January 2005
Thanks to pressure from PETA, two members of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity at the University of Missouri-Columbia were charged with abusing 40 opossums who were rounded up and stuffed – living and dead – into a barrel as part of a contest. Twenty opossums and two raccoons died.
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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
