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Judge Keeps PETA Animal Killers On A Tight Leash
On Wednesday afternoon in a North Carolina courtroom, defense lawyers
for two animal-cruelty defendants asked a judge to dismiss dozens of
criminal charges. The judge was unimpressed. The defendants, former
-- or perhaps still -- employees of People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals (PETA), stand accused of killing adoptable dogs and cats
in the back of a van in 2005 and discarding their bodies in a trash
dumpster. While the saga continues to drag on without a firm trial
date, it's now settled that defendants Adria Hinkle and Andrew Cook
will indeed face felony charges that carry lengthy jail sentences.
In Greenville, WNCT-TV's Laila Muhammad reported that the detective
who arrested Hinkle and Cook testified that in addition to dead
animals, a search of the PETA van turned up "a digital camera with
pictures of living and dead animals and vials of substances later
determined to be drugs used to euthanize animals." [click here to
watch a video of the WNCT report]
In addition to felony-level cruelty to animals charges, these two
"people for the ethical treatment of animals" are charged with
obtaining property by false pretenses. According to an employee of a
North Carolina veterinarian, Hinkle and Cook promised to find
suitable homes for three kittens, but killed them just hours later
without even bringing them back to PETA's Virginia headquarters.
For more background information about this disturbing case, visit
www.PetaKillsAnimals.com. In addition to photos of PETA's furry
victims (and the "death kit" tackle box they allegedly used), you can
see government reports filed by PETA describing the 14,419 dogs,
cats, puppies, and kittens the group has admitted killing since July
1998.
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