A Lancaster County guinea pig operation has been charged with animal cruelty and neglect.People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spoke with the state police after finding guinea pigs dead, denied veterinary care, and attacked by other severely stressed animals at David and Malinda King’s local guinea pig–breeding operation. Police charged Malinda King with three counts of cruelty to animals and seven counts of animal neglect.In July, a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspection of the Kings’ property found dead baby guinea pigs, a dying guinea pig whose leg had been chewed to the bone, filthy enclosures, and guinea pigs denied access to water. In August, inspectors found more dead guinea pigs, as well as others, denied veterinary care for rampant skin issues, including open, draining lesions.The Kings have been cited for more than 50 violations of the Federal Aminal Welfare Act since 2019.When troopers acting on PETA’s tip visited the property later that month, they found even more dead guinea pigs as well as animals denied access to clean water — so they ordered the Kings to remove all guinea pigs from the property.The couple no longer possesses any guinea pigs.“Vulnerable guinea pigs were left suffering without veterinary care and died at this breeding hellhole,” says PETA Senior Vice President Daphna Nachminovitch.“This abject neglect warrants a lifelong ban on possessing animals, and it’s why PETA urges everyone never to buy animals from pet stores or breeders and to adopt from shelters instead.”
A Lancaster County guinea pig operation has been charged with animal cruelty and neglect.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spoke with the state police after finding guinea pigs dead, denied veterinary care, and attacked by other severely stressed animals at David and Malinda King’s local guinea pig–breeding operation.
Police charged Malinda King with three counts of cruelty to animals and seven counts of animal neglect.
In July, a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspection of the Kings’ property found dead baby guinea pigs, a dying guinea pig whose leg had been chewed to the bone, filthy enclosures, and guinea pigs denied access to water.
In August, inspectors found more dead guinea pigs, as well as others, denied veterinary care for rampant skin issues, including open, draining lesions.
The Kings have been cited for more than 50 violations of the Federal Aminal Welfare Act since 2019.
When troopers acting on PETA’s tip visited the property later that month, they found even more dead guinea pigs as well as animals denied access to clean water — so they ordered the Kings to remove all guinea pigs from the property.
The couple no longer possesses any guinea pigs.
“Vulnerable guinea pigs were left suffering without veterinary care and died at this breeding hellhole,” says PETA Senior Vice President Daphna Nachminovitch.
“This abject neglect warrants a lifelong ban on possessing animals, and it’s why PETA urges everyone never to buy animals from pet stores or breeders and to adopt from shelters instead.”
