Tell Craig's List To Stop Having People Place Ads to Give Away Free Pets

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Okay I know maybe some of you might be fed up with my PETA thing here..LOL...but this is another alert by them, and something I wasn't aware of as it has to do with the famous site craigslist--now since I've never use it --wasn't aware of what was going on. According to the connecting link article: Universal City police arrested a man accused of mutilating three cats and duct-taping their legs to a piece of plywood in Northeast Bexar County, a police detective said. Austin George Patterson, 19, was charged with three counts of cruelty to animals, a state jail felony. He was in Bexar County Jail on Monday, with bond set at $61,000. If convicted, he could face 180 days to two years in jail and a $20,000 fine. The three gray tabby cats — including a 3-year-old male named Taylor that was registered to Patterson and two others about 2 years old — were found Sunday at about 7:30 a.m. by a man walking along the Cibolo Creek trails, Universal City police Detective Tina Vitacco said. The cats were found under a sweatshirt, their bodies arranged in the shape of a triangle. One was disemboweled, at least two had their throats slit and all three had fishing line tied around their necks, Vitacco said. The cats' legs were duct-taped and their bodies slashed, a police report said. A box of nails, a hammer, scissors and knives were found next to the cats. Police are awaiting a necropsy report to determine the exact cause of their deaths. Police believe all three cats were bought on Craigslist.org, an online classified community, Vitacco said. The whole story/article is here http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA091807.01B.AnimalCruelty.33ca53b.html Peta is urging people to write to Craigslist and have them abandon the practice of people placing ads on it of people giving away free kittens/cats and puppies/dogs..or any other animal---Lets face it there are a lot of sickos in the world, as demonstrated by this person in the article, and this is like an open call for people to perhaps "adopt" free pets then turn them over to labs for testing/experimentation and where the person can get a minimum of $300 for the animal Here's the link that can lead one to Craigslist and another article http://blog.peta.org/archives/2007/10/craigslist_is_o.php?c=weekly_enews The most heartbreaking story is about a man who posted Taylor, his tabby cat up for adoption since all he was hoping to do was give the cat a good home..the cat was one that was brutally tortured by Patterson You may not be a fan of PETA...but I think anyone who hates the idea that people can list "free" pets to just any potential sicko should be stopped.