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 »
