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PETA trial opens in animal deaths: Two charged with felony cruelty; group says euthanasia was humane.
Byline: Kristin Collins
Jan. 22--It began as a bizarre small-town crime. Every Wednesday, in a Dumpster behind a Piggly Wiggly in northeastern North Carolina, a fresh load of dead cats and dogs appeared. The stakeout and the ensuing arrests only deepened the mystery. The people caught dumping garbage bags full of euthanized animals were employees of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, one of the largest and most radical animal rights groups in the world. This is the group that fights for the rights of rats and frogs. The group that throws blood on women in furs, compares the killing of animals for food to the Holocaust and opposes animal research -- even when it leads to lifesaving medical advances. Today, more than a year and a half after their arrest, the two PETA workers are to go on trial in Hertford County, in one of the state's poorest and most rural regions. Adria J. Hinkle, of Norfolk, Va., and Andrew B. Cook, of Virginia Beach, Va., are charged with 21 counts each of animal cruelty, a felony that can carry jail time, along with charges of littering and obtaining property by false pretenses. The trial is expected to last more…
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