October 2003 Students at Hamilton High School in Michigan contacted PETA when they learned that a donkey basketball game was scheduled at their school. We immediately contacted the school’s principal and the school district’s superintendent to point out that making public spectacles of animals teaches the wrong message to young adults and that these events can … Read more »
October 2003 Thanks to PETA’s efforts, two North Carolina men were charged with felony dogfighting after police found a blood-covered chain and two dogs with puncture wounds. Click here to read about the link between animal and human abuse.
October 2003 Thanks to PETA’s efforts, a Washington state hoarder was arrested on suspicion of first-degree cruelty to animals after police removed 30 animals from her property, including a goat whose head she had held up to the tailpipe of a running car in an attempt to euthanize him after he was attacked by one of … Read more »
October 2003 A South Carolina man was slapped with felony charges for dragging his small dog behind his moped for three miles, while–according to one witness–the dog was “flailing [her] legs and crying.” The dog was killed, and another dog, alive but in “poor condition,” was found by officials at the abuser’s home. PETA contacted authorities, … Read more »
October 2003 PETA’s Community Animal Project (CAP) responded to an emergency call about a 10-year-old basset hound named Pokie who had been missing for 24 hours and was stuck in a drain pipe. A neighbor heard his cries below the street, and after three hours, CAP and the local fire department managed to rescue him from … Read more »
October 2003 A Florida man was slapped with felony charges for binding his dog’s paws and snout and cutting off the animal’s testicles with a dull pocketknife. Police reportedly discovered the dog, Lightning, bleeding profusely and rushed him to a veterinarian, who saved the animal. PETA contacted authorities, and the abuser was sentenced to one year … Read more »
October 2003 PETA’s Community Animal Project responded to an anonymous tip from a healthcare worker about a Virginia woman who confessed to abusing her dog. In accordance with doctor-patient confidentiality, the woman’s doctor did not have to report the fact that she was repeatedly strangling the dog until he began to lose consciousness and then releasing … Read more »
October 2003 PETA’s Community Animal Project came to the rescue of a chained dog who was missing most of his hair and was literally starving to death. His owners frankly admitted that they had no idea how to properly care for the dog, so we convinced them to relinquish the him to us for treatment and … Read more »
October 2003 A Pennsylvania man, frustrated that his guide dog, Inky, had failed to respond to his commands, dragged the animal back to his house and kicked him to death. His wife filed a protective order against her husband, alleging long-term abuse of herself and their 8-year-old son. PETA wrote to the prosecutor, detailing the link … Read more »
October 2003 Animal control in Evart, Michigan, refused to take action in a horse-neglect case until PETA put pressure on local authorities. Cruelty-to-animals charges were filed, and the horses were finally seized. Click here to read about the link between animal and human abuse.
October 2003 An Alabama man hanged a stray cat by a shoestring, doused her in lighter fluid, and set her on fire–she was found in the woods, alive, and was euthanized. The abuser is the first Alabamian charged under the state’s recently enacted felony provision. We did some research and learned that he had previously been … Read more »
October 2003 PETA’s Community Animal Project responded to a call from a Virginia animal hoarder who, after receiving notice from animal control, was seeking help in placing more than 20 ill cats who were living in filthy conditions. We visited the home and removed five cats, all in need of immediate vet care, including one little … Read more »
October 2003 PETA posted an action alert and e-mailed an alert to our California members to support Assembly Bill 202 to restrict the sale of unweaned baby birds. The bill requires that young birds be able to eat on their own before being sold, and it also requires pet shops to employ properly trained and certified … Read more »
October 2003 Thanks to PETA’s intercession, intracardiac (heart) injections on conscious animals–painful procedures involving penetration of the needle through the rib cage, chest wall, sensitive tissue, and–in many cases–the lung and a sheath of nerves between the ribs, and then directly into the beating heart–are no longer performed at the Montgomery Humane Society in Alabama. We … Read more »
October 2003 PETA received a complaint about emaciated puppies found cannibalizing puppy carcasses in a filthy dog pen in Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee. A vet stated that one of the live puppies was “underweight, anemic from worms, had an ear infection, and was suffering from Rickets–a condition brought on by a lack of proper nutrition.” We immediately … Read more »
