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JAILED: SHAC 7 / Tammy Grimes, Dogs Deserve Better
Sep 13, 2006

9/12/06: A sad day for animal advocates...
From Kinship Circle, http://www.KinshipCircle.org

IN THIS ALERT:
  1. 3 Animal-Welfare Activists Sentenced To Federal Prison
  2. A System That Saves Big Business At The Expense of Free Speech
  3. Jailed For Rescuing Dying Dog: Grimes, Dogs Deserve Better

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1.) 3 animal-welfare activists sentenced to federal prison
SOURCE: http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/15501639.htm

BETH DeFALCO / Associated Press / TRENTON, N.J. - Three animal-welfare
activists whose Web site led to the harassment of employees of a company
that tests products on animals were sentenced to between four and six years
in federal prison on Tuesday.

They also were ordered to pay a total of $1 million in restitution to the
company and people they terrorized.

Three other members of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty were expected to be
sentenced within the next two weeks.

Along with the organization itself, the six activists were convicted in
March of using a Web site to incite threats, harassment and vandalism
against Huntingdon Life Sciences, a Britain-based company that tests drugs
and household products on animals.

The government charged that the group waged a five-year campaign against the
company, posting on the group's Web site information about the employees at
Huntingdon's East Millstone lab and about those who do business with the
company. The information included their home phone numbers, addresses and
where their children attended school and church.

Many of those people saw their homes vandalized and received threatening
e-mails, faxes and phone calls.

The group, based in Philadelphia, maintains its actions were protected under
the First Amendment. The defendants, all in their late 20s or early 30s,
were not accused of directly making threats or carrying out vandalism.
Instead, they were charged with animal enterprise terrorism, stalking and
other offenses.

The three sentenced on Tuesday include the president of SHAC, Kevin Kjonaas
of Minnesota; campaign coordinator Lauren Gazzola, of Connecticut; and Web
site manager Jacob Conroy, of California. All three were given 30 days to
surrender to the U.S. Marshals Office.

Kjonaas was sentenced to six years in prison, Gazzola to 52 months, and
Conroy was sentenced to four years. Each must serve 85 percent of their
sentence and, once they are released, three years of probation.

Those still awaiting sentencing include:
_ Joshua Harper, SHAC's West Coast coordinator.
_ Andrew Stepanian, SHAC's New York coordinator.
_ Darius Fullmer, an organizer who researched SHAC targets.

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2.) A System That Saves Big Business At The Expense of Free Speech
SOURCE: info@kinshipcircle.org

Move Over Al Quaeda! Animal And Earth Defenders Top Most Wanted List,
written shortly after the arrest of my friends, Kevin Kjonaas, Jacob Conroy,
and Lauren Gazzola, along with Darius Fullmer, John McGee, Andrew Stepanian,
and Joshua Harper: http://www.kinshipcircle.org/columns_articles/0050.html

I said it when they were arrested and it’s worth repeating: As Huntingdon
Life Sciences enjoys unlimited immunity, its adversaries fight increasing
repression. Please keep in mind: None going to prison are guilty of
vandalism in the “first person.” None used weapons. None laid a hand on
person or property. Just words... only their words landed them behind bars.

Their crime? Formerly operating a website that reported civil disobedience,
laboratory animal rescue, vandalism and similar tactics of other animal
rights activists. Their crime? Conspiring to generate economic hardship for
HLS through words, letter campaigns, calls to action.

And who is Huntingdon Life Sciences? From 1989 to 2006, this contract
research laboratory acquired multiple breaches of the U.S. Animal Welfare
Act, the arrest of workers on animal cruelty charges, more than 520
infringements of Good Laboratory Practice in England, and a $50,000 payoff
to the U.S. Agriculture Department for misstated records and animal welfare
violations. HLS has a criminal record in the UK for failure to file company
accounts on time. Currently the SPCA is suing HLS for animal cruelty.

500 animals die each day inside HLS. But their dying is a reprieve. It is
their living that demands our voice.

Photos, videos, and eyewitness accounts from six investigations describe HLS
technicians who nonchalantly kill dogs by flooding their lungs with toxic
materials meant for the animals' stomachs (oral gavage gone wrong). In one
investigative video clip, a technician punches a 4-month-old beagle in the
face. During a supposedly post-mortem dissection, another tech slices into
the chest of a convulsing monkey...

