An animal shelter owner was charged after Hurricane Florence

A woman from North Carolina who claimed to have sheltered over two dozen cats and dogs left behind after Hurricane Florence hit the east coast was accused of giving medical attention unlicensed to his animals.

Tammie Hedges was arrested on Friday and faced a dozen charges for practicing or attempting unlicensed veterinary medicine, as well as for seeking a controlled substance listed in Table 4, according to Wayne County officials.

the Goldsboro-Argus News Hedges had taken 27 cats and dogs and was using a warehouse as a temporary shelter.

Florence landed in North Carolina on September 14th. The storm has since killed more than three dozen people and soaked the Carolinas in the rain.

"We were trying to help the abandoned animals [after their owners evacuated]. "A group of us got together to help these animals, which is why we opened our building for them. They would have a safe and dry place until their owners come back to pick them up, "Hedges told the newspaper.

"I did not go out and I had animals," she says, "but two independent rescuers took them from the flooded areas and brought them to me."

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Hedges is on file and will appear in court in October. She does not have a lawyer on file who could comment on her behalf and did not plead. Efforts to join her directly have failed.

The animals she occupied, but which did not belong to her, were confiscated by animal control, who is trying to reunite them with their owners, Wayne County officials said in a statement.

The department said it had been alerted by the state's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

According to a statement from her emergency shelter, Crazy's Claws N 'Paws, Hedges' allegations relate to allegations that she has been given the antibiotic amoxicillin, Tramadol painkiller, and topical antibiotic topical ointment.

In a second article, the shelter wrote that "there is no evidence that this was given."

Tammie Hedges

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A county spokesman tells people that he can not give details of the charges, but he pointed out that they stemmed from unauthorized medical care and not from the operation of the company. a temporary shelter.

Hedges said he acted with good intentions in a bad situation.

"Our mission was to save as many animals as possible from the floods," she said. USA today. Eighteen of the animals were brought by a couple just before the arrival of the hurricane, according to the newspaper.

Animal control affected it once the storm left the area, said Hedges.

"The owners had to evacuate. They must save themselves. But who will save these animals? She explained. "That's what we did. We saved them.

The hedges were also at odds with the county getting between the pets and their families. "If they can not find the owners, the pets have gone from a safe place to a shelter to kill," she said. USA today.

On the host center's Facebook page, a volunteer member and a host committee member defended Hedges saying "she did what she needed at that time until she reached a veterinary".

"She brought two critically ill cats and one injured dog," the volunteer wrote. "Was she supposed to let cats spread germs and infect everyone? And was she supposed to let the dog suffer?