PETA to pay family $49,000 for euthanizing 9-year-old girls dog [View all]
Source: NY Daily News
PETA apologized to a Virginia family and said it will pay them thousands of dollars for taking and euthanizing their pet Chihuahua.
Wilber Zarate filed a lawsuit against the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals for taking his 9-year-old daughter’s dog from their mobile park home and then putting the pooch down ahead of the state’s mandatory five-day grace period.
A pair of women affiliated with the animal rights group said they traveled to the Accomack mobile park in 2014 because its owner asked for help capturing wild dogs and feral cats. While there, they removed the leash and picked up an unattended Chihuahua named Maya — she’d been a Christmas gift for Zarate’s daughter, Cynthia.
The pup was put down the same day despite a law that requires such organizations wait five days before euthanizing animals. PETA paid a $500 fine for the violation.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/peta-pay-family-49-000-euthanizing-9-year-old-girl-dog-article-1.3419753
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