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ASPCA Unveils Mobile Animal Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Unit
January 24th, 2008 | 
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NEW YORK – The ASPCA has unveiled the nation’s first-ever “Mobile Animal Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Unit,” a specially-designed vehicle outfitted with state-of-the-art forensics tools as well as medical equipment tailored for animal patients.
A forensics first, the “Animal CSI vehicle” was created to significantly advance the prosecution of animal cruelty and help strengthen cases against offenders by incorporating the emerging field of veterinary forensics in crime scene investigations.
The mobile forensic vehicle will operate under the leadership of the nation’s premier forensiv veterinarian and “animal CSI,” the ASPCA’s Dr. Melinda Merck. The vehicle will be able to travel to assist national and local law enforcement in their efforts to build cases against and prosecute animal cruelty offenders. The mobile unit is fully outfitted to allow Dr. Merck to examine and care for animals found at suspected crime scenes, and includes a surgical suite for animals in need of urgent care.
“The ability to work on-site with the necessary equipment and tools, rather than transporting animals as well as other evidence, will reduce the stress placed on the animals that are the innocent “collateral victims” in such situations. It will also provide a proven chain of custody for law enforcement, thus ensuring the integrity of the evidence,” said Dr. Melinda Merck.
PETA kills animals
While PETA collects millions in donations by pretending to advocate for the welfare of animals, the group has killed 17,400 pets since 1998. Some animals are killed at PETA headquarters and stored in a giant walk-in freezer.
Others are killed in roving death vans and tossed into dumpsters. In fact, less than three percent of the animals handed over to People for the “Ethical” Treatment of Animals actually survive.
The Center for Consumer Freedom, a non-profit trade group representing the interests of manufacturers and retailers, recently formally petitioned the Commonwealth of Virginia to reclassify PETA as a “slaughterhouse”.
An official report filed by PETA itself shows that the animal rights group put to death nearly every dog, cat, and other pet it took in for adoption in 2006. During that year, the well-known animal rights group managed to find adoptive homes for just 12 animals. The organization killed 2,981 of the 3,061 “companion animals” it took in.
PETA kills thousands of animals every year, but is opposed to hunting, fishing and eating meat.
PETA does not rescue animals, it kills them. So what does PETA really stand for? People Executing Tame Animals.
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