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Kristen
Ort A dog's life Photo
and story by Jeffrey Javier, jjavier@citizen-times.com ASHEVILLE — Kristen Ort, 19, of Weaverville, tied herself with a rope to a rail in front of a downtown grocery yesterday. She did it to show her love for dogs. She said she would remain tethered in front of the Greenlife Grocery for eight hours to protest the practice of chaining dogs up for long periods of time. Ort was one of 108 people in 35 states to join in a national protest, Chain Off 2007, according to the organizers’ Web site. The event was sponsored by the Pennsylvania-based charity Dogs Deserve Better. “I’ve had a headache, I’m tired and I’m bored,” she said after five hours of the protest. “I can’t imagine a dog doing it for its entire life.” Ort believes people should keep their pets inside and unrestrained. Ort refused to say how many pets she owns, but she said she has “a lot.” Before her protest, she received e-mails of opposition: Most said her actions would send a negative message that dogs belong in cages rather than on a chain, she said. Others said dogs would be better off dead than in cages. But Asheville resident Tony Fogleman said Ort “is doing great stuff. “It’s not as harsh as PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) or as aggressive.”
Woman chooses dog’s life in protest by
Jon Ostendorff, jostendorff@citizen-times.com ASHEVILLE — A Weaverville woman will chain herself to a pole for eight hours outside a grocery store next week to protest the way some people treat dogs. “It is kind of a nutty thing,” said 19-year-old Kristen Ort. “But it’s for a good cause.” On July 7, Ort will sit outside Greenlife Grocery on Merrimon Avenue from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with Lady, a Dalmatian-chow-lab mix, as part of Chain Off 2007, a national protest of leaving dogs chained for their entire lives. She’s hoping to find a good home for Lady and raise awareness about treating dogs humanely. Almost 100 people in 32 states and Canada will chain themselves to doghouses during the protest. The nonprofit Dogs Deserve Better has organized the event for five years. This year is the largest protest yet, said Tammy S. Grimes, the group’s founder. She plans to chain herself to a doghouse in Atlanta for 29 hours. “The emotions are very strong when you are living on a chain,” Grimes said. “I really identify with the dogs when I do it.” The group encourages people to make dogs part of the family instead of relegating them to pens and chains in the backyard. Ort will have a dog collar around her neck with a chain attached to a pole. A table with information about the protest and local dogs up for adoption at All Creatures Great and Small in Hendersonville will help the public understand the event. “I am a little nervous,” she said. “I am not sure what people are going to say.”
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