PETA Lawyers Appeal Verdict

by Cal Bryant - March 16th, 2007 - Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald

WINTON - The verdict has been appealed.

Attorneys for the two PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) employees found guilty Feb. 2 on littering charges have formally filed legal paperwork asking for the convictions to be vacated or to modify the sentences.

At the conclusion of the two-week trial (Jan. 23-Feb. 2) in Hertford County Criminal Superior Court, Adria Hinkle and Andrew Cook were found guilty of one count each of littering, a misdemeanor. That charge stemmed from their June 15, 2005 arrest where the duo tossed seven bags of dead dogs into a private dumpster behind Piggly Wiggly in Ahoskie’s Newmarket Shopping Center.

If you want to know why this is so outrageous, check out the poll that the Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald conducted at the time of the original verdicts. 86% of the people disagreed with the verdicts. In talking with some of our citizens they didn't just disagree, they were outraged.

Link to article about PETA poll

Link to article about the verdicts

Link to Outrage on the green

Link to Peta hates people

This is what it is important to remember about PETA. PETA's President, Ingrid Newkirk, says the following, "Mankind is the biggest blight on the face of the earth." Newkirk explained why she had herself sterilized: "I am opposed to having children. Having a purebred human baby is like having a purebred dog; it's nothing but vanity, human vanity."

Why am I surprised that the lenient verdict would not sit well with people who hate mankind as much as this group does. They truly see nothing wrong with their actions.