Toyota's Killing Kittens at KY Plant - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Spyder_Venom · 08-11-2003, 12:56 PM

“I was advised … that ‘if it [were a choice] between 1 minute of down time for the assembly line and the kitten, the kitten would lose.’” —Eyewitness

PETA’s Domestic Animal Issues & Abuse Department has received documentation of what is alleged to have been a June 2, 2003, incident, during which Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK), employees deliberately caused the mutilation and death of two kittens whose location posed an inconvenience to production. We are told that the employees present—a maintenance team member and the maintenance team leader—were made aware that at least one kitten was trapped inside a trailer in the process of receiving heavy cargo. Employees are said to have refused outright to manually unload the trailer in order to spare the kitten. When the cargo was finally unloaded, two kittens had been mangled in the machinery. Click here to view images.

While authorities consider an investigation, we need your help to break the silence at TMMK.

Local authorities have decided not to file criminal charges in this case, reportedly because they do not believe that there was “intent.” However, § 525.130 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes states, “A person is guilty of cruelty to animals in the second degree when except as authorized by law he intentionally or wantonly: (a) Subjects any animal to or causes cruel or injurious mistreatment through abandonment, … mutilation, beating, … tormenting, failing to provide adequate food, drink, space, or health care, or by any other means” (emphasis added). The statute defines “wantonly” as follows: “A person acts wantonly with respect to a result or to a circumstance described by a statute defining an offense when he is aware of and consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the result will occur or that the circumstance exists” (emphasis added).

Please urge authorities to take these allegations seriously, conduct a thorough criminal investigation, and file appropriate charges against anyone who deliberately hurt and killed kittens at this plant. Politely remind them that individuals who demonstrate a blatant disregard for the lives and suffering of animals likely also pose a definitive risk to the community at large (see http://www.peta.org/mc/facts/fsc24.html):

Chief Bernard Palmer
Georgetown Police Department
550 Bourbon St.
Georgetown, KY 40324
Fax: 502-867-6991

The Honorable Clay McKnight
Scott County Attorney
Justice Bldg., 119 N. Hamilton
Georgetown, KY 40324
Fax: 502-863-7871

To read PETA’s letters to the above parties, click on the following links:

http://www.peta.org/alert/03/Toyotafinaland proofed.pdf

http://www.peta.org/alert/03/Toyotap...dCAproofed.pdf

http://www.peta.org/alert/automation...tem.asp?id=791

sixate · 08-11-2003, 04:21 PM

Jesus fucking christ! I hope this is a joke. If not, who gives a crap if a couple of little kittens were killed?

Tandem · 08-11-2003, 04:46 PM

Sadness - but then again, WTF were kittens doing in a manufacturing plant? - their loss.

Pragma · 08-11-2003, 05:28 PM

Sucks to be the kittens, but seriously - stop manufacturing for however long it takes them to get the kittens out of an area that they clearly should not have been, or let them get killed?

Stopping work costs the company a lot of money, as then they end up paying employees to stand around and talk while the kitten gets rescued.

It sounds to me very fishy, sort of like PETA has a grudge against Toyota and "planted" the kittens and waited to see what would happen.

DEI37 · 08-11-2003, 05:55 PM

This is retarded. I must say I have a thing for PETA. They are a wonderful group.

People
Eating
Tasty
Animals!!!

ANyways, the pics didn't show up...where are they?

merkerguitars · 08-11-2003, 07:48 PM

Hahaha not as bad as a cat getting cut in half by a air compressor v belt....now that is a mess!

miked10270 · 08-12-2003, 01:23 AM

That is Sooo.... sad.

They say that every time you wank, God kills a kitten

I personaly resolve to redress this terrible tragedy by foregoing 2 of my wanks

I'm sure that many other TFPers will do the same, so while 2 kitens are dead, collectively the kitten population comes out ahead

Mike.

Elitegibson · 08-12-2003, 12:06 PM

lol Mike. It is really weird that the kittens were just around there in a manufacturing plant. Wouldn't it take just as much time later to clean out the machinery of dead kitten guts?

Ashton · 08-12-2003, 03:00 PM

The extra time it would have taken to save the kitties would be better than all the bad publicity........ They would have been "Hero's" instead of "Kitten Murderers" Now they have a bunch of Hippy Peta freaks after their heads.....

Halx · 08-12-2003, 04:20 PM

Every time you buy a car, God kills *2* kittens!

Pragma · 08-12-2003, 04:57 PM

Halx, I think I'm going to quote you on that one from now on.

ozzybogan · 08-13-2003, 12:52 AM

Thats farking terrible.

Pretty bad that the lives of two living creatures stand in the way of an hour or so of machine plant time.

