PETA Steals Dog From Front Porch.....
 

Saw this little article, on Huffington Post...how sad is this......does have some distressing stats worth taking note of.

"A family in Virginia is looking for answers after they claim animals rights group PETA stole their dog and then killed it.
Wilbur Cerate told WAVY this surveillance footage shows two workers taking his Chihuahua Maya from the family's front porch. (There was a video showing a truck backing up to the porch, a PETA worker jumped out, grabbed the dog from the porch, put it in the back of their "Rescue" van, and drove off.)

He told the station, "I understand if they pick up my dog if it was in a tree or another place, but this is in my house."

This happened in October and he says the workers came back a few days later with a fruit basket to tell him his dog had been euthanized and apologize.
The workers were charged with grand larceny but those were later dropped because the video did not show criminal intent.
On average, PETA euthanizes 2,000 dogs and cats each year at it's animal shelter in Virginia. The group has actively promoted a video explaining the organization's reasons for euthanizing animals.
"In 2013, we euthanized 1,805 ferrell, sick, suffering, dying, aggressive and otherwise unadoptable animals."

But Cerate says his dog wasn't in any position to be put down. PETA has refused to release any statement about the incident."

Gosh....no criminal intent shown by these workers? Guess they would have had to show a sign saying they were there to steal the dog so they could murder it.....

All y'all that let your little dogs outside unsupervised, had better be super vigilant....watch out for predators from the sky, from the woods, thieves roaming the neighborhood.....and I guess now PETA too, as they now take dogs right from porches and yards!

I would have shot her on sight when she brought a fruit basket after murdering my dog.

I'm so sad about this. Though stories like this no longer shock me, they do leave me wondering where is the outrage. People are coming into our homes to take away our pets without proof this will benefit them.:confused:

"The workers were charged with grand larceny but those were later dropped because the video did not show criminal intent."
Yet if someone steals a package off my front porch that is theft.

Why did the guy wait for them to come back "a few days later?" Did he try to do anything to get his dog back in the meantime, during the hold time?

It did not say anything about any hold time...he may not have known who backed a truck up, and jumped out and took his little dog from his front porch....he probably knew who took his dog when they showed up again 3 days later, with a fruit basket and apology!
Who in the world would imagine PETA would steal a dog from private property and then put it down? THAT thought did not even occur to ME, and I am very skeptical of their agendas, etc! The thought of a "hold time" probably would not even enter their thoughts, as the dog was not lost or running the streets....you dont imagine a rescue that "loves and respects animals and operates for the ethical treatment of animals" would tresspass and steal your pet from your yard......does this mean they can come to your yard, take your dog, "hold" it for 3 days and then put it down because they are getting too crowded?

I get what you're saying, and I agree it's wrong! It never says he went to the shelter to try and get his dog back. All I am asking is why? If my dog got picked up and I had video to show who took it, I sure as heck would be there trying to get my dog back immediately! Even without video, I'd sure check with my shelter to see if they had it. I only mention a hold time because here they used to hold dogs for 3 days. So in that time did he not check there to try and find his dog? He knew where it was by his video. For all we know someone reported the little dog as a stray and that's why PETA were there in the first place. If he had gone to the shelter to inquire about his dog, would they not have let him have her back?

How can stealing someone else's dog with the intent of killing it not indicative of criminal intent? Aren't the acts, apparently shown in the video, of the thieves trespassing on his private property, going onto the porch of his dwelling, taking and leaving with his very own dog, the very definition of criminal intent, not to mention the actual criminal act of actually removing his dog from his property against his will and without his permission?

And then, once they have done that, they kill it(!!!!!!), admit to it and grand larceny charges are dropped and they are not charged with purposefully killing the dog????? There is something very fishy about this part of the story. Hope that guy sues them and how can he not win in civil court.

