PETA Murders Animals (that is, Adoptable Pets)

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PETA murders close to 100% of the animals they take in every year:
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  • Profile picture of the author frankmiller11
    are you sure about this because, its a big organization and they have a reputation.

    Or may be thats just a cover who knows:confused:
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    • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
      Originally Posted by frankmiller11 View Post

      are you sure about this because, its a big organization and they have a reputation.

      Or may be thats just a cover who knows:confused:
      100% sure about this.
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  • Profile picture of the author socialentry
    Puts beautiful PETA girl on youtube thumbnail

    No girl in video. Instead two guys rant about PETA


    fail.
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      Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

      Puts beautiful PETA girl on youtube thumbnail

      No girl in video. Instead two guys rant about PETA


      fail.
      I see your point. I deleted the video. The site provides the data.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    PETA is an animal terrorist organization. They believe the animals are better off dead than with humans.
    One of those Fuzz Nazis was bitching at me about how my dog was my slave because he was on a leash. Munchie happened to be about 170 pounds and his head came up to the bottom of my ribs - his shoulders were as broad as mine. If that dog had wanted to go, I could not have stopped him. We were pals and we listened to each other....especially in the mountains.

    Well, I told the guy the dog was on the leash to satisfy cops, but I'd be glad to let him off if he wanted me to. The guy said something really gruff and raised his hand real fast (not to hit me, but for emphasis). Munch growled and jumped in front of me and squared off.

    I laughed and told the guy "this is my best friend, I'd show a little respect if I were you". Scared the dude shitless and a half. I asked him "would you like me to let him go now?" He just kind of took a few steps back and then turned and walked off.

    I wouldn't let one of those freaked out nut jobs near an animal of mine.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Yeah, heysal is right. have you seen how they have treated some test animals?

    Are animals mistreated by humans? YEP! Calling an animal on a lease a slave or something is wrong though. What would you exect someone to do? Just let the animal run free where ANYTHING could happen? You don't even really give HUMANS that kind of freedom! And heysal sounds like the type of person that fed Munchie good cuts of meat, and let Munchie do almost anything in the home.

    But peta is really doing it all wrong. If they REALLY wanted to solve the problem, they should:

    1. expose it
    2. reveal solutions that DON'T harm animals
    3. work to get their solutions implemented, and rules passed
    4. maybe frustrate the straglers in the end by, among other things, freeing animals that could live properly outside.

    But what do THEY do?

    1. frustrate and annoy all that seem to be against their ideas
    2. set any animals free WITHOUT considering viability

    So what happens?

    They will do things like throw red paint on apparent fur stoles, to make people angry. This may actually ENCOURAGE purchasing of new ones! People will think about them, and the old one may be replaced. Face it! The animals have ALREADY died. They may have been raised only for that purpose.

    They will go in and release animals without concern for how they are. Some may even have problems that people are treating.

    The odd part is that I DOUBT anyone likes animal experimentation. You DO have to give them SOME remedial care. ALSO, if you are smart, initial development will have at least 2 subjects, and final tests could have DOZENS. And there is space, disposal, hygiene, food, infections, etc.... that have to be considered. They are doing this because of legal and development complexities. If you have a way to develop better, and it satisfied the law, I think EVERYONE would appreciate it.

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  • Profile picture of the author bizgrower
    Disgustingly amazing report. I did not even know they ran facilities, I thought they were just "activists".

    Very sad that the head of PETA would think it's okay to not run no kill shelters because of what they want to do with their budget.

    I knew someone who did not believe in having her dogs on leash because of the slavery idea. One day she had two dogs, the next she had one because one got run over. She lived near a major street. The idiot was not even phased and still kept her Husky/wolf mix (of all breeds) off leash.

    Also, I used to walk Nikko on leash in Breckenridge, CO a lot. He was a 75 pound rescued Husky. In Breckenridge, dogs can be off leash as long as they are "under control by voice command". He was charged at several different times by different off leash dogs.

