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2:24Now PlayingPETA has settled a lawsuit for euthanizing a girl’s healthy Chihuahua. Her family alleges that PETA believes animal ownership is involuntary bondage, and putting pets to sleep is the best way to free them. Yeesh. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, and Cary Harrison, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A family has settled a lawsuit against the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for taking a girl’s unattended dog and euthanizing it, ending an attempt to effectively put PETA on trial for euthanizing hundreds of animals each year.
The agreement was confirmed Wednesday by PETA and the family’s attorney. The settlement dims what could have been a very public spotlight on the international animal rights organization and its controversial animal shelter in Virginia.
Wilber Zarate had sued PETA for taking his daughter’s Chihuahua from a mobile home park on the state’s Eastern Shore and putting it down before the end of a required five-day grace period.
Zarate had alleged that PETA operates under a broad policy of euthanizing animals, including healthy ones, because it “considers pet ownership to be a form of involuntary bondage.”
PETA denied the allegations and maintains the 2014 incident was a “terrible mistake.””*
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