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             After the release of investigators' videotaped footage and photographs taken from inside the nation's largest biological supply house, the Carolina Biological Supply Company was charged by the U.S. Department of Agriculture with violations of the Animal Welfare Act. PETA documented animals being "removed from gas chambers and injected with formaldehyde without being checked for vital signs, as well as cats and rats struggling during embalming and employees spitting on animals-(site).
             In another precedent-setting case, a furrier in California was charged with animal cruelty after a PETA investigator obtained footage of him "electrocuting chinchillas by clipping wires to the animals' genitals-(site). The American Veterinary Medical Association condemned this method of killing, saying, "it causes animals to experience a heart attack while fully conscious-(site). Another fur rancher was exposed on animal cruelty charges after a PETA investigator videotaped him injecting minks with weed killer, causing them to die an agonizing death. After being brought up on charges of animal mistreatment, both farms ended their cruel killing methods.
             Investigative work, consumer boycotts, congressional involvement, and international media coverage by PETA has led to the closing of labs, designers discontinuing to use real furs, and the overall improvement and saving of thousands of animals lives. The dedicated staff of PETA tries not only to reach people on a national governmental level, but also on a local level. PETA staffers speak to students, from elementary school through the university level. Education is a key medium in which this organization believes it can spread its cause. In just one year, PETA distributed information packs to every elementary school in the U.S., reaching an estimated 9 million young people. This kind of education is a preventative measure to lessen the chances of mistreatment and cruelties being committed against animals in the future.


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