October 2004 Thanks to pressure from PETA, a California man was convicted of felony cruelty charges for beheading his dog after he got into a fight with his girlfriend and was sentenced to 25 years to life under the state’s “three strikes” law. Read more about the dangerous link between animal and human abuse.
October 2004 For many months, PETA worked with Hampton officials to address the tremendous overpopulation crisis of cats in the city and urged them to pass legislation to help curb it, and our hard work paid off. The new law prohibits guardians from allowing their cats to go outdoors unless the cats are licensed, vaccinated, and … Read more »
October 2004 Thanks to pressure from PETA, 34 horses, some cows, and a llama mired in their own waste were seized from an Oregon farmed-animal hoarder, and a district attorney entered her into a diversion program where she’ll be barred from having contact with animals until she is 94 years old! Read more about the dangers … Read more »
October 2004 In Norwich, Connecticut, PETA contacted officials about a case they investigated involving a cat hoarder harboring 51 flea-ridden and anemic cats, as well as the frozen remains of another cat, inside the a filthy apartment. We persuaded them to arrest her and charge her with cruelty to animals. Read more about the dangers of … Read more »
October 2004 Thanks to pressure from PETA, a Missouri man who was charged with three felony counts of domestic assault for assaulting his girlfriend and threatening to kill her was also charged with animal abuse for throwing her kitten to the ground. Read more about the dangerous link between animal and human abuse.
October 2004 Thanks to PETA’s persistence, suffering horses were seized from a notorious equine/farmed animal hoarder in Pennsylvania where the local SPCA had refused to take action for these animals and actually claimed that the hoarder was “in compliance.” We went over the agency’s head to the state SPCA and found a wonderful equine expert who … Read more »
July 2004 PETA offered a reward leading to the arrest and conviction of the abuser(s) in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, responsible for breaking the legs of a 10-month-old puppy and then tossing her into a Dumpster, where she lived for four days. The abuser and his girlfriend were both caught and charged with cruelty to animals. Click here … Read more »
July 2004 In Dawson Springs, Kentucky, a defendant in a horse-starvation case, which only went to court after law enforcement was pressured by PETA, plea-bargained, pleaded guilty, and was fined $500 and prohibited from owning animals for two years.
July 2004 Five Red Creek, New York, residents pleaded guilty to cruelty to animals after investigators discovered 10 dehydrated animals on the property, including an emaciated goat, three cats, and six dogs as well as the remains of 12 puppies and several chickens. Investigators estimated that the puppies and chickens went at least three weeks without … Read more »
July 2004 PETA’s Community Animal Project came to the rescue of an elusive dog in Virginia. He had been running at large for months with a collar embedded in his neck causing a badly infected wound that was full of maggots. Click here to read about what to do if you witness cruelty.
July 2004 Thanks to pressure from PETA, justice was served in Pike County, Kentucky. Cruelty charges were filed and then allegedly dismissed against a horse trainer who castrated a horse without anesthetics. But we contacted the prosecuting attorney, and now both the horse owner and technician who did the castration have been charged with second-degree cruelty … Read more »
July 2004 PETA put pressure on authorities when a 2-pound terrier was fatally kicked by a Tennessee man. We are happy to announce that the governor signed an amendment to elevate the punishment for aggravated cruelty to animals from a misdemeanor to a felony–the offender faces a minimum of one year of jail time (possibly up … Read more »
July 2004 Thanks to pressure from PETA, a Fort Collins, Colorado, woman who abandoned 84 dogs in cages for days without food or water was charged with 15 counts of cruelty to animals for the 15 dogs who had to be euthanized because they were so severely malnourished and one count of animal abandonment. Click here … Read more »
July 2004 Thanks to pressure from PETA, a Cecil County, Maryland, man was charged with cruelty to animals for beating his 5-month-old puppy in front of his residence. He was also charged with second-degree assault for threatening a woman who witnessed the dog beating. Click here to read about the link between animal and human abuse.
