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PETA to Colombian Government: Ban Capture of Monkeys for Biomedical Experiments
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Speak Out: A Squirrel Was Reportedly Left to Die in a Trap!
On February 22, 2024, PETA received a desperate call for help regarding a squirrel left to languish in a rooftop trap reportedly set at a residence in Newark, Delaware, by Delmar Termite and Pest Control. The hapless squirrel had reportedly been trapped for nearly a week. PETA contacted local law enforcement, but when officials arrived, it was apparent that the animal had already died. The company had apparently failed to check the trap in question for an entire week, and the squirrel surely endured an agonizing death as a result. Delmar Termite and Pest Control was reportedly charged with cruelty to animals as a result of this alleged failure, and company officials are evidently scheduled to appear in court on this charge on June 13.
We need you to speak up to help prevent such tragedies in the future!
PETA has urged the Newark city solicitor to ask for maximum penalties if a conviction is secured, and we’ve urged the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife to revoke the company’s trapping license. You can help by doing the same! Please politely ask the solicitor and deputy solicitor to vigorously prosecute the case and ask the Division of Fish and Wildlife to revoke Delmar Termite and Pest Control’s trapping license:
Paul Bilodeau
Newark City Solicitor
pbilodeau@delaw.org
Robert O’Neill
Newark Deputy City Solicitor
boneill@delaw.org
Patrick Emory
Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife Director
Patrick.emory@delaware.gov
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First-Ever Federal Convictions for Animal Supplier to Labs Breaks the Bank—Check Out PETA’s Win!
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Urge New Smyrna Beach Store to Ditch Hermit Crab Sales!
Upon hearing that Wild Side Beachwear—a company with two stores specializing in tourist apparel and sundries in New Smyrna Beach, Florida—sells hermit crabs, PETA asked the owners to adopt a policy that prohibits the sale and display of live animals. But our concerns appear to have been casually dismissed. Your help is needed now!
Lacking the knowledge and resources to meet the extraordinarily specialized husbandry needs of these animals, impulse shoppers buy countless hermit crabs as “pets” annually. In nature, these complex animals shun human contact, travel in colonies that number up to 100, and can live for up to 40 years. But in captivity, they typically die between the ages of 1 and 4. Taken from their homes (because they don’t breed in captivity), peddled as cheap trinkets, confined to small “habitats,” roughly handled, fed improper diets, and forgotten when the novelty wears off, these animals are doomed from the moment they’re captured. Furthermore, a PETA investigation into a major wholesale supplier exposed a horrific industry that profits whenever hermit crabs are purchased.
Please join PETA in urging Wild Side Beachwear to do the right thing by ending the sale of live animals at its stores—then, share this alert with everyone you know!
Please send polite comments to:
Elana Dahaman, Owner
386-427-1664
info@wildsidensb.net
Please also leave a message on the company’s Facebook page:
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