Grimes Requests Jailtime; Will Not Pay Fine for Saving Dog

I, Tammy Grimes, founder of Dogs Deserve Better, am requesting jailtime for my actions in saving a dog who lay dying in the backyard of a Pennsylvania home. I will not pay a fine, for I will not pay the salaries of those who, either by their actions or their inactions, condone and accept animal cruelty. As I uploaded this video February 12, 2008, it was 4 degrees outside. This is for all the dogs dying in the cold that we will never know about today. I am sorry your caretakers consider you nothing but garbage, and therefore let you outside to freeze to death. It breaks my heart.

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[SADDOG45]

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?"

The good Samaritan reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?" - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something.

[daniellern]

Since when is owning a dog a right and not a privledge? Thank you Ms. Grimes for standing up for that poor, helpless animal. I will be sending letters to not only your judge and governor, but mine as well, encouraging him to influence your governor's stance on your conviction.

[MewMewInu]

when I was a baby, my mother found a dog in the same conditions; she was horribly abused, beaten, starved, chained outside. No one did anything for that dog. My mom told the owner to give the dog to her, she said no, so she told her that she had only $20 in her pocket, the owner said ok, and my mom bought her. Samantha was the most kind and beautiful doberman ever! she lasted a year longer than she was supposed to, she was so loyal to us! <3

[mmaarrlleennee]

tammy u r my hero as well as all the little furry people who cant speak for themselves.

[EASTENDGLEN]

I am not saying they did not abuse the dog, but I live in canada and had german shepherds and they NEVER came in house. now these are REAL dogs mind u and they grow big winter coats.

I WON`T HAVE A DOG NOW BECAUSE I LIVE IN AN APARTMENT AND DOGS NEED MORE ROOM. LIE DOWN WITH DOGS AND WAKE UP WITH FLEAS

IN 3RD WORLD COUNTRIES PEOPLE LIVE WITH ANIMALS

[HotRedStilettos]

yes, you are a hero. if there were more people like you, the message would become more in peoples's faces. I believe if there are enough of us out there pushing the limits, the issue will have to be dealt with.

[diddymuck]

whoops...wrong tammy grimes. I wanted the singer.

[CattyCatRanch]

I'd love an update on your case. Thanks for caring more about the dog than about "property" rights.

Just yesterday, a friend and I trespassed on a woman's property to videotape her ~30 dogs and the wretched conditions they are kept in. We turned the video over to the local humane society. Still wondering about the legal ramifications.

[partydevil109k]

it may be because i am 13 but i didnt get one word.

[Lilmosey]

Tammy, you are a hero in every sense of the word. You are the voice for those helpless and voiceless animals that suffer at the hands of "humans". My admiration for you knows no bounds. I stand in awe of your determination to bring light to the darkness of those tormented precious souls bound by chains both physical and mental. God bless you. There is a special place in heaven for you, and a special place in hell for the "judge" who turned this into such a nightmare.

[lovemypit]

God bless you, know that you are an angel of god, truly what this world needs, more people like yourself, not more humans who continue with cruelty to animals