Animal Rescue in the News

Two PETA Employees Arrested on Animal Cruelty Charges in N.C. - June 17, 2005 Two Hampton Roads employees of Norfolk-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have been charged in Ahoskie, N.C., with animal cruelty after dumping dead dogs and cats in a shopping center garbage bin, police said Thursday. Click here to read the complete news story. Better dead than fed, PETA says - June 23, 2005 two PETA employees were charged with 31 felony counts of animal cruelty each, after authorities found them dumping the dead bodies of 18 animals they had just picked up from a North Carolina animal shelter into a Dumpster. Click here to read the complete news story. - Discuss this topic in our forums!