procès de 2 employés de PETA pour acte de cruauté envers les animaux Pour info : http://www.animalconcerns.org/
Judge Declines To Dismiss Animal Cruelty Charges In PETA Case
WINTON, N.C. -- A judge has declined to dismiss felony animal cruelty
Charges against two PETA workers accused of dumping euthanized animals into
A trash container.
Defense lawyers argued Wednesday in Hertford Superior Court that the charges
Should be dropped because the animals were killed humanely. They also argued
That Andrew B. Cook and Adria J. Hinkle are being unfairly prosecuted
Because some people don't agree with the work of People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals.
Cook, of Virginia Beach, Va., and Hinkle, of Norfolk, Va., were arrested
Last June by Ahoskie police officers who were staking out a trash container
In which animal carcasses had previously been found. Detectives testified
Wednesday that they arrested Cook and Hinkle after watching them throw
Several bags of dead animals inside the trash bin.
They also said they found more dead animals in the pair's van, a digital
Camera with images of living and dead animals and substances later
Determined to be euthanasia drugs.
Cook and Hinkle each face 21 felony counts of animal cruelty, seven counts
Of littering for illegally disposing of dead animals and three counts of
Obtaining property by false pretenses.
PETA spokesman David Perle said in an e-mail Thursday that the organization
Is confident its employees will be acquitted. Hinkle was suspended pending
The outcome of the criminal case, he said. Cook, a new employee at the time,
Remains with PETA.
No trial date has been set.
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