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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom 
I'm not sure where to go from here, other than to ask - since the death rate is so troublesome, what would folks have PETA do? Would you rather they rescue these near-death, totally-beyond-treatment animals and force them to stay alive so the animal can die an excruciating and prolonged, but natural, death? Just so that PETA has a more acceptable death rate?
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Thanks, Ann, for a most reasonable post. For myself, my original post summed up my opinion most accurately. I don't know what the answer is, I just see the numbers as being too high under any circumstance. To take the explanation you are offering seems to take a little faith in PETA's honesty and transparency that I just don't have. I cannot fathom a justifiable 90+% kill rate no matter the source of these animals. Do you really think it's such a clear either/or circumstance in all these cases? Possibly, I suppose, but I guess anyone that isn't there can never really know. I won't quote any more data from 'questionable' sources but folks are free to browse for themselves. I will try to become more informed on the specifics of the issue from all available sources and am open to anyone presenting unbiased information. I try to keep an open mind about any issue and this is no exception. Thanks again for your post. I know that you and I are able to disagree on some things without being disagreeable....Jim