(US-nc) PETA workers cleared of animal cruelty convictions
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Two former workers with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
were cleared today by the N.C. Court of Appeals of littering
convictions in connection with an animal cruelty case that grabbed
national attention.
Adria Hinkle and Andrew Cook, former workers with PETA, were charged
with animal cruelty three years ago for euthanizing dogs as part of
their duties at an animal shelter. The two subsequently were cleared
of the charges.
In 2005, they were convicted by a Hertford County jury of littering
for dumping the dead dogs in a private Dumpster. The trial judge
ordered Hinkle and Cook to pay a $1,000 fine, $2,987.50 in restitution
and a $200 community service fee. He also ordered them to complete 50
hours of community service, which was later reduced to 24 hours. Judge
Ron Elmore, writing for a three-judge panel, said in today's ruling
that placing the dead dogs in a Dumpster did not amount to littering.
The prosecution, he said, failed to prove that the Dumpster was not a
litter receptacle.
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Hinkle and Cook no longer work with PETA, attorneys have said.
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