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Abduction or assistance? PETA members are in trouble, accused of stealing a dog.
Southampton County detectives are investigating a dognapping. They say PETA members abducted a Walker Hound Wednesday at about 10 in the morning.
The hounds are popular for tracking foxes and deer. And in Southampton County, hunters often let these dogs roam free for hours to sniff out the prey.
That's what one was doing Wednesay when two PETA workers found it near the intersection of Grays Shop and Meherrin roads. Deputies say a witness saw the women take the dog from the side of the road to the inside of their PETA- marked car.
Detective Corporal Richard Morris says, "the animal had markings on the side of it indicating that it belonged to a specific person."
The first Southampton County animal control officer on the scene had to turn the case over to another investigator because it turned out the hound belonged to him. In fact, Morris says, the officer was on his way to pick up the dog when he heard the call about a possible dognapping.
Deputies say the witness saw the animal wearing its tracking collar, which owners use to locate a dog by radio. But they say that wasn't the case when officers caught up to the workers belonging to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Morris say, "The tracking collar was not on the dog, the tracking collar was subsequently found shortly after on the side of the road."
What does PETA say? The women weren't acting against hunters but hunting for an answer-- who let the dogs out?
In a statement PETA says this about the pooch: The "two young women ... picked her up for her own safety... The women were giving the dog tag numbers to the PETA office so that the office could reach the dog's owner moments later and, while doing so, were approached by a sheriff."
Deputies did not arrest the women at the time because they were still investigating the case. They have now charged 26-year-old Carrie Beth Edwards of Norfolk and 25-year-old Andrea Florence Benoit of Chesapeake with grand and petty larceny.
Deputies say it is a felony for a person to steal a companion animal. The women are expected to surrender to the Southampton County Sheriff on Friday.
http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=5596254&nav=23ii
Southampton County detectives are investigating a dognapping. They say PETA members abducted a Walker Hound Wednesday at about 10 in the morning.
The hounds are popular for tracking foxes and deer. And in Southampton County, hunters often let these dogs roam free for hours to sniff out the prey.
That's what one was doing Wednesay when two PETA workers found it near the intersection of Grays Shop and Meherrin roads. Deputies say a witness saw the women take the dog from the side of the road to the inside of their PETA- marked car.
Detective Corporal Richard Morris says, "the animal had markings on the side of it indicating that it belonged to a specific person."
The first Southampton County animal control officer on the scene had to turn the case over to another investigator because it turned out the hound belonged to him. In fact, Morris says, the officer was on his way to pick up the dog when he heard the call about a possible dognapping.
Deputies say the witness saw the animal wearing its tracking collar, which owners use to locate a dog by radio. But they say that wasn't the case when officers caught up to the workers belonging to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Morris say, "The tracking collar was not on the dog, the tracking collar was subsequently found shortly after on the side of the road."
What does PETA say? The women weren't acting against hunters but hunting for an answer-- who let the dogs out?
In a statement PETA says this about the pooch: The "two young women ... picked her up for her own safety... The women were giving the dog tag numbers to the PETA office so that the office could reach the dog's owner moments later and, while doing so, were approached by a sheriff."
Deputies did not arrest the women at the time because they were still investigating the case. They have now charged 26-year-old Carrie Beth Edwards of Norfolk and 25-year-old Andrea Florence Benoit of Chesapeake with grand and petty larceny.
Deputies say it is a felony for a person to steal a companion animal. The women are expected to surrender to the Southampton County Sheriff on Friday.
http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=5596254&nav=23ii
