text: “Dog Whisperer” star Cesar Millan is being investigated following an accusation of animal cruelty, TheWrap has learned. 
   
   The host, who currently has a show on the Nat Geo WILD Channel titled “Cesar 911,” had a complaint made against his Santa Clarita, California, dog psychology center on Thursday. 
   
   “There was a complaint that we received and we are investigating the matter,” Deputy Director Danny Ubario of L.A. County Animal Control told TheWrap. 
   
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   “An officer visited the center today and it is currently under investigation,” he added. 
   
   The complaint was made by a single citizen but no further details could be released as it is an active case, Ubario explained. 
   
   A TMZ report claimed that the incident involved a dog attacking and injuring a pig during a training session. 
   
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   Millan is a self-taught dog behaviorist who quickly rose to fame with his series “Dog Whisperer With Cesar Millan,” which was broadcast in more than 80 countries worldwide from 2004 to 2012. 
   
   “Cesar 911” premiered on the Nat Geo WILD Channel in 2014. 
   
   A Nat Geo WILD spokesperson issued this statement: “Cesar Millan has dedicated his life to helping dogs and to showing how even the most difficult “problem dog” can be rescued and rehabilitated. In a recent episode of the Nat Geo WILD series “Cesar 911,” Cesar works with an aggressive French bulldog/terrier mix named Simon, who has a history of attacking other animals, including his owner’s pet potbellied pigs. A short clip from the episode was shared online and showed Simon chasing a pig and nipping its ear, causing the ear to bleed. The clip caused some concern for viewers who did not see or understand the full context of the encounter. 
   
   “We have included an additional clip from the same episode [click here to download] to provide missing context. Cesar has created a safe and controlled environment at his Dog Psychology Center (DPC) in California in which to rehabilitate some of the most extreme — or “red zone” — cases of dog aggression, such as Simon’s. It is important to clarify that Cesar took precautions, such as putting Simon on a long lead to assess his behavior, before making initial corrections and removing the leash. The pig that was nipped by Simon was tended to immediately afterward, healed quickly and showed no lasting signs of distress. As the additional clip reveals, Cesar and his animal pack effectively helped Simon to overcome his aggressive behavior toward other animals; as a result, Simon did not have to be separated from his owner or euthanized.” ||||| Cesar Millans methods are inhumane, in my opinion and his shows need to be taken off the air. In this episode, Cesar used pigs as bait for a dog who was a known pig killer and all for "entertainment" purposes and this is not the first time he has used bait animals. This is wrong! Using animals for bait is against the law. 
   
   A complaint has been filed to Animal Control for animal cruelty for using animals as bait in Cesar911 Reality TV shows. Cesar Millan is currently under investigation for animal cruelty. We need your help. We need to have the voice of MILLIONS of you shouting now NO MORE abuse on any Reality TV shows again. 
   
   One of the officers on this investigation with Animal Control called me today March 22, 2016, asking for more people to speak up and come forward about any abuse they witnessed while working, volunteering and or as a trainee in one of his courses at the DPC. He said that this case will remain open for a year so that people will have time to come forward as witnesses to any abuse to any animals. Please call with any concrete evidence not angry calls, CONCRETE evidence that you yourself witnessed any kind of abuse while working with, volunteering or as a trainee at the DPC. 562-658-2000 ask for Officer Ferrufino. 
   
   Please sign the petition. 
   
   It will be sent to Courteney Monroe, CEO of National Geographic. 
   
   The American Humane Association is responsible for the protection of animals during the filming of any movie or tv. I spoke with Mark Stubis, the head of communications with AHA who put out this statement. 
   
   Their contact information is: filmunit@americanhumane.org and call them: 818-501-0123 or 818-574-7779. 
   
   MESSAGE TO NAT GEO REALITY SHOW: ABUSE IS NEVER ACCEPTABLE 
   
   "Animal abuse is never acceptable, and should never be tolerated. 
   
   
   
   American Humane Association has received complaints regarding an episode of a Nat Geo reality television series featuring Cesar Millan. As this country’s first national humane organization, we are always vigilant about stopping abuse wherever it occurs. 
   
   
   
   We saw what so many concerned Americans saw in that segment. Clearly, the treatment of the animals did not meet our stringent “Guidelines for the Safe Use of Animals in Filmed Media.” American Humane Association oversees the humane treatment of animals around the world with our No Animals Were Harmed® animal welfare program, but sadly we are not invited to protect the animals featured in reality television productions. 
   
   
   
   We call on the entertainment industry to have American Humane Association on all of their productions with animals, including reality television, so that American Humane Association can ensure that all animals in entertainment are safe and humanely treated. 
   
   
   
   Situations like this should never, ever happen again. All animals deserve to be humanely treated, and abuse must end now." 
   
