Posted on 06/17/2005 5:11:00 PM PDT by Still Thinking
Authorities in Ahoskie, North Carolina dropped a disturbing bombshell yesterday with the news that they had charged two employees of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) with 31 felony counts of animal cruelty. PETA's Andrew Cook and Adria Hinkle were arrested late Wednesday night after police saw them dump bags containing seven dead puppies and 11 other dead animals in a grocery store's dumpster. Their PETA-owned van, seized by police, contained another 13 animal bodies. Ahoskie's police chief told reporters: "We've been investigating animal cruelty and illegal disposal of dead animals within our city for the last four weeks" -- roughly the same period of time in which our popular PetaKillsAnimals.com website and giant Times Square billboard have been making news.
Responding to our website, PETA has claimed that most of the animals it kills are "broken beings" and that: "[W]e refer every healthy, cute, young animal we can to shelters." But the dead animals included a female cat and -- according to a local veterinarian -- her two "very adoptable" kittens. "These were just kittens we were trying to find homes for," he told PETA's hometown Virginian-Pilot. "PETA said they would do that, but these cats never made it out of the county."
The animal-control officer responsible for the county where Cook and Hinkle were arrested told the Associated Press that PETA had picked up the animals just a few hours earlier. He added that PETA's employees "told him they were picking up the dogs to take them back to Norfolk where they would find them good homes."
Instead, the animals wound up being treated in a decidedly unethical fashion. This morning the Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald began distributing a grisly photograph showing a police detective in hazmat garb removing a puppy carcass from a garbage bag found in the now-infamous dumpster.
Last night WAVY-TV's coverage in Norfolk included heartbreaking details from the manager of the supermarket whose dumpster became an impromptu pet cemetery. "They just slung the doors [open] and started throwing dogs ... beautiful cats. I saw a [dead] beagle last week that was pregnant ... last week it was 23 or 24 dogs ... it's happened to us nine times ... they drove straight from there, straight here, and disposed of the dogs in 30 seconds."
Authorities told WNCT-TV in Greenville, NC that they've discovered more than 70 dead animals in the last month that may be connected to PETA. WKTR-TV reported today that Cook and Hinkle are out on bond, "thanks to the President of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals."
In a story that eerily resembles the current charges facing PETA's employees, the Associated Press reported on April 8 that an additional 150 euthanized dogs were found in rural Virginia, apparently dumped in trash bags near a riverbank. The Scott County, Virginia Sheriff is investigating.
Jail everyone involved with the organization. Every last one of them.
And the [I think] female is a real looker, too, isn't she?
or did they just get tired of feeding them.
She's has that Garafalo look about her.
What's with the three names? They only give three names to serial killers.
I dunno. Stupidity? Hypocrisy?
Well, yeah...
"...or did they just get tired of feeding them."
As the article notes, the latest batch of murdered dogs were picked up alive only hours before from the local animal control.
Yeah, I know, it doesn't make sense to me either.
Reminds me of Janine Garafalo
She's probably a relative; that would explain the insanity.
Dear Mr.Dude:
Now just what if this turns out to be PETA's "Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal"?
Sorry. The Democrats have all the "Rush to Judgement" seats taken.
their qualities of life probably sucked. so it was obviously justified.
That's Dr. Dude, to you.
Now just what if this turns out to be PETA's "Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal"?
What, some individuals working for PETA went overboard keeping America safe from puppies?
PETA (I'm going to have to fudge a little here, but I like it anyway...)
Finally, PETA stands for something I can support.
People Encarcerated by The Authorities
Did I miss a "/satire"
| Bertie Animal Control Officer Barry Anderson tears open a bag containing a dead dog found in an Ahoskie dumpster on Wednesday. A total of 31 dogs were discovered. |
PETA duo charged with 62 felonies
Suspects have initial court appearance
Northampton pets collected by PETA
PETA president responds
they were schiavoed.
that's all.
yeah, just like the "conservationists" who cut down old wood for their houses and the movie stars who yell about gas consumption before they hop on their personal jets. oughta read "hollywood, interrupted." it's pretty amazing.
The PETA pres in that link was horrified that those animals were put "in a dumpster" because putting animals in a dumpster is not their policy.
Didn't have a problem with the dead animals themselves, just where they ended up.
"A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy"--PETA honcho Ingrid Newkirk
PETA President Ingrid Newkirk is a wacko Brit.
IIRC in Norfolk PETA people go around and grab pets from yards, taking them to the PETA building to be euthanised.
A syringe and a dumpster for ALL involved in this.
If someone donates a nice, slimy dumpster, I'll bring the syringes and do the job myself.
BTW , Amish Dude?
You're a hottie yourself!
These people are sick in the head. If the left takes over the government it is going to happen to us.
Yep! Took her to the dog fights and she won!
Here's my problem with that (pasted from the other thread):
PETA's beliefs lead to a paradox they can't resolve: They claim to think we are morally equivalent to animals ("A pig is a rat is a dog is a boy."). But animals kill each other for food and for other reasons, so if we're just another animal, why can't we be the baddest animal on the block and do what the other animals do, only be better at it? When they seek to impose moral guidelines on our treatment of animals, they implicitly admit that we're on a qualitatively different, and higher, plane. So which is it gonna be, petaphiles?
Did she kill the other dog?
She is very true to her breed - Weimeraner.
Diva's Husband
Heh heh heh...
PETA should be a focus of Homeland security. They are a domestic terrorist threat. They commit crimes that often results in animal and human suffering i.e. releasing domestic animal into the wild or destroying a research lab working on cancer cures. Their M.O. is to infiltrate a research lab and create false scenes of animal abuse to film with hidden cameras. Anything to promote their propaganda. It is unfortunate that they have such strong financial and political support. Especially from Hollyweird.
In North Carolina PETA employees Adria J. Hinkle, 27, of Norfolk, in pink at center, and Andrew B. Cook, 24, in back, of Virginia Beach, appeared Friday in Hertford County District Court on charges related to the dumping of animal carcasses in a trash bin. drew c. wilson / the virginian-pilot
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