A former HLS employee who worked in the East Millstone lab stated: "I saw
monkeys hunched over in pain after abdominal surgery. One of the employees
doing the surgery told me that she had 'no idea what [she] was doing.'"

...And then as recently as late 2005: “I saw co-workers grab them by the
scruff, shout and swear at them, swing them by the scruff and slap them."

For details about sentencing, updates and how to help the SHAC 7:
http://shac7.com/

For excellent synopsis/perspective of the SHAC 7 case:
The SHAC 7, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, and the
Future of the Green Scare, By Will Potter
http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2006/08/15/ar2006-plenary/#more-80

Win Animal Rights (W.A.R.):
http://www.war-online.org/index.htm

Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC-UK):
http://www.shac.net/

Inside HLS:
http://www.shac.net/MISC/Inside_HLS.html

HLS EXPOSED FOR THE SIXTH TIME - WORKERS REVEAL THE TRUTH INSIDE HLS
Download entire report in PDF format: http://www.shac.net/ACTION/newsletters/Inside_HLS.pdf
Help the campaign: http://www.shac.net/MISC/Inside_HLS_What.html

America's #1 Terrorists, a new film by Tim Gorski of Rattle The Cage Productions
WATCH IT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPtKOz2Zouo

WHO IS HUNTINGDON LIFE SCIENCES?
Fact Sheet with photos: http://www.kinshipcircle.org/fact_sheets/default.html

INSIDE/OUT: DIARY OF MADNESS
($10) Booklet with graphic images from HLS protests and investigations
To order, email name and street address, to: info@kinshipcircle.org
To order online: http://www.kinshipcircle.org/kinshiplace/

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3.) Jailed For Rescuing Dying Dog: Grimes, Dogs Deserve Better
SOURCE: http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/15501639.htm

Tammy Grimes, founder, Dogs Deserve Better, was arrested because she rescued
a severely abused, chained, and dying dog. Please read below and do what you
can to help in this injustice.

The last time I saw lovely Tammy was at the August animal conference,
AR2006, in Washington D.C. She had stopped by Kinship Circle’s booth to give
me a photo-painting of a New Orleans home she’d entered while rescuing
animals in the Gulf Coast. In Tammy’s art, now proudly displayed in my home,
I see shadows of a musician’s life. Battered brass instruments. Toppled
knickknacks. Mold-drenched memories... And on the front doorstop, the body
of a dog who seemed to have died in the act of dragging himself home. Tammy
had layered these images into a striking summary of lives lost.

But Tammy’s compassion didn’t begin, or end, in the Gulf Coast. Many of you
are aware of her mission to end life on a short chain for dogs... You can
read about Tammy’s work for chained dogs at Dogs Deserve Better:
http://www.dogsdeservebetter.com/home.html

Brenda Shoss, Kinship Circle, info@kinshipcircle.org
 
Forwarded by: Bonnie Monaghan <njcarmod@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006
To: Kinship Circle <kinshipcircle@brick.net>
Subject: Grimes jailed for rescuing dying chained dog

From: Tammy Grimes <tammy@dogsdeservebetter.org
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006

OK, everyone, if you're getting this e-mail it means the police followed
through on their threat to put me in jail for taking Doogie today.

Here is the background info:
We got a call from Kim in East Freedom this morning, crying because Doogie
hadn't gotten up since Saturday. She had been calling the Central
Pennsylvania Humane Society since Saturday to no avail. We told her we
aren't law officers, and she needed to call the humane officer. Then we got
another call about the same dog, from another person who passes him every
day. At that point we called Kim back to see if she'd heard from the Humane
Officer. She had not, so we promised her we'd go out and see what we could
do. When we got there, we took photos and video of Doogie. We initially
thought he was dead, as he was not moving and his back was to us. We found
out that the people were not home to talk to about him, so I made the
decision that he could not lay there on the cold wet ground for one moment
longer, and I would accept all consequences of my decision.

The neighbor Kim has agreed to testify on my behalf if necessary. She cried
the whole time we were there, you can hear her on the video.

I think once you see the video and pictures, you'll understand why I made
this decision.

