Posted on 06/17/2005 3:03:02 AM PDT by bad company
Two individuals from Hampton Roads, employees of the Norfolk-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, were arrested Wednesday night in Ahoskie, N.C., on animal cruelty charges.
The two were arrested after authorities allege they dumped dead dogs and cats in a dumpster at a shopping center on Memorial Drive in Ahoskie.
Andrew Benjamin Cook, 24, of Virginia Beach, and Adria Joy Hinkle, 27, of Norfolk, were arrested at the shopping center. Police say they found 18 dead animals in the dumpster and 13 dead animals in the couple's van, which according to authorities, is registered to PETA. Both suspects were charged with 31 counts of animal cruelty and eight counts of illegal disposal of animals.
According to police, the animals were from two North Carolina animal shelters - one in Northampton County and the other in Bertie County.
Officials say the animals were alive when they left the shelters, but have not said how they died.
North Carolina officials say they have been investigating reports of dead animals at the shopping center for over a month. Authorities say there were four other incidents of dead animals found in the shopping center dumpster, each on a Wednesday night. Surveillance was conducted this week, resulting in the two arrests.
Cook and Hinkle were released on bond. They have a court date in Winton, N.C., on June 17th.
A PETA spokesperson told WAVY News 10 that the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has a long-standing relationship with shelters to euthanize pets that the shelters feel are no longer adoptable, and the spokesperson is confident the animal cruelty charges will be dropped.
If the animals were put into a dumpster as alleged, the spokesperson termed that 'outrageous.'
PETA says Hinkle has been suspended. Cook is still working for the organization.
The fraud that is PETA is exposed once again. Now if they would just go after them over their finances.
No, but I am glad to see there were arrests. Printing this article off for my daughter, who thinks I am too hard on the PETA people.
So PETA contracts to perform euthanasia for animal shelters? Is that right? Oh, man, I hope this thing has legs...
Morning, BC, I drove by the peta building last nite. Isn't that funny. What of waste of good water front property. Your up early.....
Freggin` unreal isn`t it? Dumping dead animals at a mall of all places. Maybe some fur store was using them. Man, I wish someone took photos.."The ethical treatment of animals by PETA". They have to go affter them over their finances though. PETA is nothing but a money scam, something like 90% of their cash goes into advertising or press for the scam while practically nothing goes towards animal protection or shelters, which is probably why they killed these ones.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
501 Front Street, Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone 757-622-7382 | Fax 757-622-0457 | Email info@peta-online.org
Overview
Finances
for tax year ending 7/31/2004
Income $28,926,924.00
Expenditures $25,063,060.00
End-Of-Year Net Worth $11,479,793.00
Tax Status 501(c)3
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Nope, I'm up late. Had to share this one. So they have a rather expensive place there in Virginia huh?
Make 'em eat MEAT!
The PETA..BUILDING!!!? Just how flush with cash is this bunch!?
I don't know...but it is in down town Norfolk next to the water front and it stands out.
I saw a story about peta adopting animals then killing them but I don't remember where
PETA employees charged with animal cruelty and illegally dumping dead animals
So when are we going to get the Tidewater area FReepers together? We should storm Ghent one evening.
GOODMORNING!
just finished a nice philly beef sub for breakfast before getting to bible study.
a question?
where do these people get their money.
GODSPEED!
A couple of months ago some VA FReepers were talking about having a BBQ outside PETA HQ - I still think it's a great idea!
But in practical reality, Peta can't deliver on that promise all the time, so they euthanize. And they promised not to do that. And they thereby disillusioned, to some degree, with idiots who "drop off" pets with Peta for "adoption" [nudge nudge wink wink] without any attendant sense of guilt.
And THESE are the people that provide financial support to Peta; who allow them to maintain a mask of respectability, who put a "happy face" on their dark ties to extreme radical groups.
I hope they lose LOTS of support over this.
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