PETA stole, killed pet dog

[DrLeftover]

Nov 20, 2014

PARKSLEY, Va. - Wilbur Cerate of Parksley says his family's dog was stolen off their front porch while nobody was home. Cerate says PETA admitted to not only taking the dog, but euthanizing her as well.

It was on October 18th when Wilbur Cerate said he came home and his dog was nowhere to be found. He checked the security camera installed outside his home only to find that after he left, a white van backed up to his home. A woman emerged who tried to lure the dog away. When the dog, named Maya, returned to the family's porch, the woman went and picked her up, loaded her in a van and drove off.

Cerate said after numerous phone calls to PETA, and letting the organization know that the alleged crime was caught on camera, PETA representatives returned to his home with a fruit basket and bad news.

"I asked, I asked her, what happened to Maya? Where is it? Sorry but we killed Maya. Yeah. We put to sleep Maya," said Cerate.

Two PETA members were arrested but will not face charges. Accomack County Commonwealth's Attorney Gary Agar told WBOC that after reviewing the case, he does not believe there is enough evidence to prove criminal intent beyond a reasonable doubt. Edward Armstrong is a close friend of Cerate and is helping to organize a rally outside of the Commonwealth's Attorney's office in hopes of getting Agar to reconsider.

With video
http://www.wboc.com/story/27444217/family-claims-peta-stole-and-killed-pet-chihuahua

 

[+paradox]

not enough evidence?

that's very sad...

 

[Sinon]

So apparently stealing and killing it isn't enough evidence.

brb, kidnapping my neighbour for spare parts.

 

[identityissues8]

Why did he immediatelly jump to PETA?
How did he 'just know' the person on his CCTV was from PETA?
Eveb if they did it, why would PETA risk their reputation by admitting they euthanized a healthy animal*?

Something seems to be missing from this story, and it makes the whole thing read really weird.

*And no, I'm not even a supporter.

 

[+paradox]

Why did he immediatelly jump to PETA?
How did he 'just know' the person on his CCTV was from PETA?
Eveb if they did it, why would PETA risk their reputation by admitting they euthanized a healthy animal*?

Something seems to be missing from this story, and it makes the whole thing read really weird.

*And no, I'm not even a supporter.

you do have a point there...

where's the police report?

 

[beowulf]

Eveb if they did it, why would PETA risk their reputation by admitting they euthanized a healthy animal*?

nasty organisation in my book, dont actually care about animals imho

 

[identityissues8]

Maybe not, I don't know and won't say one way or the other.
BUT, they at least pretend to.

I highly doubt they'd give up the facade cause someone saw a lady and a random unmarked white van on his CCTV.

 

[Jazzy]

From another article which explains why he assumed PETA did this:

Wilbur recalled pulling up to the home in rural Parksley on the Eastern Shore in late October to find Maya gone. The Chihuahua usually came barking as he pulled up to the house, but on that day, it was silent.

After the family searched all over to no avail, Wilbur checked his footage from the home surveillance camera and saw a vehicle featuring the PETA logo back up to his porch. Two women came out of the van and snatched the dog.

"I was angry. I understand they pick up my dog, if it was in a tree or another place, but this is in my house," Cerate said.

Wilbur called the sheriff's office after the women returned to the home three days later saying that the dog was put down, providing no proof of remains.

Accomack Country Sheriff Todd Godwin said he charged the women with larceny because pets are considered personal property. The local prosecutor did not try the case because there was no evidence of criminal intent.

Just because there was a PETA logo on the van does not mean these women are associated with PETA.

The other odd thing is why would these women go back to the house three days later? This sounds more like a dognapping and they wanted money for the return of the dog.

The last odd thing about this is that they weren't prosecuted for criminal intent. The dog was stolen and the women should have been charged.

 

[Ellie1142545]

Excuse me, but....Not enough evidence?!!  The man had a security camera....It was all caught on camera, and the Prosecutor says there's not enough evidence, to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, that a crime was committed?

I'm thinking it's time to show the D.A. the way out, and bring another one in.....

There was enough evidence to have those responsible, for this action, pay for it....This is so, so sad....

 

[identityissues8]

Actually Ellie, even in the case of a murder security camera footage means squat.
The best it's good for is to coerce someone into a confession.

 

[Ellie1142545]

Actually Ellie, even in the case of a murder security camera footage means squat.
The best it's good for is to coerce someone into a confession.

I, myself, don't really believe that....Not if the crime that has been done, is caught on Security Tape, or Security Camera.....Peta was caught on camera.....

 

[identityissues8]

Well that's you vs. every law enforcement agency in your country, I guess.

As they only use CCTV footage to draw confessions. Never in court.

 

[Ellie1142545]

Well that's you vs. every law enforcement agency in your country, I guess.

As they only use CCTV footage to draw confessions. Never in court.

You're saying, I believe, that evidence on those Security Camera's are not used in Court. Yes, the police do use that evidence to get a confession.....

And....I know, in my State....That evidence can be, and is, used in Court....

There was an incident that happened 3 years ago, or so, when a young girl, in her first year of college, disappeared.....Security Camera on Campus, showed her walking back toward her Dorm, after a get together with friends from another Dorm 2 buildings away.

The Security Camera's showed a guy walking up to her and start talking, and Security Camera's showed them together, until just before the Security Camera from her Dorm should have picked them up, but didn't......Later the Security Camera picked him up, but....She was never seen again.....

It turned out, that he approached another girl, using the same tactic's....He forced himself on her....The tape from the missing girl's case was used in Court, and it helped to convict him....40 years for rape....And if they ever find the missing girl's body, they know where they'll be able to find him....