    One time, it was by accident these dogs were off leash, but we were charged at by two adult St. Bernards. It's scary to see two large dogs aggressively charging at you with their mouths open. Fortunately they backed off because Nikko whipped around, crouched and growled, and I did about the same human equivalent. Imagine if it had been a kid or old lady, instead of me, walking a gentler dog than Nikko.

    Dogs are dogs and need to be on leash to protect themselves, other people and other animals.

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    • Profile picture of the author worldalpha
      Peta does have some scary policies and tactics, but I'm sure some good comes of it.
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  • Profile picture of the author taskemann
    PETA does also give away items to their members that are made of animal leather/hide.

    And many of the PETA members also drive around in cars with leather seats.
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    • Profile picture of the author seasoned
      Originally Posted by taskemann View Post

      PETA does also give away items to their members that are made of animal leather/hide.

      And many of the PETA members also drive around in cars with leather seats.
      WOW, I didn't know THAT! So some of their zealots may destroy gifts they give their members!

      IRONICALLY, though leather seats go against their stated principles, leather IS the best material for them. It could easily outlast the car! If they destroy the leather, the WHOLE SEAT may be replaced, and likely with a LEATHER one, which is bad for the environment and all others.

      BTW most leather probably comes from cows killed for their meat!

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      • Profile picture of the author Kay King
        I don't get the point of that site. I'm not a PETA fan but how does signing an anti-PETA petition on a site focused on an issue in Virginia from 2010....save a single animal anywhere?????

        Can anyone explain that?

        When I see a site that is making charges about PETA - and about the American Humane Society ...I read with a skeptical eye. What alternative are they proposing to care for abandoned and neglected animals? I didn't find any solutions - only charges and complaints.

        When a site posts "documents for proof" where the "date" box is empty....I stop believing what I read there.

        I HATE the wholesale euthanasia of animals and it happens in this country because people are irresponsible in breeding and in the care of dogs and cats. But the harsh question is - do you choose euthanasia or choose to allow abandoned animals to die of starvation or be hit by cars or what? Do YOU have a better idea?

        People who work to save animals make mistakes and don't always get it right - but at least they try. PETA runs mobile spay/neuter vans and provides low cost and free spay/neuter programs.

        I'm not a PETA advocate but they do counter the argument here.

        PETA Saves Animals | Euthanasia, No Kill, Animal Shelters, and More | PETA.org

        PETA's Mobile Clinics Division | PETA.org
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        • Profile picture of the author KimW
          Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

          I don't get the point of that site. I'm not a PETA fan but how does signing an anti-PETA petition on a site focused on an issue in Virginia from 2010....save a single animal anywhere?????

          Can anyone explain that?

          When I see a site that is making charges about PETA - and about the American Humane Society ...I read with a skeptical eye. What alternative are they proposing to care for abandoned and neglected animals? I didn't find any solutions - only charges and complaints.

          When a site posts "documents for proof" where the "date" box is empty....I stop believing what I read there.

          I HATE the wholesale euthanasia of animals and it happens in this country because people are irresponsible in breeding and in the care of dogs and cats. But the harsh question is - do you choose euthanasia or choose to allow abandoned animals to die of starvation or be hit by cars or what? Do YOU have a better idea?

          People who work to save animals make mistakes and don't always get it right - but at least they try. PETA runs mobile spay/neuter vans and provides low cost and free spay/neuter programs.

          I'm not a PETA advocate but they do counter the argument here.

          PETA Saves Animals | Euthanasia, No Kill, Animal Shelters, and More | PETA.org

          PETA's Mobile Clinics Division | PETA.org
          Kay of course they counter it. So,which one is true?

          I am an animal lover,have had many over the years,but I believe PETA does kill animals.

