The legal outcome ends an attempt to in effect put Peta on trial for euthanising hundreds of animals each year. Zarate alleged Peta operated under a broad policy of euthanising animals, including healthy ones, because it “considers pet ownership to be a form of involuntary bondage”. The shelter routinely dispatches veterinarians to care for animals but it also euthanises ones Peta deems too sick, aggressive or feral for adoption. The rate fuelled the family’s lawsuit, which Peta claimed was driven by “no kill” activists. Peta says its euthanasia rate is partly the result of accepting animals that other shelters decline.

Source: The Guardian August 17, 2017 01:07 UTC