Animal rights advocates want the man accused of starting a fire by trying to burn a spider charged with animal cruelty. People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals is asking the Utah County attorney to charge Cory Allan Martin for attempting to kill a spider when he allegedly started a 60-acre fire in Springville this summer. PETA says other animals likely suffered and died painfully in the fire.

 

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