When did people become so inhumane?

lukeduke · 08-13-2003, 07:15 PM

As much as I hate cats, it is terrible that anybody would think that saving a few dollars would justify the killing of innocent animals. What exactly is a life worth these days? But then again, Americans don't mind killing innocent people for the priviledge of driving. Look at what we are doing in Iraq just so we can drive our precious SUVs.
-lukeduke (3 family members, 7 bicycles, 0 cars)

FastShark85 · 08-13-2003, 08:49 PM

If they were rats, would anyone care? PETA might, but I doubt it would have gotten any press coverage.

Snoogans · 08-13-2003, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by FastShark85
If they were rats, would anyone care? PETA might, but I doubt it would have gotten any press coverage.

extremely good point

acpower · 08-15-2003, 01:00 AM

Animal cruelty is worse than human cruelty. Poor kittens. RIP.. lol

mastertakana · 08-15-2003, 05:33 AM

those were some lazy people.

"them's be some kittens in that there truck cletus,reckon we ouught to get em?"

"naw, i aint. cause emma gon'wanem and we already gots 18 cats and 11 dogs"

"lets stomp them with this here forign car."

poipu2000 · 08-15-2003, 08:33 AM

So that explains that meowing sound I hear under the hood of my tacoma whenever I punch it up to 4K rpm.

RemyLebeau97 · 08-21-2003, 09:50 PM

::bows head:: God Bless the kittens....can we fucking eat now ??

BoCo · 08-21-2003, 10:33 PM

I would have taken the time to save the kittens, but I don't care that they didn't.

irieemon · 08-22-2003, 04:55 AM

with the cost of unloading that trailer you could buy a pet store and get a bushel full of kittens

macmanmike6100 · 08-23-2003, 09:13 AM

Oh please. What a joke. Two kittens, whose death would make any soul weep ever so slightly, are not the imperative of a company.

08-11-2003, 12:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
Spyder_Venom Psycho Location: MN	Toyota's Killing Kittens at KY Plant “I was advised … that ‘if it [were a choice] between 1 minute of down time for the assembly line and the kitten, the kitten would lose.’” —Eyewitness PETA’s Domestic Animal Issues & Abuse Department has received documentation of what is alleged to have been a June 2, 2003, incident, during which Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. (TMMK), employees deliberately caused the mutilation and death of two kittens whose location posed an inconvenience to production. We are told that the employees present—a maintenance team member and the maintenance team leader—were made aware that at least one kitten was trapped inside a trailer in the process of receiving heavy cargo. Employees are said to have refused outright to manually unload the trailer in order to spare the kitten. When the cargo was finally unloaded, two kittens had been mangled in the machinery. Click here to view images. While authorities consider an investigation, we need your help to break the silence at TMMK. Local authorities have decided not to file criminal charges in this case, reportedly because they do not believe that there was “intent.” However, § 525.130 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes states, “A person is guilty of cruelty to animals in the second degree when except as authorized by law he intentionally or wantonly: (a) Subjects any animal to or causes cruel or injurious mistreatment through abandonment, … mutilation, beating, … tormenting, failing to provide adequate food, drink, space, or health care, or by any other means” (emphasis added). The statute defines “wantonly” as follows: “A person acts wantonly with respect to a result or to a circumstance described by a statute defining an offense when he is aware of and consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the result will occur or that the circumstance exists” (emphasis added). Please urge authorities to take these allegations seriously, conduct a thorough criminal investigation, and file appropriate charges against anyone who deliberately hurt and killed kittens at this plant. Politely remind them that individuals who demonstrate a blatant disregard for the lives and suffering of animals likely also pose a definitive risk to the community at large (see http://www.peta.org/mc/facts/fsc24.html): Chief Bernard Palmer Georgetown Police Department 550 Bourbon St. Georgetown, KY 40324 Fax: 502-867-6991 The Honorable Clay McKnight Scott County Attorney Justice Bldg., 119 N. Hamilton Georgetown, KY 40324 Fax: 502-863-7871 To read PETA’s letters to the above parties, click on the following links: http://www.peta.org/alert/03/Toyotafinaland proofed.pdf http://www.peta.org/alert/03/Toyotap...dCAproofed.pdf http://www.peta.org/alert/automation...tem.asp?id=791 __________________ The local track whore

08-11-2003, 04:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tandem Insane Location: Brisbane, Australia	Sadness - but then again, WTF were kittens doing in a manufacturing plant? - their loss. __________________ It is not a mistake, but an experience. But, if you've experienced it before then you should already know if it is a mistake.

08-11-2003, 05:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
Pragma I am Winter Born Location: Alexandria, VA	Sucks to be the kittens, but seriously - stop manufacturing for however long it takes them to get the kittens out of an area that they clearly should not have been, or let them get killed? Stopping work costs the company a lot of money, as then they end up paying employees to stand around and talk while the kitten gets rescued. It sounds to me very fishy, sort of like PETA has a grudge against Toyota and "planted" the kittens and waited to see what would happen. __________________ Eat antimatter, Posleen-boy!