          I have a dear friend that is always posting PETA stuff about how mistreated circus animals are. Maybe in the past they may have been,but they aren't these days. I've been behind the scenes at many circuses over the years and most circus animals are treated like house pets.
          I actually would get into "discussions" with PETA protesters when the circus was in town.
          Sadly, most are just kool aid drinkers that would spout what they were told instead of finding out the facts for themselves.
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  • Profile picture of the author LarryC
    I'm a strong supporter of animal rights but am very suspicious of PETA. I wouldn't be surprised to learn they are secretly funded by big agra companies or other establishment institutions. I'm not talking about average members -most are well intentioned, though some are true fanatics.

    Either way, they are constantly attracting the kind of publicity that makes it easy to laugh at animal rights in general. This makes many average people equate animal rights with extreme political correctness or fanaticism.

    That makes for effective propaganda for factory farming, animal experimentation, etc. "You're against factory farming? What are you, one of those PETA people who thinks having pets or raising a few chickens is evil?"
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  • Profile picture of the author Mikaedi88
    I don't live in the States and don't know anything about PETA, surely from the above post they are doing as much as they can..being human, they sometimes get it wrong, like our SPCA.

    Here's something that is done in every country, including the US and my own..which to my mind is appalling

    In hatcheries where baby chicks are born, the male chicks, just been born, are gathered up from a conveyer belt and put into a mincer, so cruel..how can this practise be humane.

    Also I used to work at a freezing works, well we all eat the meat from young animals, well I sure wasn't aware that bobby calves are separated from their Mama's and sent to the works within days of being born..I have difficulty in not seeing that as cruel..yet it's a commercial decision that's made every day by farmers.
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  • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
    PETA murders animals and make no attempt to find homes for them. Sure, they write up double-faced rationalizations but the fact is they kill nearly 100% of the animals that come their way, many of them adoptable.

    "New records show PETA killed a staggering 89.4 percent of the adoptable pets in its care during 2012."
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    • Profile picture of the author seasoned
      Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

      PETA murders animals and make no attempt to find homes for them. Sure, they write up double-faced rationalizations but the fact is they kill nearly 100% of the animals that come their way, many of them adoptable.

      "New records show PETA killed a staggering 89.4 percent of the adoptable pets in its care during 2012."
      How could ANYONE Claim ANY of the "peta" pets are adoptable? Aren't you supposed to have CLEAN records of the animals history? From what I have seen, PETA is, necessarily, DISORGANIZED! The only way they could be organized would be to have a long term high placed spy, or arrange with the company IN ADVANCE, and match the records to the animal, and you KNOW they don't do that.

      The animals might have undergone effective torture, or had gene manipulation, or given some disease. It DOES happen. That can make the animal unpredictable, unable to get papers, possibly short lived, etc...

      Granted, MANY seem to have related troubles, but I would trust THEM before PETA!

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  • Profile picture of the author socialentry
    The thing is most PETA animals are not really adoptable.

    They just pickup stray dogs and cats in the street.
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    • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
      Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

      The thing is most PETA animals are not really adoptable.

      They just pickup stray dogs and cats in the street.
      Stray dogs and cats are not adoptable?! Now I know you don't know what you're talking about. I've adopted a number of stray dogs and cats in the course of my life, including a wild dog that I took in after witnessing it climb a tree to catch birds.
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      • Profile picture of the author socialentry
        Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

        Stray dogs and cats are not adoptable?! Now I know you don't know what you're talking about. I've adopted a number of stray dogs and cats in the course of my life, including a wild dog that I took in after witnessing it climb a tree to catch birds.
        Yeah but its like adopting a hobo with fur.

        If they're adoptable how come no one wants to adopt them and they have to kill 90% of them.

        They can't just dump them all on your property (I think...).
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      Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

      The thing is most PETA animals are not really adoptable.

