April 2002 After receiving calls of concern about a pig-racing event planned for a youth sports organization’s carnival in North Brunswick, New Jersey, PETA wrote to the chairperson of the organizing committee to ask that the cruel and exploitative event be canceled. Two weeks went by without a response, so we contacted the city’s mayor to … Read more »
April 2002 A Los Angeles activist contacted PETA about his struggle to convince a property management group in the city to cancel an Easter contest in which the prizes were live rabbits. Until the contest, the rabbits were being displayed, along with several ducklings, inside one of the buildings that the company manages. It is illegal … Read more »
April 2002 PETA received complaints about alligators and turtles on display at a Florida McDonald’s. We learned that the animals were provided by a notoriously cruel area alligator park called Gatorland. We had investigated this facility in 1995 and found horrifying conditions for animals. Alligators were being used for photo ops with visitors and were usually … Read more »
April 2002 PETA first contacted Target in 1999 to ask that it remove AquaBabies from its shelves. We sent countless follow-up letters and provided statements from experts describing why the tiny tanks are sorely inadequate for the fish, frogs, and snails imprisoned in them. We also posted action alerts and a feature on our Web site … Read more »
April 2002
April 2002 PETA members near Detroit, Michigan, contacted us when they heard that a local bar with a nurse shark in a small aquarium was going out of business. By the time we received word of the bar’s closing, the bar owner had already taken the shark to a pet store. With the help of the … Read more »
April 2002 Thirteen-year-old PETA member Laurie Wolff led an effort in Clark County, Nevada, which includes Las Vegas, to convince school administrators to adopt a dissection choice policy. Previously, dissecting in school was mandatory. Thanks to Laurie’s efforts, 230,000 will be able to make a compassionate choice. Read about how to cut out dissection at your … Read more »
April 2002 Lincoln County, Montana, residents contacted PETA when they learned that their animal shelter was planning to buy a gas chamber. Apparently, the managers of the shelter could not keep accurate records on euthanasia, and the veterinarian with whom they contracted refused to do intravenous injections for them anymore. After we and countless concerned citizens … Read more »
January 2002 After learning about a scheduled foie gras seminar to be held at kitchenware chain Sur la Table, in Manhasset, New York, PETA immediately wrote to the manager and sent a video depicting the cruelty of foie gras production. PETA also issued an action alert for the Web and sent an alert to local activists. … Read more »
January 2002 After receiving a complaint from a local who was getting nowhere with state officials about a number of neglected chickens and goats in Okracoke, North Carolina, PETA immediately sent a fax to the Hyde County sheriff’s office asking for cruelty-to-animals charges and for confiscation of the remaining animals. After repeated correspondence and phone conversations … Read more »
January 2002 After viewing a videotape of workers bludgeoning “unusable” chickens with baseball bats and later breaking their necks, PETA sent information to the president of Puerto Rico’s largest poultry company about using gas killing as a more humane alternative. We also provided contacts who could help establish a gassing system. After several months of correspondence … Read more »
January 2002 A New York resident called PETA to report that the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) routinely advises citizens to drown captured wild and domestic animals, a violation of New York state’s anti-cruelty statutes. To confirm the allegations, we recorded a conversation between a PETA investigator and a NYDEC officer. Not only did … Read more »
January 2002 A concerned member sent PETA a flier distributed in her community by one of the few remaining donkey ball outfits that listed all the cities in which schools had recently used their services. We located the school districts that include each of the cities and wrote each superintendent a letter explaining the inherent cruelty … Read more »
January 2002 A Florida man, annoyed by his cat’s meowing, cut her throat and mutilated her with a steak knife while a friend took pictures. The owner and his accomplices were arrested after Walgreens photo developers called the police. Photographs depict not only the attack, but also the butchered carcass suspended from a shower rail while … Read more »
January 2002 When a New Jersey activist called us for help in persuading the Monmouth, New Jersey, Education Association (NJEA) to ban donkey basketball, we eagerly provided her with materials explaining why donkey basketball is cruel to the animals and a harmful spectacle for children. In addition, we wrote to the president of the NJEA and … Read more »
