Motion-activated trail cameras planted on neighbouring land have helped expose what investigators describe as a killing ground at a Northern California 'no-kill' animal rescue, where the buried remains of 117 dogs were pulled from the soil.
The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office recovered the intact carcasses from two dig sites at Miranda's Rescue Animal Sanctuary in Fortuna on 25 June 2026, closing a three-day excavation that drew in the FBI, the California Department of Justice and forensic veterinarians. Many of the animals showed bullet fragments on X-ray, and investigators believe the dogs were shot.
