PETA Employees Face 31 Felony Animal Cruelty Charges

[Bonnie]

for Killing, Dumping Dogs

Center For Consumer Freedom Has Warned “Ethical Treatment Of Animals” Workers Routinely Kill Animals

Ahoskie, NC – Last night, one month after the launch of www.PetaKillsAnimals.com, two employees of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) were arrested on 31 felony animal-cruelty charges for killing and disposing of dogs and puppies in a dumpster. Today the Center for Consumer Freedom is calling on Americans to stop making donations to support PETA and its grim-reaper program.



When Ahoskie police arrested PETA employees Andrew Cook and Adria Hinkle last night, they found 18 dead dogs in a nearby shopping-center dumpster (including a bag containing seven dead puppies), and 13 more dead dogs in the PETA-owned van the two were driving. Police observed them throwing several dark-colored bags into the dumpster before the arrests were made.

This is not the first public mention of PETA’s large-scale euthanasia program. In May 2005 the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) unveiled a giant Times Square billboard and a new website (www.PetaKillsAnimals.com). CCF had obtained official records from the state of Virginia showing the militant animal-rights group had put over 10,000 dogs and cats to death since 1998.

In 2003 PETA euthanized over 85 percent of the animals it took in, finding adoptive homes for just 14 percent. By comparison, the Norfolk SPCA found adoptive homes for 73 percent of its animals and the Virginia Beach SPCA adopted out 66 percent. PETA’s required report documenting its 2004 record is currently over 4 weeks late.

A Bertie County (NC) Deputy Sheriff told The Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald that Cook and Hinkle assured the Bertie Animal Shelter “they were picking up the dogs to take them back to Norfolk where they would find them good homes.” Pittman added that persons identifying themselves as PETA representatives have picked up live dogs from that shelter during the last two months.

“This is disturbing behavior on the part of self-professed animal lovers, and I hope the public takes notice,” said Center for Consumer Freedom Director of Research David Martosko. “PETA raked in nearly $29 million last year alone, but apparently it couldn’t spare any money to care for the flesh-and-blood animals entrusted to its employees. It’s ironic -- If anyone else were caught red-handed with 31 dead dogs, PETA would be holding a press conference to denounce them.”

Martosko added: “Last month when we launched PetaKillsAnimals.com, we warned the public that PETA was not the warm and kind group it claimed to be. Now it’s clearer than ever that Americans who truly want to help animals should donate to their local animal shelter, not to PETA.”

http://www.consumerfreedom.com/pressRelease_detail.cfm/release/109

 

[archangel]

http://www.consumerfreedom.com/pressRelease_detail.cfm/release/109

kinda smacks of the ACLU..".do as I say not as I do!"

 

[Bonnie]

kinda smacks of the ACLU..".do as I say not as I do!"

Well lets hope they screen their future volunteers better. Im not a violent person generally, but If I ever saw someone hurting a child or animal I would have to be held back or Id wind up in jail for assault.

 

[archangel]

Well lets hope they screen their future volunteers better. Im not a violent person generally, but If I ever saw someone hurting a child or animal I would have to be held back or Id wind up in jail for assault.

however PETA is a joke...always has been from conception!

 

[no1tovote4]

The lady, and I use the term loosely, that heads up PETA is a Type I diabetic and uses Bovine Insulin to treat the ailment. I have actually heard her say that the very medication she uses is a violation of the animal's "rights". When asked why she used the medication, she said that the animal's are glad to sacrifice for her so she can continue the fight for their "rights".

The whole PETA thing is just one big hypocritical mudpile...

 

[Bonnie]

The lady, and I use the term loosely, that heads up PETA is a Type I diabetic and uses Bovine Insulin to treat the ailment. I have actually heard her say that the very medication she uses is a violation of the animal's "rights". When asked why she used the medication, she said that the animal's are glad to sacrifice for her so she can continue the fight for their "rights".

The whole PETA thing is just one big hypocritical mudpile...

Really! Sigh! This story breaks my heart everytime I think of it.