For immediate release:
Jul 21, 2021
Contact:
Nicole Meyer 202-483-7382
Fontana, California. – BUT Good Samaritan Prize traveling from PETA to Jadat and David Griffith, who had the guts to start filming when they saw a local trapper named Lowell Miller shoot a frightened, screeching coyote over 14 times in the head and face with a small … caliber firearm. Miller trapped a coyote at the Sierra Lakes golf course. Thanks to Griffiths’ damning video evidence, Miller was charged with animal cruelty, to which he did not object.
“If it weren’t for the quick action, the watchful gaze, and Griffiths’ willingness to speak out, this abuser would never have been held accountable for the suffering he caused this unfortunate animal,” says PETA Senior Vice President Daphne Nachminovich. “PETA is confident that their example will inspire others to act if they see any animal being cruelly treated.”
PETA encourages people to live in harmony with coyotes, as using deadly methods to “control” them is not only brutal but ineffective. Effective non-lethal approaches include avoiding wildlife feeding and changing territories to make them less habitable, which will encourage animals to simply move on naturally.
The Griffiths will receive a framed certificate and a box of delicious vegan cookies.
PETA, whose motto is in part that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way,” is opposed to arrogance, a worldview focused on human superiority. For more information please visit PETA.orgor subscribe to the group onTwitter,Facebook, orInstagram…