July 2004
Thanks to pressure from PETA, a Fort Collins, Colorado, woman who abandoned 84 dogs in cages for days without food or water was charged with 15 counts of cruelty to animals for the 15 dogs who had to be euthanized because they were so severely malnourished and one count of animal abandonment.
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“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?”
— Ingrid Newkirk, PETA Founder and co-author of Animalkind
