An e-mail:

I live in the same county as Slaughterville. You’ll be happy to know
that the S-ville town board respectfully considered PETA’s request and
suggested instead that the town keep the name Slaughterville (in honor
of the founder) and that PETA help them with the stray animal problem.
S-ville, being in a rural area, gets a lot of pets dumped in their town
by outsiders.
PETA has agreed and will donate $5,000 to help spay-neuter pets for
low-income folks. (The $20,000 in veggie burgers was being donated by a
manufacturer, which is why the discrepancy in the amounts of help.)
The details of the program are being worked out now.