Posted on 11/18/2011 5:02:07 AM PST by smokingfrog
Peta under fire over claim that it kills most animals left at its US headquarters
04 Apr 2009
Peta, the animal rights group for which celebrities like Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford have stripped off, is under fire for putting down animals at its US headquarters. Ricky Gervais has recently backed one of Peta's campaigns and other vociferous advocates among its 128,000 members and backers in Britain and Europe include Sadie Frost, Naomi Campbell and Sir Paul McCartney. Its headline-grabbing stunts have made it one of the most formidable global lobbyists against the exploitation of animals.
But now Peta - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - is itself on the receiving end of angry words over its own treatment of animals after it emerged that the organisation put down 96 per cent of the animals handed into its American headquarters. Of 2,216 animals taken to its premises in Norfolk, Virginia, last year, 2,124 were put to sleep - almost six per day. Homes were found for just seven.
The high-profile charity, famous for its "I'd rather go naked than wear fur" campaigns, has euthanised more than 20,000 pets in the last decade, according to figures it has supplied to Virginia state officials.
Peta insists that homes could not be found for the dogs and cats, usually because they were in such poor health or because they were "unsocialised" and aggressive, usually because of bad treatment by their owners.
But the organisation, which does not run its own animal adoption programme and does not accept animals into its care elsewhere, admitted to The Sunday Telegraph that some treatable and adoptable animals were also among those killed by lethal injection.
The PETA people should be tied down and forced to listen to Bob Wills and The TEXAS PLAYBOYS for a week.
Bob’s band is good if Bob does not make comments during the song.
Bob’s singing of Mexicali Rose is toture! That is why he ususally has Tommy Duncan do the singing.
What’s the forge kitty’s name?
Do I sense some skepticism on your part?
“If you wouldn’t eat your dog, why eat a turkey.”
They would hate me, I love turkey and Mexican food...
****What’s the forge kitty’s name?***
Shadow. Looks like a minature grey puma.
And if you look in the background near the anvil you can see our no-tail yellow and white one we call “Stubby”.
I may not eat “My” dog, but then again, Spot isn’t on the menu this Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is Murder... Tasty Tasty Murder.
Quote:
“Wonder why you never see PETA protesting leather in biker bars?”
That is good...
Cute kats. I thought for sure the cat’s name would be ‘Smokey” or something.
Forgot to ping you to this thread earlier. What a DUmb idea.
Deal.
As long as they are forever more known as PITA.
You first, then we’ll see.
Deal?
I truly expected to click on the link and find this to be a joke.... well PETA is a joke, but still - too funny.
Did you see the shopped picture at reply #26? How sick.
I have been to Turkey, Texas many times. The locals would look at the tofu and ask if you can use it to make gravy for chicken fried steak. Actually, I think you’d get buckshot where the sun doesn’t shine just for mentioning tofu while within the city limits.
That is sick - but we are talking about PETA...the folks who claim to hate meat but all of their fake meat products are still named for meat: hot dogs, chicken nuggets, beef. So they still dream of eating meat.
That was sort of the way I saw it, too.
Well I am eating turkey for Thanksgiving, and it will be a real bird.
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