So many people and especially celebrities go around blindly supporting and promoting causes without looking deeply into what they actually advocate and carry out- which baffles me because people can spend so much effort on their 'brand' and image but won't even look at what they're slapping their names under in some aspects. PETA is one of those things, they make these horrible scaremongering videos saying that we should all be vegans and it's meat murder is murder (whilst only showing extreme cases) etcetc when they're doing the same or worse to animals themselves. It's a cause I will never support because I look into things before I support them because I'll not compromise my integrity and what I believe in and I do believe animal abuse is completely wrong. Abuse of any living thing especially those without a voice is wrong. When you support PETA you're supporting extremists that actually murder animals- not even for food or some kind of other or cause, but just because. To me that's far worse. Not only do they murder but they do things like send people HIV infected cloths and they dug up someone's grave... Anyways they're fucked up and I don't agree with their tactics.
I eat meat but I'm not American, the meat standards here are much better and the animals have better lives. I believe in humanising the slaughter industry as a means to find a middle ground because it would be nice if no animals died, but now realistically it just won't really work. There's not enough resources anymore for us to not have to trim down the population- of both humans and animals actually and so instead of them starving or meeting a worser fate we need some kind of control behind it. I mean take Denmark for example, there are more pigs than humans. Also the massive corporations like Mc Donalds, Burger King, Subway, KFC etc. They take a massive chunk of the worlds meat and I'm glad that at least in the UK (I can't speak for anywhere else) they use free range, reputable farmers etc, so it's more expensive than in other countries but it's not as bad. But one can still be vegetarian if they want. I think it's a good personal choice, I won't because it has absolutely no effect on how many animals are killed (I studied food and the meat industry and looked into these things a lot, only if one of those massive companies like Mc Donald's or KFC became vegetarian would you see a difference, and I don't see that happening any time soon, or ever) so the animal would have in vain and it's a waste which I think is bad, and I enjoy meat- well white meat more than red meat so I'll keep eating it...
If you want more info because you don't want to blindly follow PETA anymore there's plenty below. I hope it opens your eyes if they've not already been opened. And remember always look into things. Read before you follow, think critically... That's how they force crap down your throat and turn you into mind controlled zombies- no one thinks critically anymore and people blindly follow. Have more sense.
Info from Nathan Winograd. If anyone has any counter arguments suggesting otherwise, I'd love to hear them.
PETA also took in 1,021 dogs of which they killed 788 (a kill rate of 77%). Another 210 were transferred to other shelters. Like the cats, if they were killed or displaced others who were killed, the dog death rate would also be as high as 98%. Only 23 were adopted.
How much money did PETA take in last year from unsuspecting donors who helped pay for this mass carnage? $51,933,001: $50,449,023 in contributions, $627,336 in merchandise sales, and $856,642 in interest and dividends. They finished the year with $4,551,786 more in the bank than they started, after expenses. They did not see fit to use some of that to comprehensively promote animals for adoption or to provide veterinary care for the animals who needed it.
By contrast, the Lynchburg Humane Society, also in Virginia, took in about the same number of animals as PETA but saved 94% and without PETA’s millions. Seagoville Animal Services in Texas took in 1/3 of the numbers (about 700 animals) but only 1/20th of 1% of the amount of money that PETA did, saving 99% of them on a paltry $29,700 budget. In fact, hundreds of cities and towns across America are saving over 90% of the animals and doing so on a fraction of PETA’s wealth.
While PETA claims the animals it takes in and kills are “unadoptable,” this is a lie. It is a lie because employees have admitted it is a lie. They have described 8 week old, 10 week old, and 12 week old healthy kittens and puppies routinely and immediately put to death with no effort to find them homes. It is a lie because they have been caught stealing happy and healthy animals and putting them to death. It is a lie because rescue groups, individuals, and veterinarians have come forward stating that the animals they gave PETA were healthy and adoptable and PETA insiders have admitted as much, one former intern reporting that he quit in disgust after witnessing perfectly healthy puppies and kittens in the kill room. It is a lie because PETA refuses to provide its criteria for making the determination as to whether or not an animal is “unadoptable.” It is a lie because according to a state inspector, the PETA facility where the animals are impounded was designed to house animals for no more than 24 hours. It is a lie because Ingrid Newkirk herself admitted as much during a television interview: when asked whether or not PETA kills healthy animals, she responded, “Absolutely.” It is a lie because PETA staff have described the animals they have killed as “healthy,” “adorable” and “perfect.” It is a lie because PETA itself admits it does not believe in “right to life for animals.” And it is a lie because when asked what sort of effort PETA routinely makes to find adoptive homes for animals in its care, PETA had no comment.
