Paws for Life – Rescue or Business?

Following the post about Shadow – Paws for Life, Melissa has decided to take legal action against Sophie for alleged defamation and derogatory comments concerning her business practices.

The post and comments will not be removed…

7 thoughts on “Paws for Life – Rescue or Business?”

  1. Dear Sophie,

    I feel very sad for Melissa Di Stefano’s reaction.

    Besides, I believed we are in a Democratic country, where we may express opinions and comments.

    You have all our support,

    Bien à vous,

    Roxanne

  2. Just Unbelievable!

    Justine says: August 28, 2010 at 2:53 pm
    Post to Zeina: If you have threatened this foster in any way, the same way you seem to be throwing around threats to use daddy dearest the “big time laywer” in regards to Sophie and her son, then I do not blame her for having some hesitation to contact PFL anymore.

    Someone really needs to make sure Zeina, that you are no longer able to speak on behalf of PFL because you are giving the whole operation a very bad image from these postings alone.
    ____________________________

    Wow I so agree, Zeina & others have constanly bashed, slandered and accused Sophie of so many things yet she got her FIL? to send a letter threanening legal action for slanderous, negative, derogatory comments against Melissa’s unregistered “WE ARE A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION BUILT AND RAN 100% BY VOLUNTEERS” business practices??????

    Someone pinch me I think I’m in the twilight zone!

    I guess dearest FIL? didn’t bother to read the things Zenia wrote herself on this blog? (Not to mention everything Tauny Nixon-Lafleche (who also used different names) said as well as the one from Dusty who directly threatens Sophie?

    Zeina says: August 27, 2010 at 9:55 pm
    I can personally attest my frustration having called several rescues everytime INCLDUING SOPHIE HERSELF to ask for help for someone to take in these poor lost souls abandon and spat on by society. MOST RESCUS INCLUDING SOPHIE HERSELF HAVE SAID NO TO SAVING ANY, HAVE LEFT THEM DIE IN GAS CHAMBERS.
    REALLY TRYING TO MAKE MONEY TRHOUGH RESCUE???
    well shouldnt cost you much sophie right??? you just charge people adoption fees and dont spend anything yourself??? whos making money now??
    do you want all thse dogs to die sophie???
    THIS IS A POWER TRIP TO YOU???
    I HAVE PROOF AND TAKING EVERYTHING TO COURT WITH MELISSA!! YOU ARE ONLY PUNISHING THE DOGS AND I HOPE TO GOD THAT YOU WILL FEEL VERY GUILTY ABOUT ALLL THE LIVES YOU HAVE LET DIE BECAUSE OF THESE BAD MOUTHING. LET IT STAY ON YOUR COUNSCIOUS
    GOOD JOB SOPHIE AND SON!
    also, sophie nice way to speak about dogs “with parasites and sick”! YES SICK AND DIRTY AND DYING,
    YOU JUST PROVED RIGHT THERE THAT YOU ONLY SAVE PERFECT DOGS GOOD JOB!! YOU JUST SCREWED YOURSELF

    Zeina says: August 28, 2010 at 12:52 am
    HAVE VET PROOF OF HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS AND WE WILL FILE A POLICE REPORT OF STEALING DOG!!!!

    Zeina says: August 28, 2010 at 8:05 am
    Sophie if you really cared about dogs you should be happy to help out other rescues lol!
    Stop complaining about the fact that youhave to help out, this is life! or do you get mad everytime you have to help a dog that is out of your rescue?
    everybody is on a power trip in this dog rescue stuff

    Zeina says: August 28, 2010 at 1:25 am
    RICK YOUR COMMENT JUST SHOWS YOUR LACK OF CLASS.
    THIS ONE PARTICULAR ONE IS GIVING FOSTERS A BAD NAME THROWING DOG OUT LIKE GARGABE.
    THE ONLY THING FOR US TO TAKE SHADOW BACK IS CALLING POLICE FOR THEFT. WE HAVE BILLS TO PROOVE IT IS OUR DOG.
    SHE IS LYING
    AND IT HAS BEEN SENT TO MY FATHER IN LAW WHO IS A BIG TIME LAWYER. GOOD LUCK FOR DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER AND THEFT!!!! DO YOU UNDERSTAND THESE WORDS???? OR MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE TO MCGILL???

    Zeina says: August 28, 2010 at 2:05 am
    RICK WATCH YOUR MOUTH

    dusty says: August 27, 2010 at 8:28 pm
    I would first like to say to you personally Sophie how much of a scum of the earth bitch you are.
    But hey, anything to get your adoptions up right? And also get more foster’s. Why doesn’t Sophie try and save all these dogs on death row? She must be making money on the side if she always refuses to help these poor souls.
    You people are fucked in the head
    Sophie as you last stated, if for some reason you want a war with Paws for Life well I am ready. I am sure the 1000′s of volunteer are as well. Maybe you should have shut your mouth about this one, as it will come and bite you in the ass!
    DUMB BITCH
    You are a complete retard
    If you chose to support Sophie, you are against saving these lives and have stooped to her low ass grimy level.
    This is just the beginning Sophie!

  3. You both look like Morons if you keep this public fighting up.
    My thinking is :Suck it up, stop fighting and get back to your own business.
    Who cares who started..you both look equally stupid and immature.
    As at outside observer, neither of you will win this, no matter what you do now. So do what you want..but people will just stop supporting both of you if this continues..
    And the fact is as this goes on, and you each waste your time fighting, more dogs are just getting gassed at the pound.
    Good publicity would be about how you two against all odds, decided to get along.

    1. Who cares about who gets along with who. The point is not to make friends, but to save these dogs is by shutting down pounds like these that would rather sell dogs rather than saving them.

      -Rick

  4. It’s sad that money that could be used to help homeless animals is being used to hire lawyers to sue for ‘defamation of character’.

  5. I had contact with Melissa & P4L. Very very bad experience. No responses to my calls, and wanted a lot of money to adopt (500$). Reasons were given, but I communicated with someone who said they had been told the same fee for completely different reasons. The fee was not negotiable. Contact only came from Melissa when I threatened not to pay, otherwise she would not respond to emails, or even sign her name! I only found out the person I was dealing with was named Melissa because I searched P4L and found complaints about her.

  6. I guess the escort business has become really profitable for Melissa Di Stefano. She is a notorious escort in Montreal and that is how she pays for her big shot lawyers. That woman talks like a trucker and has NO class. She thinks she can keep defaming people she is jealous of, while sending “cease and desist” letters to others who simply tell the truth about what she does with her “rescue”. I do not know what happened in the case above but I can tell you from my own personal experience with her that she is a very mean woman. She should send cease and desist letters to those she went to high school and cegep with – they clearly have a very bad opinion of her and confirmed many times that she has been escorting in Montreal & NYC for at least 10 years. She is clearly building a very bad reputation for herself.

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