Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder of PETA:
"I don’t use the word 'pet.' I think it’s speciesist language. I prefer 'companion animal.' For one thing, we would no longer allow breeding. People could not create different breeds. There would be no pet shops. If people had companion animals in their homes, those animals would have to be refugees from the animal shelters and the streets. You would have a protective relationship with them just as you would with an orphaned child. But as the surplus of cats and dogs (artificially engineered by centuries of forced breeding) declined, eventually companion animals would be phased out, and we would return to a more symbiotic relationship — enjoyment at a distance."
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These PETA wackos believe that you and I should not be allowed to OWN a dog, cat, horse , cow, chicken, sheep , pig or ANY kind of domesticated animal. They are nuts.
The have stolen dogs from AKC dog shows. They have stolen dogs from responsible breeders.
There would be no dogs today without “artificially engineered by centuries of forced breeding”. What they fail to mention is that dogs live happier and longer lives because of selective breeding has eliminated many genetic defects in many dogs. What they also fail to mention is that the lack of dogs available to shelters has led them to import stray dogs from Mexico and the Carribean. Many of these dogs carry diseases such as rabies that have been eradicated in US dogs for years.