      They just pickup stray dogs and cats in the street.
      PETA animals are WORSE than strays! They are animals that were INTENTIONALLY put through some ordeal that was potentially harmful. Most STRAYS are probably lost or mistreated pets, or offspring of them. CATS, for example, are NOTORIOUS for wanting to have kittens IN PRIVATE! They will go out of their way in some highly sheltered place and have litters and maybe nobody would ever know.

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      • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
        Originally Posted by seasoned View Post

        PETA animals are WORSE than strays! They are animals that were INTENTIONALLY put through some ordeal that was potentially harmful.

        Steve
        Douglas Anthony Cooper: How Many Pets Did PETA Kill in 2012?
        "We know from various reports, however -- including legal testimony from local veterinarians and shelter workers -- that many of the pets killed at PETA headquarters were impeccably healthy, some of them puppies and kittens."

        PETA is a hypocritical organization addicted to publicity stunts and drenched in the blood of animals it murdered:
        Killed by PETA : Nathan J Winograd


        "The former director of Norfolk's SPCA, Dana Cheek, has said: "I often receive phone calls from frantic people who have surrendered their pets to PETA with the understanding that PETA will 'find them a good home.'... Little do they know that the pets are killed in the PETA van before they even pull away from the pet owner's home."
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        • Profile picture of the author seasoned
          Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

          Douglas Anthony Cooper: How Many Pets Did PETA Kill in 2012?
          "We know from various reports, however -- including legal testimony from local veterinarians and shelter workers -- that many of the pets killed at PETA headquarters were impeccably healthy, some of them puppies and kittens."

          PETA is a hypocritical organization addicted to publicity stunts and drenched in the blood of animals it murdered:
          Killed by PETA : Nathan J Winograd


          "The former director of Norfolk's SPCA, Dana Cheek, has said: "I often receive phone calls from frantic people who have surrendered their pets to PETA with the understanding that PETA will 'find them a good home.'... Little do they know that the pets are killed in the PETA van before they even pull away from the pet owner's home."
          WOW, I can understand, in a PRACTICAL sense, killing animals ****AFTER**** a certain period. Nearly all such places do it, from what I understand. But killing them ASAP? That is just STUPID!!!!!!!!!! They should be thrown in jail from the bottom up(cruelty to animals, fraud, illegal prescribing of controlled substances, etc....), and LOSE the DEA permits! Any veterinarians should lose their licenses!

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          • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
            Originally Posted by seasoned View Post

            WOW, I can understand, in a PRACTICAL sense, killing animals ****AFTER**** a certain period. Nearly all such places do it, from what I understand. But killing them ASAP? That is just STUPID!!!!!!!!!! They should be thrown in jail from the bottom up(cruelty to animals, fraud, illegal prescribing of controlled substances, etc....), and LOSE the DEA permits! Any veterinarians should lose their licenses!

            Steve

            Serial killers typically murder cats or dogs before moving on to killing people. PETA would "euth" (their cowardly term for "euthanize" -- that is, murder) humans too if they could get away with it.
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            • Profile picture of the author Kay King
              I don't know where the proof is for some of claims I see here - such as the cat photo. Someone says "they do this" and it's accepted as gospel.

              I often receive phone calls from frantic people who have surrendered their pets to PETA
              The truth behind that statement is a person who didn't want the responsibility any longer of the pet he/she adopted - so they take it somewhere or have someone else pick it up. Then the former animal owner can feel smug that "the animal found a good home". It's a copout. Most animals in shelters were dropped off by owners who no longer want them or picked on the street where they were abandoned.

              Sorry, but people who abandon their pets are cruel and unfeeling - they want someone else to do the dirty work and tell them everything will be OK....and they believe it when they are told what they want to hear. People get a cute puppy - they don't socialize or train it and then when it makes a mess on the floor they beat it or yell at it - or they take it to a shelter and drop it off saying "it's a bad dog".

              It sounds great to say "they should find homes" - how do you do that? How do you convince people to adopt good animals that need homes when people like socialentry (posting above) are totally uneducated on the quality of shelter animals.

