Archive for the 'Animals' Category

Cats And Electricity Don’t Mix

Monday, August 22nd, 2005

Apparently hunger trumps common sense in felines just like it does in humans: GARDNERVILLE, Nev. (AP) – A stalking foray atop a power pole left a lucky feline jolted, frizzled and dazed but otherwise OK after he fell off the 40-foot pole and sparked a fire outside a fire house. The frazzled cat was discovered [...]

PETA Members Charged With Animal Cruelty

Friday, June 17th, 2005

From the “Do as I say, not as I do” Department: (AP) – 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. Investigators staked out the bin [...]

PETA Caught In Hypocrisy

Thursday, May 12th, 2005

PETA has long advertised itself as an organization that helps animals. Turns out, it kills approximately 78% of all animals that are located at its Norfolk, Virginia headquarters: From July 1998 through the end of 2003, PETA killed over 10,000 dogs, cats, and other “companion animals” — at its Norfolk, Virginia headquarters. That’s more than [...]