July 2002 PETA, Earth Island Institute, and several other organizations asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to deny requests from two Japanese aquariums to capture wild Alaskan sea otters for the purpose of public display. As a result, USFWS denied both of the permit applications.
July 2002 When a Tustin, California, security guard was charged with cruelty to animals for beating an opossum to death with a flashlight, PETA sent a letter to the Orange County prosecuting attorney urging a vigorous prosecution. The man pleaded guilty to the charges and received a sentence of three years’ probation, 60 hours of community … Read more »
July 2002 A BMW truck driver in Greer, South Carolina, called PETA to report that birds were dying from being trapped behind a dilapidated net installed years ago to prevent them from roosting in the rafters of the plant. After several attempts to contact the operations manager, we sent a letter to BMW’s president asking for … Read more »
July 2002 Aron Bright, a wrestling coach at Avon High School in Cloverdale, Washington, admitted to biting the head off a live sparrow in front of his team. PETA sent a letter to the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department asking that Bright be charged with cruelty to animals, and we also posted an action alert to members. … Read more »
July 2002 A resident of Warwick, New York, contacted PETA about the town’s plans to trap and kill all the beavers near a dilapidated road culvert in order to prevent flood damage. We immediately sent a letter to the town supervisors asking them to halt the trapping program and, instead, upgrade the existing culvert and/or install … Read more »
January 2002 A New York resident called PETA to report that the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) routinely advises citizens to drown captured wild and domestic animals, a violation of New York state’s anti-cruelty statutes. To confirm the allegations, we recorded a conversation between a PETA investigator and a NYDEC officer. Not only did … Read more »
April 2001 In January 2001, PETA learned that General Motors (GM) administrators routinely ordered maintenance crews to trap and drown “nuisance” animals, such as raccoons and coyotes, at the Milford Proving Grounds plant in Michigan. We fired off a letter of protest to GM President and CEO G. Richard Wagoner Jr., and in March, GM agreed … Read more »
January 2001 PETA wrote letters, made phone calls, and issued action alerts to all our members in Iowa, asking them to contact their representatives in Des Moines and ask that they oppose House File 43 or any other legislation that would establish a mourning dove hunting season in Iowa. We also sent a letter to Governor … Read more »
January 2001 PETA received several complaints from residents at the Cypress Springs Apartment complex in Las Vegas about the use of Avitrol to poison pigeons. While the Avitrol Corporation claims that the product is a bird-dispersing agent, Avitrol is actually a potent poison that causes extremely painful deaths in birds and other animals who ingest a … Read more »
January 2001 A year ago, PETA began receiving complaints about the use of Avitrol to poison pigeons and other birds at Maryview Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia. After we provided the director of engineering with information on humane alternatives, he said that the hospital would stop poisoning pigeons and implement an effective, long-term pigeon control program. … Read more »
January 2001 Cathy Goeggel of Animal Rights of Hawaii informed PETA that Honolulu’s City Council was considering spending $42,000 to hire the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Wildlife Services (USDA-WS) to capture and kill pigeons in several local parks to reduce the threat of disease and structural damage attributed to the pigeon population. We immediately faxed a letter … Read more »
January 2001 Michigan pro-hunting lobbyists rallied at the State Capitol and convinced the House of Representatives to repeal the state’s ban on dove hunting. These gentle birds have been protected in Michigan for 95 years and have for centuries remained the universal symbol of peace. In response, PETA posted an action alert on the our Web … Read more »
January 2000 Despite available humane alternatives, authorities in Fairfax County, Virginia, announced their decision to trap and kill a colony of beavers located in a dry pond near Tysons Corner. In response, PETA immediately posted an action alert on our Web site and called our members in Fairfax County asking them to contact the Board of … Read more »
