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Originally Posted by Nikki+2  I've heard, just like everyone else that PETA would like to see an end to animals as pets. Here are what they are in reality promoting: http://www.peta.org/mc/printAds_companion.asp
saying/neutering
not buying from petstores
not buying pets as Christmas gifts
not leaving dogs locked in cars
supporting shelters and rescues
not chaining your dog.
Guess what? The same things we all advocate. |
I agree on the above....but missing on that list buying pets from breeders. That fact is found in the link I posted. Peta thinks EVERY animal should be sterilized...all of them. The reasoning given...even if a breeder finds homes for all their litter they can not control what happens to those animals who are allowed to breed afterward nor what happens to subsequent litters. They want you to adopt an animal in a shelter....
Personally I think Peta has made us all more vastly aware of animal abuses. I applaud that. I do not agree with their methods or their stance on everything.
My view is colored because Peta is here in my backyard. Alot of peta news never makes the national media...and when it does...Peta has a very good
PR department.
Many people here were appauled when peta employees were arrested for euthanizing adoptable animals they picked up from shelters here. The shelters were told the animals were being transferred so they could be adopted. But they killed them instead. Peta headquarters said...oh, we didn't tell them to do that. Ok...well the pick up arrangement had been in place (wasn't a one time thing)...the employees were in a peta van...and used peta supplied medicines for the euthanzia. And peta didn't know anything about it? Ok, sure.
Another instance...peta employee picks up a hunting dog who wore a tracking collar plus had the owner's name and number on a tag. She removed the collar from the animal and tossed it by the roadside. Another driver saw her pick up the dog...called the owner...who called the police...stopped the van and went back and found the collar. She insisted she wanted to return the dog to his owner...that's why she picked him up. Ok, well you had all the information...but you tossed it.
Those made the news....
I took my daughter to the circus when she was around 4/5 years old...a pamplet is given to her by a Peta protestor...it's peta materials being handed out...and the pictures in that pamphlet were gruesome. Do I feel bad for abused elephants? Sure....but I was really po'd at Peta for handing that to my child. Fortunately they are no longer allowed to hand you anything...they get to stand there...but can't approach anyone.
The bloody happy meals? Remember those? Handed out here to children.
Shooting at fishermen in the Chesapeake Bay...although they said they weren't shooting AT the men...they were trying to scare the fish away. Too bad Peta just happened to be aiming in the same direction.