October 2000 PETA began receiving e-mail messages about Susan Padgett, a breeder in Otsego County, Michigan, who had been charged with cruelty to animals after 31 dogs were seized from her home and property. According to reports, Padgett was housing 50 or more dogs on her property in a 9-foot-by-11-foot shed. Allegedly, many of the dogs … Read more »
July 2000 PETA was contacted by several Lincoln County, North Carolina, residents about five Great Danes, acquired for the purpose of breeding, who were living in squalor in their guardian’s backyard. Reportedly, the dogs’ living area contained several inches of feces, their only food source was a few cups of food scattered on top of the … Read more »
April 2000 Over a period of several months, PETA received complaints about four pet stores selling “pocket pets,” including prairie dogs, sugar gliders, and hedgehogs. We called the appropriate sector office for the USDA, as none of the stores seemed to have the license necessary to sell these animals. After several months of persistent calling and … Read more »
April 2000 In 1998, following an undercover investigation by PETA at Belcross Farm, a pig-breeding factory farm in North Carolina, Camden County Superior Court made history by handing down the first-ever felony indictments for cruelty to animals by farm workers. Three workers were convicted and sentenced after PETA released hours of video footage that revealed shocking, … Read more »
January 2000 After learning about the plight of Robby, the military working dog scheduled to spend the rest of his life in a kennel at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, when he became no longer “deployable,” PETA spoke with and wrote to several officials at military bases, urging them to grant Robby a … Read more »
January 2000 Despite available humane alternatives, authorities in Fairfax County, Virginia, announced their decision to trap and kill a colony of beavers located in a dry pond near Tysons Corner. In response, PETA immediately posted an action alert on our Web site and called our members in Fairfax County asking them to contact the Board of … Read more »
