Posted on 09/25/2018 10:10:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
North Carolina resident Tammie Hedges had the impertinence to rescue 27 cats and dogs during Hurricane Florence. Providing round-the-clock care in a makeshift shelter, she provided safety from the storm, food, and medication to those sick or in pain.
Apparently Hedges, who runs a non-profit animal rescue organization that relies on foster homes, didn't realize that such a display of humanity and compassion in the midst of an emergency is not the kind of thing the state takes lightly.
Common sense and kindness: out.
Bureaucratic fools: in.
After the worst of the storm passed, Hedges handed the animals over to the authorities upon demand. She was released on $10,000 bail after being charged with practicing veterinary medicine without a license, running a makeshift shelter without a license, and administering a controlled substance.
Apparently, the state would have preferred that these animals drown rather than be rescued and cared for. And when the state gets involved, there's always the matter of money. You're got to make sure permits are paid for, even in the middle of a natural disaster.
What next? Shut down a child's lemonade stand because a kid doesn't have a permit? Oh, wait. That's
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Shameful. Those buerocrats need a shaming.
Did the animals survive? Or did the government euthanize them out of spite?
WTH?!
I hope all those pet owners divvy up and pay her fine. They still have their pets because of her.
Bureaucrats need to see torches and ropes, and city council members need to feel the weight of recall petitions .
No one ever said that Government officials have to be intelligent or careing.
Ahem...Go Fund Me.
This bureaucrat needs to be named and shamed.
No good deed goes unpunished........................
We just need more bureaucratic, unelected government. Celebrate serfdom.
If she helped an illegal alien would there be consequences?
The average citizen doesn’t even vote in local elections at all.
They need killing.
She got screwed by faceless bureaucrats in love with their dipsh*t regulations.
She wasn’t arrested for sheltering the animals. She was arrested for administering medications to them. There is dispute as to whether the medications were controlled, requiring prescriptions or not.
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