stardancnminpin
Posted : 9/26/2006 12:26:39 AM
I am on another list, where one of the members is very much involved in protecting animals, and our rights in regards to having our animals. She has given a very different side of this ladies story, which I am going to include below. So, my question to those of you who support this woman – what if the story she is telling on her website isn#%92t true? That she is using video of another dog (per the police) and not the dog in question, who by the way is 17 years old – to further whatever her agenda is, and not the welfare of the animals she supposedly wants to protect? There is another member on that board that lives in Pennsylvania that related several other stories of “Dogs Deserve Better” – none of them are pretty.
Anyway, this is the information I have:
“There is a situation in Pa. currently regarding the removal of a dog from a person's property by a group affiliated with ALF. The dognapper has been arrested and the Best Friends society has offered to pay the dogs vet bills in exchange for her charges being dropped. If this is allowed, it will give free rein for any AR to come onto your property and take your animals if THEY feel it is being abused ....ie...tethered outside. This woman has hidden the dog in question and used another video of another dog as per the police. It is all about AR groups getting media attention....and nothing for the animal. The charges against her are currently: trespassing, theft, withholding evidence, impersonating an official, criminal intent.”
and
“The facts are that the Humane Society received one phone call to which they responded and met Tammy Grimes who had already taken the dog. The Police Dept. NEVER received any phone calls about the dog. Tammy Grimes group is associated with ALF, a group listed with the FBI as terrorists, and this is how they operate. They find a quiet little town to set up operations and expand.
One has to think about the inevitable. Animals are our property. NOBODY has a right to take your property. It is theft. Also another fact, this owner has had his dogs for 17 years. There have never been any calls regarding abuse or cruelty in all those years. The owner was not home when Grimes came to his house and he WAS there that morning.
Further into it, Grimes preliminary hearing is today, and other people have come forward to testify that this woman has taken their dogs, as well...using harassment tactics, clearly what ALF teaches. Furthermore, the videos of the dog are NOT all of the dog in question. I think an owner knows his dog, don't you? The Police and DA agree that different dogs were used in the videos, and some, on the internet, have seen it as well. That is another tactic used by AR's. Very common practice to them. (ie. cropping video shown to legislature in Vermont...cropping with NO anesthesia? WHO does that? They make these videos to try to get their point across....!)
Irregardless of your feelings for the dog, who this woman still has hidden and will NOT return nor give to the courts, you must think of your rights, first. Should they allow this woman to go free, and Pa. becomes a model for guardian laws, you will have NO rights and your animals will become free game for anybody to take. Keep in mind that these activists think that crating a dog is cruelty and if they see your dog out in your yard and no water available, even for a minute, they claim cruelty. These people are out to eliminate dogs from your life and they use exactly the type of media that is now ongoing with this case, to gain YOUR sympathy to get what THEY want. Don't fall prey to it. Always think of your own and what these people will do to you. They only want your money so they can keep taking your animals and your rights. What will be next?....”
I'm not wanting to start an arguement, just wanted to share some more information so we can all make our own decisions regarding this situation.