              There's nothing wrong with most dogs and cats in shelters that couldn't easily be cured with a loving home and a patient, educated owner. At the same time, shelters and PETA can handle only so many animals so they have to let go of the sick, the traumatized, the animals that aren't socialized...in order to have room for animals that have a chance of adoption. That is the reality.

              Want to make it better? Make sure you spay/neuter your animals - don't let them breed - don't encourage breeding by purchasing pets - adopt them instead. Train them so they become part of your family and cherish them through their full lifetime.
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              • Profile picture of the author seasoned
                Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

                Want to make it better? Make sure you spay/neuter your animals - don't let them breed - don't encourage breeding by purchasing pets - adopt them instead. Train them so they become part of your family and cherish them through their full lifetime.
                As much as I would hate the idea, failing to spay a female could cause behavior to change adversely, and male animals will periodically aggressively try to be with them.
                If male animals aren't neutered, they will likely mark territory, and try to get with females.

                SO, if you own a pet, it will help your relationship and the behavior of the animal.

                HECK, I went with my aunt and uncle to a place in denmark, and my aunt brought her dog. I got a laugh, because her dog was in heat, and the male dogs were all trying to get around her! If the dogs weren't controlled so well, it could have gotten nasty!

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  • Profile picture of the author socialentry
    Apparently PETA supported a program to nuke the whales in the late 80s.

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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Damn - size your pictures.

    Steve - You are right. I feed a dog real meat and dry food that has no grains in it whatsoever. I'm fussy about my dog's diet. I'm also VERY fussy about training. When you own dogs that outweigh you by up to 70 pounds, it's just downright irresponsible not to train them impeccably. I also train them to understand what I am saying to them - and situations. I have an ebook called "Smart Beyond Obedience" and that is how I handle a dog. By the time my dog is an adult, I just talk to them, and they will respond accordingly. Even little Ricky that I got as an old man has gained one heck of a lot of smarts since I've had him. I find the idea of a dog only knowing a few one word commands as a completely deranged idea. Dogs can understand hundreds of words as well as simple syntax. I studied canine linguistic acquisition when I was in linguistic classes - and if you ask me, at least working class dogs, have amazing communications facilities.

    I've never had a dog who NEEDED to be on a leash by the time we'd been together a year. Leashes are required by law in some places. I find them handy at times when I'm distracted because the dog pays attention to what's going on so I don't have to. It's not just me that takes excellent care of my dogs - they take terrific care of me, too. That's what friends do. My dogs are so far from enslaved with me that I find the idea completely ludicrous that they are "owned" because of a leash.

    As far as people spray painting fur...........when I lived in the mountains of CO (which are huge mountains - 13 - 14,000 feet), with Blitz, we did search and rescue. There was lottery hunting territory that started in my backyard. In cold weather - we wore fur. Period. These damned tourists would come out and protest that like a bunch of idiot clowns and try to spray any fur they saw. Funny -- when they got lost in cold weather, and you found them and offered to change coats with them, since they were usually hypothermic, not one of them would object to the idea of it. There's a big difference between wearing fur for survival in harsh weather conditions and wearing it as bling to jump out of the back of a limo and run in the front door of the theater. That attitude backfired on a few people, too - when I refused to take Blitz out after someone. I'm not a humanitarian. If someone is an asshole to me, they better not need my help later on because it won't be there.

    As far as PETA - they do rescues sometimes such as factory farms where the animals are already just so mutilated that they are beyond rehabilitation -- but they kill a lot that had the animals been placed on REAL farms, they could have recovered and been whole and happy. When they rescue animals that are strayed pets, they don't even try to save them - and that's all just very wrong. An organization that size could build a system of connections that would allow them to save a LOT of those animals. They just don't bother.

