Tamira Ci Thayne

Tamira Ci Thayne

Tamira Ci Thayne (formerly Tammy Grimes) is founder and CEO of Dogs Deserve Better, an award-winning national nonprofit working on behalf of America’s chained and penned dogs.

Thayne holds a B.A. in Visual Arts from the University of Maryland, and a B.S. and M.S. in Naturology (study of the Body/Mind/Spirit connection) from the American Institute of Holistic Theology.

She has written articles for nationwide publications including American Dog, and has been the subject of articles in magazines such as Bark, Animal Sheltering, The New Barker, and Dog’s Life, which won a Genesis Award Honorable Mention.

She is co-editor, with Dawn Ashby, of Unchain my Heart: Dogs Deserve Better Rescue Stories of Courage, Compassion, and Caring (http://www.unchainmyheart.info), author of Scream Like Banshee: 29 Days of Tips and Tales to Keep Your Sanity as a Doggie Foster Parent (http://www.screamlikebanshee.com), and the illustrator of Puddles on the Floor for Dogs Deserve Better, a humane education book written by Lorena Estep. She has created over 30 animal advocacy art pieces, available for viewing and purchase on littlegirllooking.com, as well as the best-selling Animal Rescue Angel tattoo design (http://www.littlegirllooking.com/rescuetattoo.html).

 

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