PETA:People Eradicating Tons of Animals

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The following story is from This is True dated 17 July 2005. It is Copyright 2005 Randy Cassingham, all rights reserved, and reprinted here with permission:
"Ethical" Defined

After more than 100 dead dogs were dumped in a trash dumpster over four weeks, police in Ahoskie, N.C., kept an eye on the trash receptacle behind a supermarket. Sure enough, a van drove up and officers watched the occupants throw in heavy plastic bags. They detained the two people in the van and found 18 dead dogs in plastic bags in the dumpster, including puppies; 13 more dead dogs were still in the van. Police say the van is registered to the headquarters of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and the two occupants, Andrew B. Cook, 24, and Adria Joy Hinkle, 27, identified themselves as PETA employees. An autopsy performed on one of the dogs found it was healthy before it was killed. Police say PETA has been picking up the animals -- alive -- from North Carolina animal shelters, promising to find them good homes. Cook and Hinkle have been charged with 62 felony counts of animal cruelty. In response to the arrests PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said it's against the group's policy for employees to dump animals in the trash, but "that for some animals in North Carolina, there is no kinder option than euthanasia." (Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald) ...Oops, my mistake: that's "Playing God" Defined.

In his author's notes section, Cassingham had more to say about this story:

The more I learn about PETA, the less I think of them. The story of them killing animals isn't even unusual. According to PETA's own filings, in 2004 PETA killed 86.3 percent of the animals entrusted to its care -- a number that's rising, not falling. Meanwhile, the SPCA in PETA's home town (Norfolk, Va.) was able to find loving homes for 73 percent of the animals put in its care. A shortage of funds? Nope: last year PETA took in $29 million in tax-exempt donations. It simply has other priorities for the funds, like funding terrorism (yes, really). But don't take my word for it: I got my figures from http://www.PETAkillsAnimals.com -- and they have copies of PETA's state and federal filings to back it up. The bottom line: if you donate money to PETA because you think they care for and about animals, you need to think some more. PETA literally yells and screams about how others "kill animals" but this is how they operate? Pathetic.

And you know what I wonder? PETA's official count of animals they kill is 86.3 percent. But if they're going around picking up animals, killing them while they drive around and not even giving them a chance to be adopted, and then destroying the evidence by dumping the bodies in the trash, are those deaths being reported? My guess: no. While 86.3 percent is awful, the actual number is probably much, much higher. How dare they lecture anyone about the "ethical" treatment of animals!

(This is True is a weekly column featuring weird-but-true news stories from around the world, and has been published since 1994. Click the link for info about free subscriptions.)


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wow.. this is unbeleivable..so the peta president got arrested. doesnt pam anderson support PETA
 
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This makes me sick. PETA just lost a supporter in me. Although I'm not one to picket Wendy's for their chicken nuggets or protest eating turkey at Thanksgiving, I was always an advocate for their dog rescue efforts. This just makes me sick. :mad:
 

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thats is the cutest chinese crested i have ever seen, i know hes a pup (i used to kinda think they were ugly.. dont hate me..lol) but i would buy him over any other dog in a second. I absolutely adore the haicut on his head!!!!!!:)
 

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There was another thread posted about this recently, and I did not believe it. It sounded like a slam campaign to me. But now . . I am starting to be convinced. The hypocricy is unbelievable. PETA tells everyone else how they should behave and they are doing this??? I still would like to hear more on this before I'm 100% convinced, but it does appear that PETA is the biggest scam artists of all times. Wow.
 

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I'd have to hear a little more about this before I pass judgement. I know PETA has a reputation for extreme activism, but this does seem just a little bit ouf of character for them. They're a favorite target for a lot of people/rival organizations.
 

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What happened to the good ole days when PETA folks dressed up like deer and ran around our woods during hunting season? I miss that. It was more fun than hunting watching those morons. I sure wish I would have been able to get a tag for morons. Its about the only criiter I would want to shoot for the sole purpose of mounting it on my wall.
 
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Buckshot said:
What happened to the good ole days when PETA folks dressed up like deer and ran around our woods during hunting season? I miss that. It was more fun than hunting watching those morons. I sure wish I would have been able to get a tag for morons. Its about the only criiter I would want to shoot for the sole purpose of mounting it on my wall.
Seems a waste of perfectly good wall-space though :D
 

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