Ugg.....
 

This is a particularly nasty tactic I think....I'm sure PETA won over a lot of people this way too. :rolleyes:

PETA Media Center > Recent News Releases : Crafty PETA Ad Placed in <i>Dog Fancy</i> Offers 'Gift Bag' That Turns Out to Be a Body Bag

People are not going to stop breeding purebreds.
Ever.
Do you guys think they really mean dont support pupymills?
I dont agree with this tactic at all. Makes me sad really:(

Actually no I don't think they mean that....they don't support breeding ANY dogs.

I think it was a really cruddy thing to do too.

Not a good way to get ppl behind the cause this just pushed me away from PETA . This is NOT a good tactic!:thumbdown

I do not like this tactic at all...... Fact is people rather have a pure bred...This is only my opinion.... The sheltered animals I have seen, typically have some kind of problem...:(

Yeah, i agree

That IS a nasty tactic ... and an extremely low one at that.

I think it's also unfair, counterintuitive and counterproductive to place the blame for the fate of the shelter dogs on those who had no hand in them ending up there. Peta's money would be better spent on pet ownership education for the general public to help prevent the animals ending up in kill shelters in the first place. One's decision to buy a purebred dog does NOT equal a shelter dog's death ... irresponsibility, dumping animals, refusing to spay and neuter outdoor animals, and a lack of concern for animal welfare = shelter dogs' deaths.

I support a lot of what PETA stands for, but this really disgusts me. Rather than win support, they have more than likely aleinated the very individuals on whom their financial support is dependant with this tasteless little gimmick.

that's just depressing to think about, and did they even take into condiseration all those who have multiple furbabies and some of those came from shelters???? Another thing, I've seen losts of posts here on YT alone where people talk about neutering their puppies. As long as there is education, people tend to make the right choices.

A lot of animal rights supporters don't support PETA, eventhough they have a lot of support from celebrities. from what I understand they don't even want people to own pets...
They have a lot of harsh tactics. In black and white, yeah maybe buying from a breeder does keep a dog in a shelter because in theory you could have gone and adopted a dog, but there is more to it than just the black and white image.
That's just rude of them to do. If quality breeders stopped breeding, that would be giving in to the puppymills and BYB's, ultimately they are the reason for the animal overpopulation, they should be more concerned about tactics to stop them then to harrass people who provide good homes for pets.

Oh my goodness.
This is just soooo over the top.
And they want support for this kind of thing?
They aren't getting it from me.

Although I know it can be debated all day that only one person in the PETA organization said that they don't want people to own dogs or whatever it was, but the fact is they hate breeders. If you get all dogs spayed and neutered and you don't have breeders, you don't have dogs. They say you should never buy from a breeder. If breeders stop breeding, even for a little while, the lines of great dogs are done. That appears to be what they stand for and I absolutely will not support that.

As much as it is nice to rescue an animal and a good thing to do (and I might someday), I didn't create the over population problem and I happen to like purebred Yorkies and the conformation of purebred dogs. Why not take this up with the people who keep breeding mixes and then taking them to shelters instead of those who breed purebreds and reserve the right of first refusal, so their dogs never end up there?

PETA needs to realize that not everybody has the experience or is equiped to adopt a pet from the shelter. Most of those animals experienced a bad past and may need some issues to be worked out. Not everybody has the time, patience, or skills to deal with those sort of issues. So what do they do if they can't handle it? The pet goes right back into the shelter, or they decide to have it put down. On the other hand, pets that come from responsible breeders rarely take up space in a shelter. I don't understand why PETA is being so narrow-minded about this issue. I wish I could fully support them (I like their anit-fur campaigns), but unfortunately a lot of their tactics are way out of hand.

:yeahthat: Great Post and I agree!

You know what else is over the top? Have you heard about the bus slaying in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba? A 22 year old was riding the bus, sleeping, on his way home to Winnipeg from Edmonton, and the guy next to him pulled out a butcher knife, stabbed him, cut his head off, and started eating his flesh.
Well PETA decided this would be a great time to come out with an ad saying that's what we do to animals, and to try to put that ad in the Portage La Prairie newspaper!!!! For goodness sake, his family, his friends, the whole country is grieving.
I really hate how far PETA takes their tactics sometimes.

I think someone in the PETA publicity department has got a loose screw. I hate it when organizations that are supposedly fighting for an "ethical" cause use abhorrent, and often unethical, tactics. I can't help but be reminded of the crazies who have bombed or tried to bomb abortion clinics. PETA is just about as looney... individuals associated with PETA have been quoted stopping just short of promoting violence as a means of protecting animals.

Are you serious????

That's just cold hearted and mean.