    As far as the Humane Society - if you donate to local shelters, they use the money for the animals - if you donate at the national level - a LOT of your money goes into the admin's pockets for their lucrative salaries.
    No kill shelters? Some are terrific and some are nightmares run by animal horders who refuse almost every person that tries to adopt. My niece worked in one of them and it made her sick to see the animals kept in cages for years on end and seeing people who would have been terrific owners turned away because the people that ran the shelters thought NOBODY was good enough.

    People who donate to animal organizations need to really really research before forking over their cash. People who want to adopt an animal in need should get them wherever they can find the one they want.
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    Killed by PETA : Nathan J Winograd

    "While communities across the country are ending the killing of healthy and treatable animals, with save rates as high as 98 percent, in 2011, PETA killed 96 percent of all dogs and cats and 93 percent of other companion animals such as rabbits that it took in, despite revenues of over 30 million dollars a year and millions of animal-loving members.
    When PETA representatives have been questioned about this killing, they’ve argued that all of the animals they kill are 'unadoptable.' But this claim is a lie for numerous reasons. It is a lie because rescue groups and individuals have come forward stating that the animals they gave PETA were healthy and adoptable, as detailed above, 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."
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  • Profile picture of the author bizgrower
    My vet will have nothing to do with one of our local shelters that claims to be a no kill shelter. She will give her all to another local shelter.

    This is coming from a vet and a woman who tranquilized a 90 lb. dog she had taken personal responsibility to rescue from a scheduled kill at a County shelter. After she tranked the dog, it still ran about two miles and she tracked it down and carried it back to her truck. In the snow, in the high Colorado Rockies. A 90 pound dog. A 110 pound woman.

    Local or national, be careful which animal rescue group/shelter you support.

    As far as adopting pets from a shelter, they were likely abandoned or a stray. But, a good facility will do all sorts of personality and behavior testing before they put an animal up for adoption.

    I agree with Kay that spaying or neutering, and adopting a rescue animal is the best course of action. A good shelter will have a waiting list for those who really want to adopt a certain breed.

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  • Profile picture of the author KimW
    Seems the topic is confusing . Is the topic what to do with animals that don't have a home or how a group that claims to be for the protection of such animals really a major killer of them?
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      Kim -

      In my opinion it's about an activist group taking in unwanted animals and not having the facilities or organizaiton to care for or place them.

      They do take the worst of the worst and that increases the kill rate. However, it's a loose organization and there's no telling the mindset of some who "volunteer" and that's part of the problem.

      I don't know about the rest but there's a sordid truth people don't want to know. If you call an organization (or drop an animal at a shelter) - you are signing the death warrant.

      There's a naive belief that "someone else" will find a good home for the dog that is too much trouble or the cat that scratches the furniture. It just isn't true. Comparatively few shelter animals find forever homes compared to the huge numbers of abandoned and surrendered pets.

      What I particularly dislike about this story are the number of comments I've read about people who wanted to get rid of their animals and then are shocked to find it wasn't a garden path for the dogs and cats THEY abandoned.
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  • Profile picture of the author derekwong28
    There is a similar situation with the RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) which is an older and more respected organization than PETA.

    RSPCA destroys HALF of the animals that it rescues - yet thousands are completely healthy | Mail Online

    A lot of people give their pet to the RSPCA when they can no longer take care of them and thinking that it will be safe with the organization.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    OK, a lot of you have the WRONG idea! PETA is NOT the US equivalent of wha you are talking about.

    THAT honor belongs to an organization in the US created in 1866. ASPCA So the ASPCA is still around and started 114 years BEFORE PETA!

    ALSO, PETA is NOT an american company, but international. That means they may have offices in YOUR country, etc... So saying "our country is DIFFERENT" is just DUMB! Don't believe me? OK:

    UK Home | PETA.org.uk

    France PETA France

    GERMANY peta.de :: PETA Deutschland (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)

    Australia PETA Australia | PETA.org.au

    India PETA India: India's Animal Rights Organisation | PETAIndia.com NOTE: India has two REALLY official languages, hindi and english. This site just happens to be in english.