Maybe the take home message in the story is that we can't leave anything unattended on our property. If someone wants something you have they need only take it and the burden of proof of wrongdoing rests with you.
My Yorkies are never, ever left unattended, inside or outside of my house. Yes, there is a very big burden attached to having this intensive coverage of my own home.

This is exactly the kind of crap I would expect from PETA. They euthanize practically every dog they pick up. They believe dogs living with humans is unnatural even though we created dogs from selective breeding of wolves. They don't think there should be domesticated dogs even though those are the only kind. They're opposed to you and would shut you down in a second if they had the political clout, despite you being a really well regarded and well liked breeder. Directly from their website:

Videos NSFW because of language, but a great illustration of how big of hypocrites these losers are.

I am typing my responses with two fingers....so sometimes I will not go into deep, drawn out detail trying to say what I am saying....when I re-read my response, I thought that does not sound right....and that is exactly how you took it! What I SHOULD have said was, " The article didnt go into any detail about why he waited to contact PETA about taking his pet, and that is a question I would have been interested in".... rather than short and direct "it didnt say anything about hold time".

If I would have "gone the long route", my response may have not sounded like I was insinuating you were not understanding what was being said. I am trying to post on here without being chastised for offending English Grammar 101, so it is better for me to be as brief as possible.....and THAT leads to its own problems! (Let me go up and divide this paragraph into two so I dont get called out again on THAT!)

I have another question...in Houston, we do not call PETA to come out for strays, we call animal control. Is it even possible that a neighbor would call PETA to pick up a stray?? I was not aware PETA did that service.

If they ever come onto my property my 2 best friends will greet them! By the way, my friends names are Mr. Smith & Mr. Wesson!

Mr Bowie knife would make an appearance too.

I am not familiar with PETA or their thoughts, values, etc. I have never heard anything nice about them, though. They are usually in the news for throwing paint on celebrities who wear fur.


If this article is true, then it's absolutely horrifying and disgusting.


I don't know if it's true in the US, but in the UK, you cannot get insurance or a job if you claim to be a member of PETA or Green Peace as they are thought of as radical organizations.


I always wondered about that so maybe there's something to it after all?


Insurance companies suck but they do their research.

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Not just celebrities they threw paint on my 83 year old mother's 30 year old fur coat when she was in New York for a vacation years ago. She was shocked and very shaken by the whole incident.

PETA's headquarters is located here. This story is true along with 100's that never make it to national news

With all due respect. We love our dog to the extent that we have purchased the City dog license for it which links to all the pertinent data (dog name, breed, owner name, address, phone number, CALL COLLECT, etc.); (b) We had an aluminum dog tag made for about $8 or so that has the dog name and breed on one side and OUR info on the other; (c) we must have our dog vaccinated for rabies regularly and the rabies "tag" also contains all of the pertinent information. If this was the case (I don't know) then the folks that stole the dog from private property were (a) trespassing; (b) trespassing for the purpose of a criminal offense; (c) committing a theft (felonious); (d) pile it on. They should have been charged and punished.... to do what they did was obviously with malice and forethought and probably to meet a quote (be kinda neat to find out). I would waste zero time in filing a civil lawsuit for a whole variety of things, the least of which would be theft and all the laws surrounding same ("trespass with felonious intent?"... varies from state to state). Someone comes up on my porch I'm going to talk if I can. Then I'm going to take action to protect 'a member of my family and myself from imminent grievous bodily harm and/or death and/or kidnapping (dognapping?)'. Doesn't matter. Know your rights and enforce them. Lord knows that law enforcement has enough on their plate and this would be considered a minor annoyance at best. In most states, someone enters a farming operation with such intent and you have the right to use whatever force is necessary to protect yourself and your property. I handful of flowers just does not cut it in my opinion. This is a significant offense and needs to be prosecuted in order to be put to an end. Our problem in North America, and in particular stateside (I am a dualie) is that our laws are not enforced yet the public wants more laws to protect them. Get OVER it! Law enforcement is not here to protect you. It has become a machine and duty belts should be standardized to hold a chalk holder methinks. With all due respect to the many who put their lives in harms way to protect us. At the LEAST, these bozos should have been dismissed summarily and for cause. No separation, just a nice "goodbye" and a footprint on their rear ends.

