October 2004 When PETA learned that a chicken-roping contest is held every year in Albany, Texas, as part of the Watt Matthews Cowboy Day, an activist in the area agreed to videotape the event. We asked chicken experts to review the video, which depicted chickens who were roped, then dangled by their necks, wings, and legs … Read more »
July 2004 PETA supported Rocky Mountain Animal Defense’s efforts to prevent Boulder City Council from rescinding the city’s prairie dog and bird protection ordinances, which prevent developers and businesses from poisoning these animals. The City Council voted a unanimous yes to a temporary moratorium on killing these animals until activists and city attorneys can develop a … Read more »
July 2004 Thanks to pressure from PETA, charges were filed in what could be a precedent-setting case in Earlville, Illinois, where a wonderful vet rescued this abandoned calf from a dairy farm. He had been left to die by the side of the road.
July 2004 PETA’s Community Animal Project responded to a call of yet another transport truck crash. A truck carrying 200 pigs on the way to a Smithfield slaughterhouse overturned in Suffolk, Virginia, in the early hours of September 2, killing as many as 87 pigs and leaving dozens more severely injured. Injured animals–including one who collapsed … Read more »
July 2004 At their annual convention, members of the Chicago-based American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) voted to end the AVMA’s support of “forced molting,” the factory-farming practice of starving hens for up to two weeks to induce an additional egg-laying cycle. Members of PETA, United Poultry Concerns (UPC), and other animal protection groups have been protesting … Read more »
July 2004 Thanks to pressure from PETA, justice was served in the case of 12 Canada geese who were intentionally run over and killed by a man in a car in Albert Lea, Minnesota. The perpetrator was issued a federal citation for violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Click here to read about the link … Read more »
July 2004 PETA got several sick and starving horses seized in North Carolina. The abuser was charged with cruelty and arrested.
July 2004 Five Red Creek, New York, residents pleaded guilty to cruelty to animals after investigators discovered 10 dehydrated animals on the property, including an emaciated goat, three cats, and six dogs as well as the remains of 12 puppies and several chickens. Investigators estimated that the puppies and chickens went at least three weeks without … Read more »
July 2004 PETA’s wildlife biologist began the first phase of a beaver-management project for the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). The year-long study will establish criteria for installing and maintaining nonlethal beaver-management methods in order to demonstrate to VDOT how beaver-related problems can be eliminated using humane, cost-efficient techniques. Soon after, we received an enormous amount … Read more »
July 2004 Thanks to pressure from PETA, a Cecil County, Maryland, man was charged with cruelty to animals for beating his 5-month-old puppy in front of his residence. He was also charged with second-degree assault for threatening a woman who witnessed the dog beating. Click here to read about the link between animal and human abuse.
July 2004 PETA helped pass the law to make hog-dog rodeos illegal in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. A man who operates a local arena stopped because spectators feared arrest for attending and police prepared to arrest him under the new law. Click here to read more about hog-dog rodeos and view footage.
July 2004 In St. Louis, Missouri, PETA alerted authorities to a possible dogfighting ring. Animal control seized eight pit bulls from the property and cited the occupants for operating a kennel without a license, cruel and inhumane treatment of animals, and unsanitary conditions. Click here to read more about dogfighting, which is illegal but sadly still … Read more »
July 2004 In Dawson Springs, Kentucky, a defendant in a horse-starvation case, which only went to court after law enforcement was pressured by PETA, plea-bargained, pleaded guilty, and was fined $500 and prohibited from owning animals for two years.
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. Click here … Read more »
July 2004 PETA’s Community Animal Project came to the rescue of an elusive dog in Virginia. He had been running at large for months with a collar embedded in his neck causing a badly infected wound that was full of maggots. Click here to read about what to do if you witness cruelty.
