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California dog rescuer named Bonnie Sheehan has been charged
with animal abuse for allegedly transporting 148 dogs and one
cat across the country in cramped, filthy conditions. She was
arrested in Tennessee after police -- supposedly making a
routine traffic stop -- discovered the animals in the back of
her van, which was pulling a U-Haul filled with more crates of
animals.  The reaction to the story ranges from the predictable
to the sublime. Some have already slapped the label of animal
abuser on her -- you know, guilty until proven innocent; others
who know her have rallied to her support. In the portrait being
painted in the media by police and animal shelter officials, she
is a crazy animal-hoarder who was motivated by a warped delusion
that she -- and only she -- could "save" these animals.  Here's
the crazy part. To some extent, there is nothing warped or
delusional about what Shee