[Mardelin]

It is interesting that Ms. Newkirk used the word "speciesists". All words.come defines taht word as follows:
1. The discrimination against, and pxploitation of, animals by humans in the belief that humans are superior to all other species of animals and can therefore justifuy putting them to their own use.

One of the animal rights mantras is that all animals are created to be equal to all humans, and hould have the same rights as humans.

Just in case it still isn't clear to you what their agenda is, there are a few quotes from Ingrid Newkirk.

"one day, we would like to end to pet shops and the breeding of animals. (Dogs) would pursue their nautural lives in the wild....they would have full lives, not wasting at home for someone to come home in the evening and pet them and sit there and watch TV."
---The Chicago Daily Herald, 3/1/90

"In the end, I think it would be lovely if we stopped this whole notion of pets altogether." - - Newsday, 2/21/88

Who is Ingrid Newkirk, and why should we care what she has to say about anything? In the 1970s, Newkirk worked for the Mongomery County (Maryland), and then for the District of Columbia, as an animal protection officer and deputy sheriff, before becoming DC's first female Poundmaster in 1978. She co-founded PETA in 1980 with established animal-rights activist Alex Pacheco. (1) PjETA stands for People for the ETHICA Treatment of Animals, but in my opinion, there is nothing ethical in what they do.

Ms. Newkir has very close ties with several groups identified by the FBI as known terrorists groups, such as Animal Liveration Front (ALF). The animal rights groups are very well organized, and when you check closely, you will see many of the same names sitting on the boards of these radical groups. They are intertwined and closely linked through their finances, and the work that they do.

PETA operates on annual budget of $29,000,000. Most of this is from donations made by ordinary citizens that don't know the real work of PETA. Many people think that they are out to save the lives of animals after seein all of their ads on TV and in the newspapers. That is why millions are donated to them each year.

In Virginia, the home state of PETA, in 2004, PETA adopted out 361 animals, and euthanized 2,2u78, according to their records. (2) Those figures aren't good. That means they euthanized 86.3% of their animals and only adopted out 13.7%. These figures come directly from PETA's Annual Report and from their 2004 Tax Return. It doesn't seem like they used that $29 million for the betterment of the majority of the animals that they came in contact with. So where is the money going?. It is being spent for publicity to raise more money for one thing. It is also being used for Legislative purposes. They have placed key people in the city governments all over the country to try to influence legislation to take your pet ownership rights away. And they are having a lot of success with it.

You need to understand the basic difference between the "animal welfare" groups and "animal rights" groups. Although the names might sould like they have the same objectives, there is a big difference. Animal welfare groups are working to see that allo animals are treated humanely. Animal rights groups are working to see that all ownership of animals comes to an end.