08-11-2003, 05:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
DEI37 Go faster! Location: Wisconsin	This is retarded. I must say I have a thing for PETA. They are a wonderful group. People Eating Tasty Animals!!! ANyways, the pics didn't show up...where are they? __________________ Generally speaking, if you were to get what you really deserve, you might be unpleasantly surprised.

08-11-2003, 07:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
merkerguitars Buffering......... Location: Wisconsin...	Hahaha not as bad as a cat getting cut in half by a air compressor v belt....now that is a mess! __________________ Donate now! Ask me How! Please use the search function it is your friend. Look at my mustang please feel free to comment! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=26985

08-11-2003, 04:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
sixate Registered User Location: Somewhere in Ohio	Jesus fucking christ! I hope this is a joke. If not, who gives a crap if a couple of little kittens were killed?

08-12-2003, 01:23 AM	#7 (permalink)
miked10270 Banned Location: Scotland	That is Sooo.... sad. They say that every time you wank, God kills a kitten I personaly resolve to redress this terrible tragedy by foregoing 2 of my wanks I'm sure that many other TFPers will do the same, so while 2 kitens are dead, collectively the kitten population comes out ahead Mike.

08-12-2003, 12:06 PM	#8 (permalink)
Elitegibson More Freedom, Less Bullshit Location: Tulsa, OK	lol Mike. It is really weird that the kittens were just around there in a manufacturing plant. Wouldn't it take just as much time later to clean out the machinery of dead kitten guts? __________________ -Erik Stupid people shouldn't breed.

08-12-2003, 03:00 PM	#9 (permalink)
Ashton PORNHOUND Location: California	The extra time it would have taken to save the kitties would be better than all the bad publicity........ They would have been "Hero's" instead of "Kitten Murderers" Now they have a bunch of Hippy Peta freaks after their heads.....

08-12-2003, 04:20 PM	#10 (permalink)
Halx Please touch this. Owner/Admin Location: Manhattan	Every time you buy a car, God kills 2 kittens! __________________ You have found this post informative. -The Administrator [Don't Feed The Animals]

08-12-2003, 04:57 PM	#11 (permalink)
Pragma I am Winter Born Location: Alexandria, VA	Halx, I think I'm going to quote you on that one from now on. __________________ Eat antimatter, Posleen-boy!

08-13-2003, 12:52 AM	#12 (permalink)
ozzybogan Upright	Thats farking terrible. Pretty bad that the lives of two living creatures stand in the way of an hour or so of machine plant time. When did people become so inhumane?

08-13-2003, 07:15 PM	#13 (permalink)
lukeduke Upright	As much as I hate cats, it is terrible that anybody would think that saving a few dollars would justify the killing of innocent animals. What exactly is a life worth these days? But then again, Americans don't mind killing innocent people for the priviledge of driving. Look at what we are doing in Iraq just so we can drive our precious SUVs. -lukeduke (3 family members, 7 bicycles, 0 cars) __________________ --God Kills Babies

08-13-2003, 08:49 PM	#14 (permalink)
FastShark85 Psycho Location: In the garage, under the car.	If they were rats, would anyone care? PETA might, but I doubt it would have gotten any press coverage.

08-15-2003, 01:00 AM	#16 (permalink)
acpower Crazy	Animal cruelty is worse than human cruelty. Poor kittens. RIP.. lol

08-15-2003, 05:33 AM	#17 (permalink)
mastertakana Crazy	those were some lazy people. "them's be some kittens in that there truck cletus,reckon we ouught to get em?" "naw, i aint. cause emma gon'wanem and we already gots 18 cats and 11 dogs" "lets stomp them with this here forign car." __________________ All I know the time it is gettin dread Need alot of trees up in my head

08-15-2003, 08:33 AM	#18 (permalink)
poipu2000 Upright Location: Los Angeles	So that explains that meowing sound I hear under the hood of my tacoma whenever I punch it up to 4K rpm. __________________ What the %@#*?

08-21-2003, 09:50 PM	#19 (permalink)
RemyLebeau97 I stole my boyfriends TFP, hehe !! Location: Galveston, TX	::bows head:: God Bless the kittens....can we fucking eat now ??

08-21-2003, 10:33 PM	#20 (permalink)
BoCo Fear the bunny Location: Hanging off the tip of the Right Wing	I would have taken the time to save the kittens, but I don't care that they didn't. __________________ Activism is a way for useless people to feel important.

08-22-2003, 04:55 AM	#21 (permalink)
irieemon Crazy Location: Right where I want to be.	with the cost of unloading that trailer you could buy a pet store and get a bushel full of kittens

08-23-2003, 09:13 AM	#22 (permalink)
macmanmike6100 High Honorary Junkie Location: Tri-state.	Oh please. What a joke. Two kittens, whose death would make any soul weep ever so slightly, are not the imperative of a company.