PETA Trial Begins November 13
Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald (Roanoke, Va.), October 30 - After numerous delays, the trial involving two PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) employees is scheduled to begin Monday, Nov. 13 in Hertford County Superior Court. While she would not go into any major details of the impending trial, local District 6B Attorney Valerie Asbell, who will prosecute the case on behalf of the state, said jury selection will begin on the morning of Nov. 13. Asbell said she hoped to begin presenting the state’s evidence one day later.
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PETA WORKERS ACCUSED OF DUMPING DEAD ANIMALS IN GARBAGE
Virginian Pilot (Hampton Roads, Va.), June 17 - Two employees of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals were arrested on animal cruelty charges in Ahoskie, N.C., after investigators saw dead dogs being thrown into a grocery store garbage container Wednesday, according to the Ahoskie Police Department. PETA has scheduled a news conference for Friday at 3pm in Norfolk, Va., where the group is based.
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PETA DUO CHARGED WITH 62 FELONIES
Roanoke-Chowan News Herald, June 18 - In a story that first broke Thursday, there are more questions than answers of why a pair of animal rights activists would allegedly take part in something they adamantly oppose - unethical treatment of animals.
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NC COUNTIES SUSPEND AGREEMENTS WITH PETA
Roanoke-Chowan News Herald (N.C.), June 21 - Officials in at least two Roanoke-Chowan area counties are casting a wary eye on the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in the wake of last week's arrest in Ahoskie of two Virginia-based PETA employees on animal cruelty and illegal disposal of dead animal charges.
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PETA LOOKS BAD AFTER TWO ARRESTS
Washington Times, June 22 - Columnist Gene Mueller writes, "What's going on in the offices of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals? The same sanctimonious animal activist group that pleads for donations so it can stop us "blood-thirsty" hunters and fishermen once and for all is in the middle of a smelly affair involving the euthanization of pets picked up at animal shelters. Incidentally, they were pets PETA reportedly promised it would find good homes for."
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IF THE SHOE FITS
Roanoke-Chowan News Herald (N.C.), June 21 - An editorial notes, "Under normal circumstances, when a question is posed, the correct way to handle that inquiry is to supply a direct answer. Apparently, the situation involving two PETA employees arrested last week in Ahoskie on animal cruelty and illegal disposal charges does not fall under the normal circumstances heading."
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BETTER DEAD THAN FED, PETA SAYS
San Francisco Chronicle, June 23 - Columnist Debra Saunders writes, "This is not the first report that PETA killed animals it claimed to protect. In 1991, PETA killed 18 rabbits and 14 roosters it had previously "rescued" from a research facility. "We just don't have the money" to care for them, then PETA-Chairman Alex Pacheco told the Washington Times. The PETA animal shelter had run out of room."
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PEOPLE SUSPECT MISSING PET TAKEN BY PETA
WNCT-TV (N.C.), June 24 - Gates County Sheriff Edward Webb says he's had calls about PETA workers picking up pets from people's property. One local family says they called PETA to pick up a couple of stray animals. But when they came home, their own pet was missing.
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DIGITAL CAMERA SEIZED FROM PETA VAN AT CENTER OF ANIMAL DUMPING CASE
WVEC13-TV (N.C.), June 24 - A digital camera was seized from a van belonging to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, 13News has learned.
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PETA CAMERA MAY HOLD CLUES
Roanoke-Chowan News Herald (N.C.), June 28 - Will the images found on a digital camera hold any clues? On Monday, Ahoskie Police Chief Troy Fitzhugh reported that a warrant had been executed to retrieve the images recorded on a digital camera allegedly used by the two PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) workers arrested June 15 in Ahoskie.
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ANIMAL DUMPING CASES SIMILAR
Roanoke-Chowan Herald (N.C.), June 30 - A local business owner says he remembers approximately nine instances over an 18-month period where dead animals have been found in commercial dumpsters located on the properties his company manages.
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NORTH CAROLINA OFFICIALS LOOK AT POSSIBLE NEW CHARGES AGAINST PETA EMPLOYEES
WAVY-TV (Norfolk, Va.), July 6 - WAVY News 10 has learned North Carolina officials may consider more charges against two people associated with the Norfolk-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
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NORTHAMPTON CONTINUES BAN ON PETA
Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald (N.C.), July 7 - Although it has been confirmed none of the animals found in a Hertford County garbage bin last month were from the Northampton County shelter, the county's health director said the temporary ban on an animal activist group continues.
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DUMPSTER DOG DEEMED HEALTHY
Roanoke-Chowan News Herald (N.C.), July 7 - At least one of the dogs found dead in an Ahoskie dumpster on June 15 has been diagnosed as healthy. That is according to an autopsy performed by the North Carolina Medical Board.
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WERE LOCAL ANIMAL RESCUE EFFORTS IN VAIN?
Warren Record (Warrenton, N.C.), July 13 - Local animal rescuers are keeping a close eye on a case in Hertford County in which two People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) representatives are accused of dumping the bodies of dead animals in a shopping center garbage bin.
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WHY IS PETA KILLING ANIMALS?
National Review, July 13 - Columnist Wesley Smith writes, "The constant flow of press releases, boycotts, movie-star endorsements, and never-ending street demonstrations not only keeps PETA continually in the news, but also serves to mask the organization's bizarre and rigid ideology. But now with the recent arrest of two of its employees for cruelty to animals in North Carolina, the true weirdness of the cult-like group may finally receive the attention it deserves."
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FANCY ACRONYM COVERS PETA'S TRUE ACTIONS
Standard-Times (New Bedford, Ma.), July 17 - Outdoor life columnist Marc Falco writes, "A little while ago, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) employees were arrested on animal cruelty charges for illegally dumping 31 dead cats and dogs they had picked up from shelters and veterinarians, which had been alive at the time of pickup."
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PETA TRIAL DELAYED
Roanoke-Chowan Herald (N.C.), July 19 - The trial date for two PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) employees has been continued. The trial on animal cruelty charges was originally slated to begin today in Hertford County (N.C.).
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HEARING DATE FOR EMPLOYEES OF PETA RESET FOR AUG. 16
Virginian Pilot (Norfolk), July 20 - The hearing for two PETA employees facing multiple felony animal cruelty charges has been rescheduled for Aug. 16. Investigators were waiting for lab results on chemicals found in a van the two suspects were using when they were arrested and the results to determine the cause of death of one of the animals.
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TESTS CONFIRM DRUGS USED BY PETA EMPLOYEES IN VAN
Roanoke-Chowan Herald, July 21 - Ahoskie Police Detective Jeremy Roberts said Tuesday he had received confirmation concerning the drugs found in the van occupied by two workers for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) last month. "We have received confirmation from the SBI Crime Lab the drugs contained in the tackle box were Ketamine and Pentobarbital," Roberts said.
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