The vet documented his general negligent condition, low weight, sores,
missing fur, and took xrays of his back and hips. He determined that he has
very bad back spurs that are causing him a lot of pain and are most likely
responsible for his inability to walk. He also saw an undetermined mass near
his hip on the xray. He gave him a shot for pain plus some B vitamins for
energy, so that perhaps he could have even one good day or a few good hours.
He wrote a letter stating his condition in case we needed it.

Shortly after we got Doogie to my home, situated, bathed (had to, the stench
was too bad), and fed and watered an Officer Flag called from the Freedom
Township Police Department (I know, Freedom, isn't that ironic?). He wanted
me to return Doogie, which I refused to do.

Here's what I need from you all. View the videos and photos, below. I think
you'll agree with me that this is NOT acceptable in ANY kind of humane
society, and we cannot allow this kind of animal abuse. We MUST stand up and
STOP accepting this to be ok for people to do to their dogs, and STOP
jailing those who are trying to help them.

I could never look myself in the eye again, much less sleep tonight, had I
left Doogie there dying, shivering in the dirt. I will spend the rest of my
life in jail as opposed to handing him over to be abused further by these
people.

Please, contact ALL media with these photos and videos. Get justice, for
Doogie and for me. Do NOT allow this treatment of those who are here to
help, and who actually care. Call the Pennsylvania Humane Society and tell
them you expect them to stand with me against this kind of abuse.

Doogie laying on the ground, neighbor crying in background:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN9t1rv4pj4

Doogie after vet at Grimes house:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8wxGP1N7QQ

PLEASE CALL AND EMAIL FOR TAMMY AND DOOGIE
Officer Flag: cell: 814-201-0149
Freedom Township Police Headquarters: 814-695-8545
Pennsylvania Humane Society: 814-942-5402
Humane Officer Paul Gotshall: 814-942-3780

Altoona Mirror: 800-287-4480; pbanko@altoonamirror.com; news@altoonamirror. com
WTAJ-TV10: 814-944-1414
WJAC-TV 6: 814-255-7600

All national media!
Make sure to send them links to the video, it's very compelling. My best
friend, Tracy, has the video and hi- resolution copies of the images for
print. She can be reached at tracy@daftgeneration.com

Don't stop until there is Justice for Doogie and ME! I'm just not tolerating
this kind of treatment, for either of us. No one should.

Tammy S. Grimes, Founder, Dogs Deserve Better
Bringing Chained/Penned Dogs Into the Home and Family
through Education • Rescue and Rehab • Legislation
P.O. Box 23, Tipton, PA 16684 • 814.941.7447
Donate: http://www.dogsdeservebetter.com/donations.html
Educational Materials: http://www.dogsdeservebetter.org/store.html
DDB Attire and Gift Items: http://www.cafepress.com/dogsdeserve
http://tammygrimes.blogspot.com/
http://myspace.com/tammygrimes

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http://www.dogsdeservebetter.com/Doogie/doogiedead.jpg
Tammys own words: I was treated like a common criminal, especially by Chief
Reilly, who called me a 'freakin' idiot', 'incompetent', and I overheard him
telling Officer Flaig that if I ever came near his dog I would have a slug
in my a**. Again, there was no interest in any evidence that the dog had
been abused or criminally neglected. As far as they were concerned, the
dog's safety or condition was not even an issue.

http://www.dogsdeservebetter.com/Doogie/doogiedown5.jpg
I was released after seeing Judge Aigner, where Chief Reilly asked that I be
not given bail but incarcerated for my failure to cooperate. It was 2:00
a.m., and I had no ride home, over 30 miles away. I had to walk to a local
all-night store to call and get a cab, because there was no concern over how
I would get home. Their attempt to dehumanize me didn't work. I held my head
high and still do. I looked Chief Reilly square in the eye at every
opportunity. I will not be broken.

PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AND SEE MORE PHOTOS
http://www.dogsdeservebetter.com/doogie.html

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Sandy M. (640) 		Wednesday September 13, 2006, 2:52 pm
You are right, Kimberly...it sure is a sad day. Mostly because they are putting the wrong people in jail! These abusers are still walking about free!!! What's wrong with this picture?????!!!!

Sandy M. (640) 		Wednesday September 13, 2006, 2:53 pm
Forgot to say, thanks. Great info in your share, as usual.

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