    Netherlands PETA Netherlands

    asia pacific PETA Asia-Pacific

    CHINA ????????

    Latino PETA Latino: Derechos para los animales para la comunidad Latina

    latino includes mexico, cuba, spain, etc...

    Steve
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      No matter what the organization (and goodness knows some are much better and more humane than others)....the truth remains.

      The reason so many healthy animals are put down is because people don't take care of them.

      Most areas that try to limit the number of "strays" approach if from a "registration" angle - because it's something local govts can make money from. Doesn't do anything for the animals that I've seen.

      What does work is a mandatory spay/neuter law and in areas that have put those in place the population of unwanted animals has dropped drastically. Those areas can afford to have "no kill" shelters because they aren't inundated day after day with abandoned pets.

      I'm not a PETA supporter - they lost me long ago with their fur antics. It might be good camera action to invade a mink farm and turn all the animals loose - but those mink will starve or become prey for wildlife.
      Too often, what PETA does is focused on enhancing PETA rather than real life animals.
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      • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
        So what does PETA stand for again?

        Put End To Animals?

        Terra
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        • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
          Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

          So what does PETA stand for again?

          Put End To Animals?

          Terra
          There is an obvious disparity between their message and their practices. How is killing nearly 100% of adoptable animals and making zero effort to find them homes "ethical"?They lied and said animals taken to them were "unadoptable" even though statements in court by veterinarians and former PETA workers established otherwise. PETA is a cult with the typical hypocrisy in cult leadership. PETA would "euth" (euthanize) humanity if it could as it does with humanity's pets. They probably want to deliver the earth without humans back to wild animals.
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          • Profile picture of the author seasoned
            Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

            There is an obvious disparity between their message and their practices. How is killing nearly 100% of adoptable animals and making zero effort to find them homes "ethical"?They lied and said animals taken to them were "unadoptable" even though statements in court by veterinarians and former PETA workers established otherwise. PETA is a cult with the typical hypocrisy in cult leadership. PETA would "euth" (euthanize) humanity if it could as it does with humanity's pets. They probably want to deliver the earth without humans back to wild animals.
            But THEN, the testing centers need more animals! So the animals can feel WANTED!

            Steve
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            • Profile picture of the author socialentry
              Originally Posted by seasoned View Post

              But THEN, the testing centers need more animals! So the animals can feel WANTED!

              Steve
              I agree,

              I think that if the testing centers would just trade animal between each other, much less animals would be killed.

              Like for example studies show a rabbit could be reused up to 25 times before being given to PETA or other animal killing terrorist oprganization.
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              • Profile picture of the author seasoned
                Originally Posted by socialentry View Post

                I agree,

                I think that if the testing centers would just trade animal between each other, much less animals would be killed.

                Like for example studies show a rabbit could be reused up to 25 times before being given to PETA or other animal killing terrorist oprganization.
                They CAN'T trade though! In many cases, the subjects will be excluded from many trials. A rabbit could be used over 25 times? The worlds oldest rabbit lived to be 18yo! Apparently the average is about 10 years! The tests must be AWFULLY brief! I mean if age were NO concern, and it often likely is a concern, 25 SEPARATE tests would be an average of less than 5 months!

                Steve
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        • Profile picture of the author seasoned
          Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

          So what does PETA stand for again?

          Put End To Animals?

          Terra
          Yeah, PETA is just a PITA!

          Steve
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          • Profile picture of the author socialentry
            Originally Posted by seasoned View Post

            Yeah, PETA is just a PITA!

            Steve
            OoooooooooOOOOh massively good pun!!!!!!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author alistair
    I'm not sure about PETA, don't know anything about them, but there are others that will do whatever they can to help stray dogs. I saw the video below last week and he has a really good channel that I kind of couldn't stop watching.

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