a dog that could not legally be adopted would have violated the law and jeopardized the safety of people, other animals, and the rescue. My responsibility was to act within the law while making difficult decisions in the best interests of the animals in my care and the community.
No matter how badly someone wants to keep dogs from being euthanized, they can’t do so if the law stands as it is. If I place an aggressive dog for adoption, I am breaking the law.
• Shelters sent dogs to Miranda’s Rescue drugged and sedated. Many dogs sent to my rescue by metropolitan shelters arrive heavily drugged and sedated. Once they arrive, the dogs are kept safe until the drugs wear off so we can properly evaluate them. Often, the paperwork accompanying the dogs does not reflect the animal's aggressive behavior. In such cases, we are working blind with these dogs and must take precautions to prevent them from biting someone or maiming or killing another animal. By law, these dogs cannot be put up for adoption if they demonstrate these behaviors.
• Shelters refused to take their dogs back when notified. When we notified the city shelters that their aggressive dogs were not adoptable and offered to have them pick them up, very few did.
The rescue business is about saving dogs that were slated for euthanasia at the shelters. My rescue was the last resort for these dogs. I was given these animals with full control over their medical and adoption decisions. We worked diligently to retrain them, but some couldn't change, no matter how hard we tried.
Money received from shelters was used to care for the animals. I have never taken money from shelters for dogs only to put them down to make room for more dogs. I have always taken dogs when asked, trained them, and given them another chance with a loving family If a dog was untrainable due to aggression, after giving them plenty of time to adjust, they would then be euthanized. If dogs from the shelters were adopted, I often notified the shelter. A number of those dogs were returned by the adoptive family and could not be readopted due to their aggression. I was under no legal or contractual obligation to notify the shelters of their return. • The authorities were notified when dogs were euthanized. Whenever I have had to euthanize an animal, I have contacted Rob Patton, the manager of the local animal control office (part of the Sheriff's Office), beforehand to advise them of the situation. Even when 1 was told that such notification wasn't required, I continued to do so because I believe it's important to maintain a record of these actions. Rob Patton has also inspected Miranda's Rescue numerous times over the years. We have never received a negative review. All animals have been buried legally. I have followed the law when an animal has been euthanized and buried. Miranda's Rescue has operated for more than 20 years. During this time, by far the majority of the dogs I have received from shelters have been retrained and placed in loving homes. Of the thousands of dogs that have come through the Rescue, fewer than 5% were not adoptable and were euthanized.
This is not the community I have called home and loved. People who have known me my whole life are vilifying me based on what they have read in the media and on social media. I have been an upstanding citizen in this community, and now that is being erased by lies, rumors, and false accusations.
I have spent my entire career caring for animals, and 1 remain committed to placing them in safe, loving homes, even as 1 fear for my life and my family's safety.
I ask that you consider the source of what you see and read, avoid jumping to conclusions, and let this play out. I remain committed to cooperating fully and to setting the record straight
My thoughts on Shannon's statement:
Shannon has told me personally and acknowledged by speaking with me exclusively more than once that he appreciates my fair and balanced coverage and allowing due process to work. Again today, I spoke with him briefly and he had nothing additional to add to his statement.
I earned that trust and deserve that exclusive. The social media mob and gossip mongers of Humboldt are a plague and an embarassment to the decent residents of Humboldt who are too busy working, surviving and get silenced by the Temu version of the Bored and Clueless of Humboldt. Even the dollar store toilet brush is cleaner and of more value than the Humboldt online trolls.
Releasing this statement is going to unleash the hate and worsen the very issues Shannon addresses in his statement Ms. Allison Jackson and I will bear the brunt simply for doing our jobs.
I don't allow close minded, rabid, biased bullies to dictate journalism, the law or intimidate me. This hateful mob couldn't even leave me alone after I was the first one to report on the Rocket Dog Rescue lawsuit against Shannon. When I reported on that civil lawsuit, unlike these clueless haters; Shannon understood that is part of fair and balanced coverage.
The hateful mob's idea of free speech is silencing dissent, doxxing, harassing, threatening and endangering others. They have done that to Shannon and me. They think they know the law. They have been allowed to intimidate, lie, bully, harass Shannon, me and others by those supposed to protect the public. Those who cannot stand independent reporting and have been exposed have used the excuse of caring for animals to pursue a hateful personal vendetta.
After what they have put me through and abused free speech and impacted my livelihood while I am trying to survive daily; these selfish tyrants do not get to demand anything from me. They have several unregulated platforms acting like their personal PR agents. They want to be heard, then they can follow rules and several need use their real names. I will not allow toxic, negative energy to drain my regular readers or anyone to take my page hostage with personal attacks, unvetted claims and potential libel.
As usual, the cowards and weak of Humboldt stay silent. Shannon is finding out how fickle and two faced this community is and how people miserable and powerless in their own lives and selfish will turn on you in an instant.
