People for the Ethical Treatment (of some) Animals
Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) published documents online showing that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) killed 95 percent of the adoptable pets in its care during 2008. Despite years of public outrage over its euthanasia program, the animal rights group kills an average of 5.8 pets every day at its Norfolk, VA headquarters.
According to public records from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, PETA killed 2,124 pets last year and placed only seven in adoptive homes. Since 1998, a total of 21,339 dogs and cats have died at the hands of PETA workers.
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My, my, my…… a 95% kill rate – who would have thought that killing that many pets was the ethical thing to do?
[ h/t The Flying Hamster ]
Thats more dangerous than death row in Texas
Whooee! I’ve had quite a few pets in my lifetime. With the exception of my first cat that was run over on the road when I was a boy, I’ve paid veterinarians to euthanize every one of my beloved companions. As they reached the end of their lives, they were suffering with one disease or another. I felt the ethical thing to do was to have them put out of their misery. I doubt that human euthanasia will become legal in Canada in my lifetime but if my quality of life gets as bad as that of my precious pets, I’ll be wishing it was.
My big problem is with pet owners who fail to spay or neuter their animals and the classified ads for free kittens is testament to the overpopulation of unwanted house cats. My vet will euthanize kittens for $20. When someone tries to push one of their unwanted kittens on me, I offer them $20 to have it killed humanely. So far, nobody’s taken up my offer. Instead, they drive out to the country and dump the poor creatures where they’ll either starve or be easy prey for coyotes or other predators.
JB
Hmm…I find it funny that these people would have any problems with the Inuit harvesting all those narwhals up in Pond Inlet a few months back. When did PETA start eating cats and dogs?
It’s an easy enough thing to explain Darcy… Inuit harvesting trapped whales is something that can be turned into tear jerking propaganda and used to generate money — and taking care of pets costs money.