Police in Ahoskie, North Carolina arrested two people working for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), for having dumped 18 dead animals into a shopping center trash bin. Police found 13 more dead animals in a van registered to PETA.

Police charged Andrew Benjamin Cook, 24, of Virginia Beach, Va., and Adria Joy Hinkle, 27, of Norfolk, Va., each with 31 felony counts of animal cruelty and eight misdemeanor counts of illegal disposal of dead animals. They were released on bond and an initial court date was set for Friday.

The news report goes on to say that these animals came from local area shelters, and that were taken to PETA headquarters to be put down.

Being that they are such a large organization, it stands to reason that animal cruelty happens even within PETA. I imagine even other stuff happens, like sexual harrassment, embezzlement of funds, or surfing the Internet on company time!

A lot of people were aghast when several Catholic priests were accused to molesting little boys. One would assume that such devoutly religious people would never take such liberties on helpless young kids. But today, we now know that you can't even take a devoutly religious man for granted. I doubt we can take PETA for granted either.

But then again, the details of this matter are still sketchy.