In fact, PETA lied in its reporting to VDACS. On October 18, 2014, in Parksley, VA, PETA stole Maya, a happy and healthy dog, from her porch while her family was out. They killed her that very day. According to a spokesman for Maya’s family, PETA came to the trailer park where the family lives, where most of the residents are Spanish speaking with few resources. The PETA representatives befriended the residents. They got to know who lived where and who had dogs. In fact, they sat with the family on the same porch from which they later took Maya. Waiting until the family was away from the home, PETA employees backed their van up to the porch and threw biscuits to Maya, in an attempt to coax her off her property and therefore give PETA the ability to claim she was a stray dog “at large.” But Maya refused to stay off the porch and ran back. Thinking that no one was around, one of the employees—who was later charged with larceny—went onto the property and took Maya.
When the family returned and found their beloved Maya missing, they searched around the neighborhood before checking the video on the surveillance camera. That is when they saw the PETA van on the film and recognized the woman who had come to their house on prior occasions to talk to them about Maya. They called PETA and asked for Maya’s return. According to a family spokesperson, PETA claimed it did not have the dog. When PETA was told that its employees had been filmed taking the dog, they hung up. Shortly afterward, a PETA attorney called and informed the family that Maya was dead. PETA had killed her. She may not be the only one. On the day they stole Maya, other animals went missing as well. Had a surveillance video not been available, the killing of Maya would have remained unknown, as are the fates of the other animals. Yet in its reporting of Maya to VDACS, she is listed as a “stray.”
Why? Why does PETA steal animals and then kill them? Why do they systematically put them to death? PETA refuses to answer questions: http://bit.ly/15kRPFX But employees who have spoken out about PETA's killing say it is the result of the deeply disturbing and perverted version of animal activism promoted by PETA founder and President, Ingrid Newkirk. They explain how employees are made to watch “heart wrenching” films about animal abuse to drill into them the belief that people are incapable of caring for animals and that “PETA was doing what was best for animals” by killing them. PETA tells its employees that people can’t, don’t, and won’t take care of animals, that the lives of animals with people is one of neglect and abuse and that living with dogs and cats violates their rights. PETA also claims that animals cannot live without human care, which is why they do not support letting free-living cats continue to be free-living. The animals are, in short, damned either way and thus killing them is a “gift.” To PETA, animal activism means killing animals and to roughly 2,000 animals every year, that is precisely what is done. Over the last 12 years, 31,250 animals have been poisoned to death by PETA, an atrocity funded by individuals who erroneously believe that their donations will be used to help rather than end the lives of animals.
The records from the Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services are here: http://bit.ly/1LsjPrn
When you donate to PETA, you fund these atrocities against animals. Learn more: www.whyPETAkills.org
Main Photo: This photo, reportedly taken at PETA of needles filled with sodium pentobarbital (the drug used to kill animals), was sent to me by a former PETA employee whose job it was to kill animals.
Addendum: I am NOT deleting comments that disagree with me. I am deleting comments that: engage in ad hominem attacks, use profanity, blame this on "liberals," blame this on "Republicans," blame this on Obama, or refer to PETA as "People for the Eating of Tasty Animals."
First, focus on logic and evidence, not ad hominem attacks. Second, do not politicize this. Third, no promoting of violence towards animals. I do NOT criticize PETA because they try to protect animals. I criticize them because--when it comes to companion animals in shelters--they do NOT. They preach killing. They defend abuse. They fight reform efforts. I am a vegan advocate and former PETA volunteer: www.allamericanvegan.com If they were sincere, true to their alleged mission, and defenders of the right to life for all animals, I would be one of their most ardent supporters.
Finally, do not believe me. Do not believe PETA. Look at the evidence for yourself:
Here is the data, self-reported by PETA to the Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, showing roughly 9 out of 10 animals they seek out are killed by them: http://bit.ly/1LsjPrn
Here is an inspection report by the Virginia State Vet showing PETA kills 90% of animals within 24 hours without even trying to find them homes: http://bit.ly/1eHkWlD
Here is an OpEd piece written by PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk which appeared in newspapers across the country where PETA says it supports a policy that all pit bulls should be killed in all shelters in America: http://bit.ly/XrvcKf
Here is a newspaper article about the 2007 trial of PETA employees after they were found to be rounding up and killing animals in the back of a van after promising to find them homes: http://bit.ly/XCSdI3
Here is the news station report of PETA stealing Maya, a "happy and healthy" dog and killing her: http://bit.ly/1EIsEHq
Here is the surveillance video of the theft: www.whypetaeuthanizes.org/maya
Here is a video made by Shelby County KY shelter volunteers after PETA celebrated when that shelter announced it was going to resume killing after four years as a No Kill shelter: http://vimeo.com/48651351
Here is a letter by the Virginia Federation of Humane Societies asking the State Vet to revoke PETA's ability to take in and kill animals: http://bit.ly/ZgBzfb
Here is a petition to the State Vet that the No Kill Advocacy Center wrote asking the same: http://bit.ly/ZK4kjj
Here is a letter written by PETA to a Mayor telling him to kill all pit bulls, not to foster animals, and not to work with rescue groups: http://bit.ly/ZAnrvQ
Here are photographs of animals PETA has killed: http://www.whypetaeuthanizes.org/photos/
There's more. Much more.