Reporting on the Miranda's Rescue investigation will be done just like any other news. For years, the other local media and regional media has done one sided coverage and allowed biased groups with agendas to dictate coverage. For 12 years, I have called out the local powers, the entrenched systems and the good ole boys and gals. One random article here and there by local media when I have called them out repeatedly is not enough.
Shannon Miranda has not been charged with a crime. One civil lawsuit has been filed. More may follow because the cold hard facts are that there are opportunists out there mixed in with people who genuinely care about animals. Shannon has had to defend himself prematurely. Defendants charged with homicide and molestation have received less outrage and hate from Humboldt.
Unlike Jenna Moore and Jennifer Raymond and their clown minions; those who know the law have the brains not to spew anything and everything out in public and that includes any potential litigation. Shannon, I or anyone do not owe every Tom, Dick, Harry, Jane, Joan with an online account any responses or answers. These people seem to have all day to sit online obsessing about others including strangers, posting and cackling their gossip to fill their empty existence while the rest of us are out trying to live our lives and contribute to the community.
This very community demonized Ray Christie and still does. Spread whatever they want without consequences.
The rest of the local media did not cover Ray Christie's plea or that his criminal conviction was expunged. No one dared cover his case completely or with information and facts I informed the public and as usual faced retaliation. Now they expect Ray and Shannon to drop everything and respond to them. If they wanted to tell both sides, they should have done that consistently and taken on the Humboldt DA, the County of Humboldt and HCSO when there was risk. They did not.
An aspect not mentioned so far in this Miranda's Rescue investigation is that Humboldt is full of jealous, petty people. Until Sheriff Billybob, his arrogant wife and her bff Jenna are willing to provide answers to conflicts of interest and Jenna is going to speak about why CHP let her go when she mentioned Sheriff Honsal, I don't want to hear anything Sheriff Billybob has to say.
Sheriff Billybob needs to recuse himself from this investigation. At this point, I don't know if I trust HCSO at all. The DOJ, the FBI, HCSO need to tell the Jenna Moore mob to stop threatening people and file reports against them or they need to be investigated themselves. Selective enforcement of the law does occur and injustice exists when people stay silent.
The County of Humboldt is already facing a federal lawsuit from Ray Christie. Jenna Moore speaks with a forked tongue. On one hand, she is quoted asking people to be patient with the HCSO investigation and yet regularly incites hate and anger on social media about Shannon. Why is she so obssessed with him? I won't even mention the harm she has cost me. All because I am not her puppet feeding her narcissistic need for constant attention and doing my job as a journalist.
Have any of these keyboard warriors expressed 1/100 th of the outrage against the repeat offenders and criminals that plague Humboldt, taken a stand against pedophiles and men who victimize women or stopped allowing the good ole boys and gals of Humboldt who bully, retaliate, make it hard for any new leadership or anyone trying to change the status quo?
I don't give a cent about what Humboldt Redditors or anyone online thinks. Most are anonymous and won't use their names so there is no way to tell how many are court, law enforcement, government and political insiders or disgruntled people exposed by my reporting or just miserable, godless and primarily women from the left or emasculated, liberal men who cannot think for themselves are angry at Shannon, me and the world instead of dealing with their inadequacies and issues.
Since the haters hang on every word I write and then cowardly gossip and diss me; let me spell it out for their pea sized brain assuming they listen for once.
This is not about defending Ray or Shannon; it is about the law, the truth and equal treatment. Concepts none of you grasp or give a damn about because you are privileged to live in a country that allows freedoms you take for granted and have abused and misused because you are selfish, self centered, myopic, out of control haters.
To paraphrase Sheriff Billybob, he free to selectively respond to his "media" tools and "media" he controls who do not question or do follow ups and give his ego the photo ops he wants. Billy Honsal cannot handle tough questions and cannot admit mistakes.
Yes Billy, ultimately facts vetted in a court of a law and where the other side gets to present evidence and a defense.
Ray Christie and Georgi Tonev are only two examples of Sheriff Billybob's "leadership" and botched investigations. The ultimate result and where the evidence led and facts speaking for themselves was a plea in both cases. Ray's conviction was expunged. In Tonev's case, the facts that came out were very different than the HCSO investigation, arrest, charges filed and the final result. Sheriff Billybob's first search warrant for Miranda's Rescue was rejected by Humboldt Superior Presiding Judge Kelly Neel.
So Billy, was this East Coast jaunt of yours for a speaking engagement to build connections, maybe look for another job? You know the way you ran from Sunnyvale to Humboldt? If you leave, while it will be a positive development to have someone competent and qualified lead HCSO, it will be meaningless as long as the stench of nepotism, incompetence and good ole boys and gals who hired you and constantly defend you like Bubba, git er done Rex are in charge.
Now you are out of the office again, just like Gavin Newsom, traveling away instead of doing your job and staying where the taxpayers pay your salary.
