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Originally Posted by Nikki+2  Well I'm sure every shelter, rescue and yes, PETA wishes they had the funding to get vet care for every animal in need. PETA uses it's funding toward spaying/neutering and yes, euthanizing when that is the last option. We have had rescue worker right here at YT tell us they have to turn away unadoptable animals (too sick, too aggressive, etc.). What do you think happens to these animals? |
This is exactly correct. There is a 3-tiered triage system developed by and used by Humane Assns. (it has an acronymn, I'll dig it up) when they receive an animal. 1 tier is adoptable (right away), the 2nd tier is "not adoptable but able to rehabilitate", the 3rd tier is "not adoptable and not able to rehabilitate (or critical injury)". Humane assn's take tier 3 animals and they are euthanized asap - no ifs, ands, or buts. What happens to PETA - is that they go into devastating situations (for animals) and find creatures who are so near death and/or so horribly tortured and violent themselves (again, immed. euth. by HA's) - that they almost always end up with animals in the tier 3 category - HENCE, the terribly high euth. rate.
The don't get animals who are surrendered by people "moving to a new home" - they get animals they rescue from fur farms, puppy mills, medical testing facilities (I mean, you can't rehab most medical tested animals who have open skulls, are vivisected, or have metal implants all over their bodies), and cosmetic tested animals who are wrecked with chemicals.
I guess my point is PETA has done a heck of alot of good for awareness of what HAPPENS out there to animals. Do ya think we'd know about the cat and dog fur farms in China if it weren't for them? No. While PETA does some things that annoy the piss out of me, I also think they push a limit that needs to be pushed JUST TO PAVE THE WAY FOR OTHERS TO EVEN APPROACH THAT LIMIT. Ya know?
