CHRISTOPHER E. GRIMES, DIRECTOR OF DOG BY DOG August 15, 2017 At the USDA Western Regional Office for Animal Care, an official summed up the USDA’s Animal Health Inspection Program as one “lacking direction. Inspections are down year to year by over 20% in this region. We have vacancies at all levels and zero prioritization […]
CHRISTOPHER E. GRIMES, DIRECTOR OF DOG BY DOG May 2, 2017 As we have previously reported, the decision to remove the public inspection reports on facilities regulated under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) came as a “particular surprise” to many within the Animal Care Division of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). These same […]
Christopher E. Grimes, Director of DOG BY DOG February 25, 2017 As we have previously reported, the decision to immediately remove all public inspection reports on facilities regulated under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) was “stunning” and the timing came as a “particular surprise” to those within the Animal Care Division of the USDA since […]
Christopher E. Grimes, Director of DOG BY DOG February 11, 2017 In a stunning and abrupt move last week, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) removed from their website all public inspection reports on facilities regulated under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), including thousands of large-scale commercial dog breeders. At the USDA Western Regional […]
Greetings! We have just returned from an amazing weekend in Philadelphia at Finding Shelter’s 5th Annual Sproutfest. It was awesome to see over 20 shelters and rescue groups gathered in one place; all working hard to place these special dogs with forever families. Working with a team of dedicated volunteers, Grace Kelly Herbert and her […]
With so many new friends joining the DOG BY DOG (DBD) team on Facebook in the past couple of months, I want to personally welcome you and thank you for joining us on this journey for change. My name is Christopher E. Grimes and I’m the Director of DBD. DOG BY DOG is a feature-length documentary […]
Literally every week, hundreds of dogs are saved by courageous, thick-skinned, and loving individuals that are willing to walk directly into the horror of puppy mills in the hopes of rescuing and saving a few lucky dogs. These folks not only have to deal with the heartbreak of being eyewitnesses to the abuse these dogs […]