Moronic thinking IMHO. The mere action shows criminal intent and that's the fact, Jack.

Forgive my ignorance what exactly does peta stand for. I thought they protected animal rights. Maybe im getting them mixed up with another group. Obviously their not for animals.

I am sad that this still hasn't been resolved. At the very least there is discussion of PETA losing their shelter status because they euthanized the dog within three days when the Hold time for that area is five days and because they did not report the dogs pick up to the county which is also required by law in that area (the man did look for his dog but there was no record because it was not properly reported). I am disappointed that the DA did not 'see sufficient evidence' to prosecute and I am very shocked that the PETA organization had refrained from comment as they are generally quite loud.

Oh your poor, poor grandmother :eek:

People for the ethical treatment of animals.

That's sad to hear. I used to be a PETA member, but I realized their tactics aren't the best. I prefer Mercy For Animals. I do think they still do a lot of good for animals. Unfortunately, not every animal can be adopted and sadly euthanasia happens.

PETA is REALLY messed up in several ways. The worst was their claim that "Pokemon promotes violence towards animals." In no way has the franchise ever endorsed such a thing and only TWO incidences where a human purposely inflicted harm towards a Pokemon with the human attacking the victim themselves instead of another Pokemon and BOTH times others witnessing the act said how cruel it was. And that is over a twenty year period. Betty White is the ONLY thing I would support from PETA. I mean how could you hate Betty White?

:lol tears

How did those Peta people know that the dog they abducted wasn't a rescue? They have no way of knowing anything about a dog by looking at it from a car. Thats the part thats scary to me. If they say they support adopting existing pets from shelters..why, rush to euthanize any animal?!?! There is no logical reason for that at all. Its extremely unlikely that a stray or feral dog would be lounging on someones front porch. My puppy is an adopted rescue. She has no papers and probably is mostly if not all Yorkie. She may be from a puppy mill. There is no clear history about her. I love her, and take care of her as if she were the Best in Breed at Westminster, lol….I don't leave my dogs outside unattended, because its not really a choice. Its a shame that even if I had the choice on my own property I couldn't safely do that for fear of a dognapping by crazies! ugh.

People for the Ethical Treatmant of Animals- NOT so "Ethical"
 

I would have been in the car right behind the VAN within seconds of seeing them take my dog.... following them to their destination. Once they stopped-THEN I would have shot them- preferably in the behind for being an _______ ( fill in the blank with the orifice normally found in that region) and forced them to give me my dog back.


Why did this guy wait? No that it's his fault. But it is a reminder that our furbabies are like toddlers. Especially tiny ones. I wouldn't allow a toddler to play on the porch unsupervised unless it was in a playpen.


I am also wondering how the hell Trespassing into someone's yard and stealing their property/dog off the porch can deemed "NOT criminal intent"? ( and they have a VIDEO proving who did it) And then they brought a FRUIT BASKET to apologize (which is an admission of guilt) Then what the heck IS criminal intent? I think the prosecutor in that country needs to be fired.


How bout giving that little girl that is so upset about losing her dog a new PUPPY instead of killing an additional dog?


Here is the original article PETA Reportedly Steals and Kills a Family Dog|Douglas Anthony Cooper


After reading it I can honestly say I will NEVER support PETA again. This is shocking and just unbelievable.

here is more info, sounds like PETA was stalking this family, and that the family did call as soon as they saw the video.

The Theft & Killing of Maya : Nathan J Winograd

That story makes me see red, my stomach knot and my toes curl. I've never ever wanted to wreak vengeance on somebody as badly as I wish I could the evil conspirators involved in the plotting and cold-blooded, calculated killing of that poor family's sweet little dog. Better stop here.