"Our hope is that this trial will shine light on the staggering dog and cat overpopulation crisis plaguing the United States..."

Oh stop!!... the glare from PETA's halo is blinding!

But not enough to blind one to the incredible hubris of twisting PETA's ignoble handiwork into a noble cause. There would have been no "shining light" if PETA hadn't been caught in the act of throwing little dead bodies into a dumpster. The light shone alright -- on PETA's dark deeds.

The trial shone more light on PETA's sickening defence of saying that the little animals, who were passed from one set of betraying hands to another and another until the final betrayal - death at the hands of the world's premier animal rights organization - had no value!

The stench of this hypocrisy is like that from a putrid body.

We can only hope that at long last light will be shone on the deceit of calling animal disposal, animal welfare. It's long overdue.