PETA....I've rarely heard of anything thing good those nuts have done. They may have started out in favor of animals but they've gone way off track.

First off, that's just disgusting. Second, I have that issue. I looked over it twice and can't find the ad! Anyone know what page it's on?

I don't know....I don't think it references peta in the actual ad. Here's the text...


"Just bought a brand-new purebred puppy? Welcome him or her into your home with a free gift bag! Call us today at 1-866-834-6061 to claim your bag and hear about our products,"

That's horribly misleading. If I read that, I would of imagined a new company trying to promote their new puppy products. What a surprise it must be to end up hearing a completely different thing.

That is just plain WRONG! :mad:

Crap, now I'll have to look through the whole mag for a third time! LOL

I laughed when I read that....

dog fancy said it was placed under an alias..

I have a problem with PETA
 

Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008

PETA Killed 97 Percent of 'Companion Animals' in 2006, According to VDACS Center for Consumer Freedom

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 — An official report from People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), submitted nine months after a Virginia government agency's deadline, shows that the animal rights group put to death more than 97 percent of the dogs, cats, and other pets it took in for adoption in 2006. During that year, the well-known animal rights group managed to find adoptive homes for just 12 pets. The nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) is calling on PETA to either end its hypocritical angel-of-death program, or stop its senseless condemnation of Americans who believe it's perfectly ethical to use animals for food, clothing, and critical medical research.

Not counting animals PETA held only temporarily in its spay-neuter program, the organization took in 3,061 "companion animals" in 2006, of which it killed 2,981. According to Virginia's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), the average euthanasia rate for humane societies in the state was just 34.7 percent in 2006. PETA killed 97.4 percent of the animals it took in. The organization filed its 2006 report this month, nine months after the VDACS deadline of March 31, 2007.

"Pet lovers should be outraged," said CCF Director of Research David Martosko. "There are thousands of worthwhile animal shelters that deserve Americans' support. PETA is not one of them."

In courtroom testimony last year, a PETA manager acknowledged that her organization maintains a large walk-in freezer for storing dead animals, and that PETA contracts with a Virginia cremation service to dispose of the bodies. In that trial, two PETA employees were convicted of dumping dead animals in a rural North Carolina trash dumpster.

Today in Southampton County, Virginia, another PETA employee will face felony charges in a dog-napping case. Andrea Florence Benoit Harris was arrested in late 2006 for allegedly abducting a hunting dog and attempting to transport it to PETA's Norfolk headquarters.

"PETA raised over $30 million last year," Martosko added, "and it's using that money to kill the only flesh-and-blood animals its employees actually see. The scale of PETA's hypocrisy is simply staggering."


To speak with a spokesman contact Tim Miller at 202-463-7112.

For more information about PETA's massive euthanasia program, visit PETA Kills Animals | PetaKillsAnimals.com.

SOURCE Center for Consumer Freedom

No, PETA is anti breeding ... period! They and other Animal Rights groups are very, very scary. They have lots of support, lots of money and lots of lobbyist behind them. They and other well known AR groups are trying to push laws through the system that will eventually try to make breeding purebred animals almost impossible. Manditory spay/neuter laws is a big one that they are working on now.

I hope this link works, it was sent to me earlier this year - it is from the PETA website. I have dial up internet so it's takes forever for me to view these videos, but look at the KKK and sex talk videos.

PETA.org // PETA's Guide to the ABCs

It is true that some places are passing spay and neuter laws. One was passed in the city of LA not long ago. From my understanding, there are people that can get permits to breed, intended of course for legitimate breeders. It's to help stop the numbers of homeless dogs wandering the streets, and all those back yard breeders. It might even help eliminate puppy mills since there are standards that must be met in order to get a breeding permit.
Responsible breeders can still exist.

Well, I hope you are right about responsible breeders being able to get permits to breed in LA. Please see the link below to read how hard it may be to get a license for owning an unaltered dog or cat over the age of 4 months (4 months is the mandatory age for spaying and neutering).

American Dog Owners Association - Proposed Chicago Mandatory Spay/Neuter (MSN) ordinance to be modeled on Los Angeles MSN ordinance

These AR groups are scary and if we all think that everything is OK and these laws won't affect us, think again!

They tried passing one here ( CA ) last year, it didn't go over very well, so they intend on trying to bring it back again. It was a huuuuge ordeal, they even had people like Bob Barker supporting them. They were going to make breeders have to pay out all kinds of money for breeding permits, and you would only get the permit if your dog was a show dog. They had all kinds of stipulations, it was ridiculous!

These sound like reasonable and even logical solutions to our critical pet over population. It would be wonderful if we were working towards ending the need for shelters.