January 2005 Thanks to pressure from PETA, a Texas woman was charged with cruelty after local authorities discovered that three pit bulls had died in her charge and found two emaciated pit bulls with scars – indicating they were used for fighting – on her property. Because of this case, Texas lawmakers have proposed three separate bills … Read more »
January 2005 At the Grand Canyon National Park, a trail guide was encouraging clients to beat weary mules used to carry tourists down the perilous trail into the rocky abyss. PETA contacted officials and posted an action alert and the employee is no longer working there. Read more about what to do if you witness cruelty.
January 2005 Thanks to pressure from PETA, a Manassas, Virginia, woman was convicted of cruelty to animals cruelty and banned for life from owning any animal for abandoning pit bulls who then cannibalized one another. She had been charged 14 times since 1997 with various animal- related offenses. Read more about the dangers of animal hoarders.
January 2005 Thanks to pressure from PETA, a Minnesota man who tossed his girlfriend’s cat into a 250-degree F oven was convicted of animal cruelty to animals and banned for life from owning any animal. Read more about the link between animal and human abuse.
January 2005 PETA came to the rescue for of wild birds being captured on sticky tape in the Pittsburgh Airport. PETA contacted officials and posted an action alert, which prompted all the sticky tape to be immediately removed and replaced with live traps to capture and release the birds. Read more about the cruelty of glue … Read more »
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. Read more about the link … Read more »
January 2005 Thanks to pressure from PETA, a California man was sentenced to two years in prison for viciously beating his family’s 10-week-old puppy to death in front of three young children on Christmas night.
January 2005 Thanks to pressure from PETA, three Pleasanton, California, teens were arrested for killing an 18-year-old cat named Xeno, who was found hanging from a railroad trestle. One of the teens was charged with felony cruelty to animals. Read more about the link between animal and human abuse.
January 2005 A year-long investigation into a hog-dog rodeo (a horrific blood sport in which pit bulls are turned loose on terrified hogs) in Escambia County, Florida, paid off. Forty-five mangled hogs with missing ears were seized, and three organizers of different hog-dog operations have been charged with cruelty. Mississippi and South Carolina are already considering … Read more »
January 2005 Thanks to pressure from PETA, two Illinois men were charged with cruelty for killing a puppy by putting a plastic bag over his head, slitting his throat, and stabbing him to death. The puppy had worms, and the owner wanted to kill him, claiming that it was too costly to have a veterinarian euthanize … Read more »
January 2005 Thanks to pressure from PETA, a Las Vegas apartment complex stopped using Avitrol to kill pigeons and other birds. Avitrol is a potent poison that attacks and impairs birds’ nervous systems. Poisoned birds suffer from the slow shutdown of bodily functions for up to 15 hours before dying. Read more about coexisting peacefully with wildlife.
January 2005 Pakistan and India have set aside their differences and come to an agreement: that cruelty to Australian animals for wool must not be tolerated. Bonanza Garment Industries, one of Pakistan’s largest garment-manufacturing companies, and India’s Mohini Exports have both informed People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) that they will refuse to use … Read more »
January 2005 PETA came to the rescue of horses at the Colorado Wild Horse Inmate Program who were being castrated without sedation or anesthesia. We contacted officials and the procedures are now being performed humanely. Read more about what to do if you witness cruelty.
January 2005 For many months, PETA worked with Virginia Beach officials to address the cruelty and danger of sentencing dogs to life at the end of a chain. Thanks to our efforts and the support of the community, there is now a new ordinance in place that prohibits the chaining of dogs for more than three … Read more »
January 2005 After hearing from PETA, Lacombe Composite High School in Alberta, Canada, made a planned chicken race fundraiser cruelty-free by choosing to host a race between two student council members dressed in chicken costumes instead of using live chickens. Principal Jayson Lovell stated that “if one person is offended by something we are doing, we … Read more »
