Senator asks Commonwealth of Virginia for investigation of PETA, calling their actions “worthy of intensive review & scrutiny” the No Kill Advocacy Center’s petition asking the State Veterinarian at the Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (VDACS) to revoke PETA’s status as a “shelter” for violations of law including larceny, state holding periods, and state regulations regarding the killing of animals in shelters. Although the theft and killing by PETA of Maya, a 9 year old girl’s dog, precipitated the petition, that was merely the latest in a long line of untoward actions on the part of PETA which uses its status as a shelter to acquire animals for the purpose of killing them and to have access to sodium pentobarbital, the controlled substances used to poison the animals. Since the late 1990s, PETA has killed over 30,000 animals, roughly 2,000 animals a year including kittens and puppies. Like Maya, many of these animals were healthy, but PETA killed them without making any attempt to find the animals homes first. Revoking PETA’s status as a shelter would bring such atrocities to an end and be an important step in protecting the pets, often cherished family members, of the people of Norfolk, Virginia (where PETA is located) and surrounding communities. Here is a copy of the NKAC’s petition: bit.ly/1zxqE5o The No Kill Advocacy Center is not the only organization which has called for such an investigation of PETA’s nefarious activities. The Virginia Federation of Humane Societies has also, writing last year that “PETA is ‘using’ its status as a ‘shelter’ to the great detriment of animals in the Commonwealth [of Virginia].” Now, a Virginia State Senator is asking VDACS, the regulatory agency in charge of “shelters,” to investigate PETA following the theft and killing of Maya. He writes that “they are worthy of intense review and scrutiny.” His letter is here: bit.ly/1uAn44m Photo: A puppy PETA has killed in the past after promising to find him a home, only to put him to death in the back of a van within minutes, a donor-funded slaughterhouse on wheels. PETA admitted that it kills healthy animals, calling this puppy “adorable” and “perfect.” Learn more: whypetaeuthanizes.org/photos/
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 18:16:01 +0000
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