February 2014
A water-retention pond was being drained for the building of the new Braves stadium. The Braves sent in a team to remove animals, but a couple of weeks later, unbeknownst to the organization, hundreds more turtles dug out of the mud and became trapped inside the fence. We got eyewitnesses in touch with stadium executives, and the remaining turtles were relocated to a neighboring pond.
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“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?”
— Ingrid Newkirk, PETA Founder and co-author of Animalkind
