Documents: PETA kills more than 95 percent of pets in its care

The Daily Caller ^

[MarkL]

This is actually old news.

If you remember the Penn & Teller cable show “Bull$#it,” they did an episode on “animal rights,” and they exposed the fact that the main PETA HQ building has a very large walk-in refrigerator that’s used as an “animal morgue” for the animals they put down. And I believe PETA was cited more than once for illegal disposal of animal carcasses.

Mark

[WKUHilltopper]

All left wing organizations are frauds. Always has been, always will be.

[Polyxene]

How could they run out of money with a $37 million dollar annual budget? They could buy a lot of kibble and cat litter with that much money!

[alloysteel]

Yeah, but that much kibbles and cat litter would cut into their political action budget.

Priorities....

[afraidfortherepublic]

good for you!

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Why on earth would you think that?

Because they're liberals.

[Sensei Ern]

People for the
Extreme
Termination of
Animals

[Grizzled Bear]

I left the VFW for similar reasons.

[Pinkbell]

As someone who has 3 dogs and one cat from rescue and who has volunteered with an animal rescue group, I'm absolutely outraged. I have heard this before about PETA, and I have never liked them, but I didn't realize it was this bad. I can almost understand, although don't support, county shelters euthing when out of space with no rescues or adopters. However, I can not even fathom a group who touts itself as an animal rescue killing the animals in its care. They kill essentially all of them! Per the Daily Mail:

Only 3,159 animals, mostly dogs and cats, were adopted in that time.

Records from the Virginia Department of Agriculture obtained through public records by the Centre for Consumer Freedom show figures that are quite contrary to PETA’s mission.

Records from 2011 alone state that of the 1,992 cats and dogs received, 34 were transferred, and 24 were adopted. The remaining 1,911 were put down, the report states.

They claim the animals are killed because of "injury, illness, age, aggression, or because no good homes exist for them." Severe aggression or illness/injury is the only rationale, and I would bet that is a very small minority of what PETA gets. No good homes exist? That's the point of a rescue! They are supposed to take in animals who can't find homes until they find them! The Daily Caller article goes on to say, "In 2005, two PETA employees described as “adorable” and “perfect” some of the dogs and cats they killed in the back of a PETA-owned van. The two were arrested after police witnessed them tossing the animals’ dead bodies into a North Carolina dumpster." Bastards. NO ONE who loves animals should donate to PETA or take an animal to them. Find a good, local rescue. There are plenty.