January 2001 PETA received several complaints from residents at the Cypress Springs Apartment complex in Las Vegas about the use of Avitrol to poison pigeons. While the Avitrol Corporation claims that the product is a bird-dispersing agent, Avitrol is actually a potent poison that causes extremely painful deaths in birds and other animals who ingest a … Read more »
January 2001 PETA wrote letters, made phone calls, and issued action alerts to all our members in Iowa, asking them to contact their representatives in Des Moines and ask that they oppose House File 43 or any other legislation that would establish a mourning dove hunting season in Iowa. We also sent a letter to Governor … Read more »
January 2001 Cathy Goeggel of Animal Rights of Hawaii informed PETA that Honolulu’s City Council was considering spending $42,000 to hire the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Wildlife Services (USDA-WS) to capture and kill pigeons in several local parks to reduce the threat of disease and structural damage attributed to the pigeon population. We immediately faxed a letter … Read more »
October 2000 In 1997, PETA called on McDonald’s to make improvements for animals before they become Big Macs and McNuggets, holding news conferences and demonstrations around the country. After a ‘Day of Action’ in October generated dozens of protests around the country, McDonald’s invited PETA into negotiations. Negotiations proved fruitless, so PETA launched a campaign against … Read more »
October 2000 Glenn County, California, is home to a hidden industry in which animals are suffering: animal blood-bank kennels. Dogs and cats at these kennels are warehoused for years at a time and are repeatedly “bled” to provide blood to veterinarians across the country. Animals confined indefinitely in this manner live miserable and lonely lives. The … Read more »
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 »
