Charges dropped against woman who was arrested for rescuing abandoned cats and dogs during Hurricane Florence
Tammie Hedges was arrested in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence and charged with 12 counts of practicing medicine without a veterinary license. The charges have now been dropped
The North Carolina woman who was arrested and charged after she rescued cats and dogs during Hurricane Florence has had her charges dropped. Tammie Hedges, a resident of Wayne County, decided to intervene and take in 27 dogs and cats whose owners had to hastily evacuate because of the storm.
The owner of Crazy's Claws N Paws, a donation-based rescue center, Hedges was in the process of converting a warehouse space into a proper animal shelter when she decided to use the building to keep the 10 dogs and 17 cats safe during the hurricane. However, that facility was not legally registered as a shelter, meaning after the storm, she got a call from Wayne County Animal Control regarding the animals she had taken in.