Hmm, so after reading all 4 pages, I'm confused- are y'all for or against peta?
I am a proud peta and hsus supporter. Ann has explained very thoroughly (many times) much better than I could, what the circumstances are of animals that have been euthanized by peta. They are not out to euthanize any of your healthy dogs as suggested in a few previous posts and I can't believe any of you honestly believe that. As far as the HSUS- no they are not a shelter any more than PETA is a shelter. Neither has ever, ever claimed to be one. If anyone has donated money to the HSUS thinking they were donating to a shelter, they really aren't researching where they send their money very well. All you have to do is take a very quick look at HSUS website to see they are not a shelter. There's no trickery going on here.
Everyone has the right, obviously, to support who they want to and who promotes their own beliefs the best. PETA does the most for the things that are most important to me so I support them. Of course they don't reflect my beliefs 100% of the time as no group could seeing as I'm an individual and not a cult member. I have participated in peaceful events with many PETA and HSUS supporters and having met a rather large number of supporters can tell you as a whole, Kimberly and Ann are superb representations and not anomalies at all.
One of the biggest complaints thrown around about PETA is they are extreme or use scare tactics. What I have read on this thread is that they are terrorists, want to take away your dogs and possibly kill them. That supporters either want to see the end of all pets or haven't researched and don't klnow anything about the organization they support. None of those things are remotely true and besides being insulting are pretty darn extreme views and lovely examples of scare tactics.