July 2004 After several years of campaigning by PETA and local activists, the superintendent of Kent City Schools in Ohio formally requested that the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) replace its annual donkey basketball fundraiser with a more appropriate one. The superintendent wrote to the PTO president, “[D]onkey basketball is, in my estimation, a game whose time … Read more »
July 2004 After receiving a letter from PETA voicing our objections to an art display that involved dragging a rooster and chickens across the university lawn, the head of the University of Delaware’s art department called to tell us that the display had been canceled.
April 2004 PETA’s Community Animal Project (CAP) responded to a call of an overturned truck carrying 180 pigs to slaughter at the Smithfield, Virginia, packing plant. When we arrived, nearly two dozen animals were severely injured, dying, or already dead. The packing plant workers shuffled the stunned live pigs who were suffering from road scrapes, broken … Read more »
April 2004 In April, PETA wrote to Philadelphia restaurant Morimoto, asking that it discontinue the practice of dismembering and serving live lobsters to customers (called “live sashimi”). After receiving our letter and considering the issue, Morimoto immediately took the item off all its menus. Please write a polite letter to the restaurant to thank the management … Read more »
April 2004 PETA contacted authorities in Ludlow, Missouri, about abused and starving animals at a local residence. Authorities found two emaciated dead dogs in the backyard, seized five starving and abused dogs, and arrested the owners. Read about what to do if you witness cruelty.
April 2004 Thanks to pressure from PETA, the governor of Louisiana signed a bill into law that makes it a crime to stage, promote, or attend a “hog-dog rodeo,” a bloody sport in which a trained dog is turned loose to corner and attack a hog in an arena. The bill also outlaws breeding or training … Read more »
April 2004 James Cochran, an Alabama man accused of allowing 31 chickens who were allegedly being raised for the rural area’s cockfighting industry to die of neglect, was convicted of cruelty to animals. Cochran was sentenced to a suspended jail term of 90 days, unsupervised probation for one year, and a fine of $250, plus court … Read more »
April 2004 Thanks to pressure from PETA, this sick and starving horse was relinquished from a neglectful owner in Elkins, West Virginia. A vet found her to be suffering from the worst case of lice she had ever seen. The horse is now recovering in the compassionate care of a rescuer.
April 2004 PETA received a link to video footage of three Case Western Reserve University students torturing and killing a hamster, including one student biting off the live hamster’s leg and head. We immediately contacted the university and authorities and all three students were charged with cruelty. Watch PETA’s Public Service Announcement about the dangerous link … Read more »
April 2004 PETA’s Community Animal Project came to the rescue of this little rat terrier who was found chained in a Virginia Beach backyard. She had become tangled in a rope and a cable which were wrapped so tightly around her leg that it had swelled to three times the normal size. We called animal control … Read more »
April 2004 PETA contacted authorities about two farmers in Lower Mifflin Township, Pennsylvania, who were neglecting their horses and other farmed animals. They were found guilty of cruelty to animals and forced to give up their animals and pay a $7,600 fine. Click here to read about what to do if you witness cruelty.
April 2004 In late April, PETA debuted its new “Chain your door, not your dog” billboard (alerting people to the dangers that chaining dogs imposes on the animals themselves and the public) in Kentucky after a 4-year-old local girl was critically injured by her family’s pit bull, who was kept chained in the backyard. We received … Read more »
April 2004 PETA wrote to the district attorney prosecuting a horrible case involving a New Jersey residence where authorities found animals perishing in filthy conditions. They seized 165 animals, including dead and paralyzed rodents. The hoarder was fined more than $800 and charged with six counts of cruelty for failure to provide adequate veterinary care, inadequate … Read more »
April 2004 PETA got a butterfly release canceled as part of the butterfly festival at a California mall. Children were going to be given nets to chase down and capture the released butterflies. After learning about the cruelty involved in raising and releasing butterflies, the mall administrators not only agreed to cancel the event and create … Read more »
April 2004 Thanks to pressure from PETA, these two starving horses in Virginia were relinquished from their neglectful owner and are now thriving in the care of a rescuer.
