Fayetteville Police Department is Victim-Blaming Abused K-9, Says PETA

For Immediate Release:
July 5, 2024

Contact:
Sara Groves 202-483-7382

Fayetteville, N.C. –

Please see the following statement from PETA Senior Vice President Daphna Nachminovitch in response to the Fayetteville Police Department putting the blame on the K-9 after a now-viral video showed one of their officers hitting and yanking the dog by his collar:

If the Fayetteville Police Department thinks it’s acceptable to punch a dog in the face even once, let alone seven times, it has no business having dogs and we fear for the human community. Dogs used as K-9s are subjected to stress and violence from birth to death, and PETA is calling for these programs to end, for Fayetteville police to release all footage of this incident so that the public can see it for themselves, and for this dog to be retired immediately.

PETA is also reiterating its initial request that the dog in question be removed from his handler’s custody and that the handler be reassigned to duties away from animals.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram.