PETA Killed 97% of Companion Animals
Thursday, January 10, 2008
In 2006, PETA apparently took in 3,061 companion animals, of which it killed 2,981. This information supposedly comes from the Commonwealth of Virginia's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS).
The Center for Consumer Freedom, an advocacy group representing the interests of manufacturers and retailers, issued a press release today that made light of this figure.
The press release goes on to report that the average euthanasia rate for humane societies in the state was just 34.7 percent in 2006, compared to PETA's kill rate of 97.4 percent.
Apparently, the Commonwealth ordered PETA to submit a report of its operations for all of 2006, and PETA finally complied 9 months after the deadline.
You can read the rest of the alarming details here...
http://www.prnewswire.com/..../www/s...4734363&EDATE=
Those of you who have followed this blog for a long time know that I've been a big critic of PETA, charging them to be hypocrites in the most vile kind of way.
They campaign for our donations on the grounds that they're going to take care of these animals, love them, and protect them, and yet it appears they use that money to buy syringes, plastic bags, and pentobarbital.
They're opportunists. When an animal tragedy occurs, such as the Michael Vick story, they capitalize on the situation with their, "I told you so" advertisements, and leverage donations from our emotions.
What's worse, PETA, or Michael Vick?
No one who calls themselves an animal lover can stick a needle into a perfectly healthy and adoptable dog, and tell it that they're doing this for love.
If you're going to argue that a "kinder, gentler death" is better than a cruel one, then you're just as clueless as Michael Vick.
Labels: PETA
4 Comments:
The difference between PeTA and Michal Vick is that Vick never raised money from the public pretending to SAVE the animals. Vick never pretended to be their advocate.
PeTA wants to save all the animals raised for food, who have no other reason for existence and no natural habitat, yet they want to do away with companion pets by putting nearly all of them to death.
Save the Pork, kill the Pooch.
I've written about PeTA (their use of a small e for Ethical is fitting... they certainly are not _E_thical) and this issue on my blog.
Adopt a PeTA Pet = Kill 9 more
There are a few other posts that deal with their horrible antics as well: using sex to gain vegan converts, blaming responsible breeders of dogs with ad campaigns that claim that every dog you buy is a shelter dog you kill.
Breeders don't kill dogs in shelters, PeTA does, 97% of the time.
By Christopher, at 12:36 AM, January 11, 2008
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I wonder if all those stars who pose for PeTA's campaigns and also carry "purse dogs" know about this?
By newfiemom, at 4:17 AM, January 11, 2008
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No wonder you have comment moderation on with such blathering, inaccurate, and libelous blogs. Of course PETA has a high euthanasia rate--the animals they get in are in horrible shape and/or scheduled to be gassed to death slowly by incompetent and inhumane shelters in North Carolina, where the laws to protect animals are not where they should be. It's no-kill advocating flesh industry supporters such as yourself who cause millions of companion animals to be killed in non-humane ways and/or caged for years in warehouses sitting in their own defecation going slowly crazy from the confinement, lack of stimulation, and constant loud noise of other animals going insane.
And every time you buy from a breeder you DO kill a shelter dog--think about it! There are already millions of animals in need of homes out there and breeders trying to make a buck are ensuring they remain homeless by pushing fluffy little puppies on everyone while plenty of wonderful dogs languish in shelters.
You must be related to CCF, if not you just really need to learn to do some research before opening up your metaphorical internet mouth. Educate yourself:
http://www.ConsumerDeception.com
By Haley, at 6:28 AM, January 11, 2008
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First, your headline is inaccurate. It implies that 97% of pets in the United States (or in the world) were killed.
Second, it’s important for people to know what the Center for Consumer Freedom is. It’s a deceptively named group that was founded with money from the tobacco industry. (For more information, visit SourceWatch or ConsumerDeception.org.) The CCF’s goal was to put a positive spin on smoking. When that failed, they moved to other industries and are now funded by the restaurant, alcohol, meat and dairy industries.
The CCF opposes Mothers Against Drunk Driving. And their MO is to try to discredit those groups that oppose the CCF. Peta is one of those groups because it cares about animals and doesn’t want people to murder them for food.
Even if you disagree with Peta — and I know a lot of people do — please realize that even some animal-rights groups do not agree with everything Peta does. So if you hate Peta, look into supporting less-outrageous animal-rights groups like Vegan Outreach or Farm Sanctuary.
The bottom line is that we all care about animals and don’t want to see them suffer.
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