One reason why I do not

[OhHorsePee]

Get the real picture?

Fran

11:13 a.m. June 17, 2005

AHOSKIE, N.C. – Two employees of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals were charged with animal cruelty for allegedly picking up dogs and cats from shelters and dumping their dead bodies in the garbage.

Police said they found 18 dead animals in the bin and 13 more in a van registered to the activist group, all from shelters in the state's northeastern corner.

Investigators arrested the two workers after staking out a garbage bin where animals had previously been dumped, police said Thursday.

PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said the workers were picking up animals to be brought to PETA headquarters for euthanization. Veterinarians and animal control officers said the PETA workers had promised to find homes for the animals rather than euthanize them, according to police.

Neither police nor PETA offered any theory on why the animals might have been dumped.

PETA spokeswoman Colleen O'Brien said the organization euthanizes animals by lethal injection, which it considers more humane than gassing animals in groups, as some counties do.

The group scheduled a news conference Friday in Norfolk, Va., where the group is based.

Police charged Andrew Benjamin Cook, 24, of Virginia Beach, Va., and Adria Joy Hinkle, 27, of Norfolk, Va., each with 31 felony counts of animal cruelty and eight misdemeanor counts of illegal disposal of dead animals. They were released on bond.

No home telephone number was listed for either Hinkle or Cook, and a message left for Cook at PETA headquarters was not returned. A PETA spokesman said he did not know how to reach Hinkle.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/...ta-arrests.html

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[4mymirage]

If only you knew.....

 

[strass]

I think PETA is one of those organizations that was started with the best of intentions but has since evolved/devolved into something completely different.

I certainly find them to be an interesting case study in the way that a mixture of agressive morality, extremism and money don't lead a person to logic.

While I admit that I am lured by some of their "romantic ideals", the means that they go about things is usually quite revolting.

I know their intentions are good, but...

Grandpappy always told me that "the road to ruin was paved with good intentions".

 

[tigeresss]

In my opinion anyone that likes PETA either can't think for themselves or are totaly uneducated about it. I say the first bit because many of these people who are "believers" of PETA seem to be brainwashed. I've seen quite a few kids that have had this happen to them. No offense intended to anybody.

 

[Lisa-Ruff N Tuff Minis]

I certainly find them to be an interesting case study in the way that a mixture of agressive morality, extremism and money don't lead a person to logic.

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Boy that statement is so much the truth not only about PETA but so many things

 

[DunPainted]

Amen, Strass!

PETA - "People" (?) for the "ETHICAL" Treatment of Animals

Putting animals down and tossing them in a dumpster. The name of the group certainly is indicative of a true oxymoron!

 

[Miniature217]

Check this site out..

http://www.petakillsanimals.com/