By: Sara Groves
Bertie County, N.C. – Yesterday, Bertie County resident Sha’Lexia Peele entered a conditional guilty plea to one count of cruelty to animals and one count of abandonment of an animal in Bertie County District Court. Peele was charged after PETA fieldworkers discovered the emaciated remains of three dogs—Juju, Drako, and Eve—on her mother, Tanakia Peele’s, property in November. Sha’Lexia, who was responsible for Juju, a small chihuahua beagle mix,






