Wayne County Animal Services manager Frank Sauls took the animals and told Hedges she didn’t register the warehouse as a shelter. At the time, he told the Goldsboro News-Argus: “If we didn’t feel like anything was being done wrong, we would not have taken [the animals],” and that it was now “for the courts to decide.”
Even though Hedges gave up the animals, she was arrested and charged with 12 counts of practicing veterinary medicine without a license and a single count of soliciting a schedule IV controlled substance, according to the News-Argus. She was released on a $10,000 secured bond.
Some of the animals Hedges rescued were sick, so she gave a few amoxicillin and used topical antibiotic ointment for others. She also sought a donation of Tramadol, a painkiller used for dogs and cats. Hedges told the Argus she felt she had to help the sick animals.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/36244/woman-who-saved-animals-during-hurricane-arrested-ashe-schow
Even though Hedges gave up the animals, she was arrested and charged with 12 counts of practicing veterinary medicine without a license and a single count of soliciting a schedule IV controlled substance, according to the News-Argus. She was released on a $10,000 secured bond.
Some of the animals Hedges rescued were sick, so she gave a few amoxicillin and used topical antibiotic ointment for others. She also sought a donation of Tramadol, a painkiller used for dogs and cats. Hedges told the Argus she felt she had to help the sick animals.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/36244/woman-who-saved-animals-during-hurricane-arrested-ashe-schow