   According to California State Law 
   
   West's Annotated California Codes. Penal Code. Part 1. Of Crimes and Punishments. Title 14. Malicious Mischief. § 597. Cruelty to animals 
   
   ..."(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) of this section or Section 599c, every person who maliciously and intentionally maims, mutilates, tortures, or wounds a living animal, or maliciously and intentionally kills an animal, is guilty of a crime punishable pursuant to subdivision (d). 
   
   (b) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (a) or (c), every person who overdrives, overloads, drives when overloaded, overworks, tortures, torments, deprives of necessary sustenance, drink, or shelter, cruelly beats, mutilates, or cruelly kills any animal, or causes or procures any animal to be so overdriven, overloaded, driven when overloaded, overworked, tortured, tormented, deprived of necessary sustenance, drink, shelter, or to be cruelly beaten, mutilated, or cruelly killed; and whoever, having the charge or custody of any animal, either as owner or otherwise, subjects any animal to needless suffering, or inflicts unnecessary cruelty upon the animal, or in any manner abuses any animal, or fails to provide the animal with proper food, drink, or shelter or protection from the weather, or who drives, rides, or otherwise uses the animal when unfit for labor, is, for each offense, guilty of a crime punishable pursuant to subdivision (d).... 
   
   This law is also stated in the petition but for your use when you are emailing and calling. 
   
   Demand that Cesar Millan shows be to taken off the air. His shows cause the public to imitate his behavior with their own dogs causing children to witness abuse in their own homes to their family pets. This needs to stop. 
   
   We NEED your support. We are their voice. ||||| Cesar Millan is GUILTY of allowing the ATTACK on defenseless Pigs on his show - "The DOG WHISPERER". 
   
   A Woman that owned a Dog contacted him after the Dog KILLED her Potbellied Pig (PET) and asked if he could help because she wanted to get another one. 
   
   He met her at a location (SEE YOUTUBE Video - "Pig Slayer") and had three small Pigs there in a large fenced in area. The Pigs were minding their own business, and Caesar brought the Dog into the area. 
   
   He had the Dog on a long leash at first, but after about FIVE MINUTES - he removed the leash and allowed the Dog to be free. 
   
   He thought - THOUGHT - he could control the Dog with his commands. 
   
   He was wrong. The Dog ran and ATTACKED SEVERAL PIGS - CAUSING INJURIES THAT WOULD REQUIRE VET ASSISTANCE. THERE WAS BLOOD ALL OVER THE PIGS. He could not get the Dog under control for a while and it kept attacking the Pigs. 
   
   Finally after several attacks, he caught the Dog and controlled it. 
   
   He should have put a MUZZLE on this Dog - because he KNOWS THE DOG KILLED A PIG ALREADY! But with his ARROGANCE and OVER-CONFIDENT ATTITUDE, HE THOUGHT THAT HE COULD CONTROL THE SITUATION. 
   
   This is UNACCEPTABLE and he ALLOWED the Abuse of several DEFENSELESS Pigs. 
   
   I want him REMOVED COMPLETELY from NATGEOs airtime, and all other TV Stations that Air him (KTLA Channel 5, etc). 
   
   He should have known better and it shows a lack of concern and the fact that he allowed Animals to be severely injured filming his show. I know he has had other issues in this area before, and it cannot continue!!!! 
   
   Please sign and share this petition. I own three Intelligent, Amazing, Loving Pigs and have hundreds of friends that do as well, and that rescue them. They are not to be used to train Dogs without restraint!! 
   
   Additionally - the man working with Caesar grabbed the Pig by the leg while it squirmed and screamed trying to get away from the Dog attacking it.......and this could have injured the Pig as well. That shows me - he has incompetent people working with the Animals and they are in DANGER of being hurt!
target: – A strange turn of events for the "Dog Whisperer": Police say they're investigating Cesar Millan for alleged animal cruelty after Millan's Nat Geo Wild show Cesar 911 featured a dog attacking a pig during a training exercise. "There was a complaint that we received and we are investigating the matter," an LA County Animal Control rep tells TheWrap. TMZ reports officials visited Millan's Dog Psychology Center in Santa Clarita on Thursday night to check on the health of the pig after receiving "numerous complaints." However, Millan was out of town on a business trip at the time, reports NBC Los Angeles. Officials say Millan was then given 24 hours to get in touch with investigators. It isn't clear if he has now done so. The episode showed a French bulldog/terrier mix named Simon, who had previously attacked its owner's potbellied pigs, biting the ear of a pig when introduced to the animal. "It was really difficult to watch," says a professional dog trainer. "It's not the way to rehabilitate an animal that is fearful and aggressive to pigs." A pair of Change.org petitions are calling for the show to be cancelled. Nat Geo Wild, however, says viewers "did not see or understand the full context of the encounter." It adds "Cesar took precautions" and the pig "was tended to immediately afterward, healed quickly, and showed no lasting signs of distress." A clip from the same episode shows Simon calmly interacting with the pig after the attack.