PETA Got Beef With DMX, Now He's in Trouble!
PETA is after DMX!
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have called on an Arizona judge to ban rapper DMX from owning pets.
Forget the raids, police, missed court appearances, warrants, etc., now DMX is in trouble! The animal activists (no pun intended), who use to run up on rich old ladies with furs and throw cans of paint on them are after DMX now.
DMX, real name Earl Simmons, is in a heap of legal trouble following a string of arrests in the past 12 months, but it's his animal cruelty charge, following a raid on his home in May (08), that has upset PETA officials. The rapper pleaded not guilty to seven misdemeanor counts of cruelty after Arizona police took five pit bull terrier puppies into care. They reported the dogs "weren't getting proper food or water and they were tied outside in 115-degree heat".
After calling for DMX to be "vigorously prosecuted" at the time of his cruelty arrest, PETA bosses have now written to the judge overseeing the case, Andrew Thomas, asking him to ban the rapper from ever owning another dog.
In the letter PETA spokeswoman Peter Wood writes, "On behalf of our thousands of members and supporters in Arizona, we respectfully urge your office to prosecute Simmons to the fullest extent of the law. "As Simmons' alleged conduct might well demonstrate, repeat crimes are the rule rather than the exception among animal abusers, so we implore your office to take every measure necessary to ensure that Simmons, if convicted, is barred from owning or harboring animals for as long as possible. "We also ask that, if convicted, Simmons serve a meaningful period of incarceration and be required to undergo a thorough psychological evaluation followed by mandatory counselling at his own expense. The safety of the community might depend on it."
No word on how DMX would take such a restriction. DMX has often said he feels his only friends are his dogs. The rapper has made a career of barking on his songs and even has a tattoo of his late dog Boomer on his back. He's even dedicated past albums, such as "Year of the Dog" and "Grand Champion" to his dogs.
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U411 Note: It looks like a lynching! Damn Dog, You're in trouble now!
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