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New BFFs: PETA and the NYPD

mousecops.jpg Looks like the NYPD has found a friend in PETA. According to City Room, mice that make their way to the Police Headquarters in Lower Manhattan used to meet their maker after stepping into a glue trap, but when PETA got wind of this, they proposed alternatives: neck-snapping traps, that they say are more humane since the critter doesn't have to struggle towards a drawn-out death. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was all for it, and now NYC's Finest have been given a Compassion Award by the animal rights organization. Now, about their mounted unit...

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  • Guest

    Talk about hypocrisy at its finest. This is the best news I've heard all day.

  • valeriob

    PETA, killing animals faster than any other group since 1980.

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