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Originally Posted by KazzyK810  Exactly....ONE facility in Virginia. It would be like me making a blanket statement about kill rates in Michigan based on Genesee County Animal Control kill/adoption rates...which living here, I happen to know are the 2nd highest in the state.
Is that relective of ALL PETA shelters? Where are they located? What's the condition of the animals they take in? Do they take in any and all animals, even those denied by other shelters? I don't know.
I'm not saying that's the case with the info provided, I was just meaning that too often a piece of information is presented and then a blanket conlusion is made that doesn't always reflect the full picture. |
When/if PETA rescues animals, it's usually those animals who are so ill that it'd be cruel to keep them alive. It's no different from your local shelter classifying the animals they take in via The Asilomar Accords.
PETA's intention was never to be a shelter for adoptable dogs, but they do rescue if the animal is deathly ill. There is an old story about 2 or 3 former PETA employees not rescuing properly (they put down adoptable animals). It was very unfortunate, but not a common practice in PETA. It was a grave and tragic mistake by some employees who very clearly did the wrong thing.
Here are what the animals they rescue look like...but if you can't handle the reality of what happens to the worst of the worst, do not look at these pictures:
Why We Euthanize | Ingrid Newkirk Blog | Blog.IngridNewkirk.com Why We Euthanize, Part II (Warning: Graphic Photo) | peta2 Blog