PETA is the bomb!!! I rescue dogs and cats every week and then kill them because they are better off dead than being owned by humans!!!

I was planning to go see Sea World this summer but have canceled since none of the animals are robots!!!!

PETA is for animals like Planned Parenthood is for babies or the Democrats are for blacks.

I think their cause is great (who supports abusing animals and allowing our livestock to be treated as disgusting as they are?) but the people who run it are way too extreme and turn so many away. I haven't heard news from them in a while so I guess they got pretty much everybody to tune out.

ib_thinkin: "most of the animals we take in are society's rejects; aggressive, on death's door, or somehow unadoptable."

Funny. I volunteer for an animal shelter that does the same (we are the de facto animal shelter for a large population center), and our "save" rate is the same as their "kill" rate. That is, ten or so years ago we were adopting out about 85%, today that number is around 95-97%.

fark you, PETA.

TV's Vinnie:

Way to be depressing, brah. Talking about what is likely someone's former pet that they had to likely give up because they lost their house now ending up being chopped apart by your students.

I'm a veterinary student on the east coast. All of our canine cadavers are from California animal shelters.

I thank my dog for the opportunity to learn every time I fish his body out of the tank.

/mostly pit bulls
//ok...pretty much 100% are pit bulls
///better than burning them, right?

ib_thinkin: quoinguy: Ten bucks says their thought process is the animals are better off dead than being owned by a human.

They explain why they do it in TFA.



I'm talking about the bigger picture, too. How many of them would admit they think animals have the same rights as humans, and we don't "own" pets, but are merely their "guardians"?

PETA has one good role--to remind people it's wrong to torture animals. Everything needs some sort of fringe oversight group. Beyond that, 99% of what they do is beyond crazy.

ib_thinkin: SharkTrager: But I do not buy for a minute that 95% are "unadoptable".

Look, ask yourself this question: what animals is PETA talking about? Who gives animals to PETA in the first place, and why?

Let's find out.

feedle: ib_thinkin: "most of the animals we take in are society's rejects; aggressive, on death's door, or somehow unadoptable."

Funny. I volunteer for an animal shelter that does the same (we are the de facto animal shelter for a large population center), and our "save" rate is the same as their "kill" rate. That is, ten or so years ago we were adopting out about 85%, today that number is around 95-97%.

fark you, PETA.

There's your answer.

ib_thinkin: feedle: Funny. I volunteer for an animal shelter that does the same (we are the de facto animal shelter for a large population center), and our "save" rate is the same as their "kill" rate. That is, ten or so years ago we were adopting out about 85%, today that number is around 95-97%.

Funny, you volunteer for an animal shelter, while PETA describes itself as an "animal rights organization."

Except they run what they claim are shelters.

TwoDogsHumpin: PETA is for animals like Planned Parenthood is for babies or the Democrats are for blacks.

Way to read and quote the article's comment section.

What the Daily Caller didn't tell you was that they were all goldfish.

AppleOptionEsc: Cause I don't think I've ever heard of PETA actually doing anything besides having naked protests.

What have you got against naked protests? You want them to stop, is that what you're suggesting?

Cause if you are; I have to ask WTF is wrong with you?!?!?!?

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hmm... I've never particularly liked PETA and wouldn't trust them with a cockroach because they're so nutty but if some of the posts here are actually true I think I'm gonna have to put on my mad face. There are also some genuinely nice and well meaning people in my life who may be supporting them in some form or another. I may have to do some ideology crushing.

I hate doing that.

Most of us here don't.

Between the years of 1996 and now I've killed about 21900 kittens give or take.

ib_thinkin: FormlessOne: If you have to find a new home for a pet, donate it to your local Humane Society (and, if possible, slide them some cash - they could use it.) PETA couldn't give a rat's rectum for your pet - it's a burden for them, and they don't waste time in killing them.

Rant aside, I wholly endorse this statement. It's why I asked: "So, I'm curious - what kind of animals does PETA usually receive, being that it's primarily an advocacy organization and not an animal rescue operation?"

shiat, I wasn't even aware that PETA took animals in, and would have thought that they did, if you'd asked me.

That's the problem, though - PETA claims to be an "animal shelter" and "animal rescue operation" in states where those claims provide either tax or access advantages. PETA has advertised themselves as an animal shelter, and they do, indeed, take in hale animals as well as unhealthy ones.

PETA's original message was one worthy of emulation - the ethical treatment of animals. Since the late 90's, however, that message was co-opted by PETA's very own TEA Party extremists. Now, their "advocacy" is that animals should be equal to people - owning an animal is no different than slavery. They're against the idea of pets, even when it comes to friggin' goldfish. Their goals aren't to ensure that people treat pets ethically any more - as far as PETA's concerned, the very fact that you have enslaved an animal as a "pet" means you already have one strike against you on their ethics tally.

ib_thinkin: SharkTrager: Except they run what they claim are shelters.

http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/2009/03/30/why-we-euthaniz e .aspx (NSFW or weak stomachs)

Don't click that link, seriously. Its text is accompanied by some really disturbing images. I'm linking it to provide a citation for the following quotes:
"The majority of adoptable dogs are never brought through our doors (we refer them to local adoption groups and walk-in animal shelters)."

"PETA is proud to be a "shelter of last resort," where animals who have no place to go or who are unwanted or suffering are welcomed with love and open arms."

Yet we have open-admission shelters and organizations right here in King County that do nothing of the sort. PETA's rationale for their activities has always been "we get the worst animals" - really?

Why is it that, when PETA went to trial for dumping dead animals in Virginia, the animals that were found were otherwise hale, healthy animals - including kittens & puppies? PETA has argued in the past that they only euthanized "unadoptable" animals, and referred adoptable animals to other shelters & organizations. Over the last several years, though, that has been clearly proven to be a lie. Newkirk admitted as such in a 2008 interview, in which she basically said they kill "saveable" animals if they can't find them a home. PETA has always claimed that they were a "shelter of last resort", but their practices demonstrate otherwise.

mamoru: The animals (that we use; not referring to the PETArds in the article) are dead, put down because they were a.) old and sick or b.) caught by animal control and then never claimed or adopted. They get put down whether the science supply companies acquire their corpses or not. Better to see them used for educational purposes than just thrown away, IMHO.

Yeah, but a lot of times, the demand DOES motive the supply. A lot of shelters "cut corners" to just stuff the Carbon Monoxide boxes with as many ex-pets as possible cuz Uneeda Medical Supply is running low on split dogs.

Animals should taste great and fit well.

/ A sage for our times...
/ yeah, hotlinked

Fark PETA and fark the "Humane" Society.

That being said,

FTFA: $37 million dollar annual budget

WTF kind of writing is that? Either go with "$" or "dollar," but not both.

Anyway, this is baby Oscar:

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He was rescued from a dumpster behind the Humane Society in Tampa, along with 11 other kittens, all of them between 1 and 3 weeks old.

His first birthday is coming up in a few weeks (yes, he's bigger than that now). No thanks to the farking Humane Society.

/Yes, he got his name from having lived in a garbage can. It just kinda stuck.

ib_thinkin: FormlessOne: That's the problem, though - PETA claims to be an "animal shelter" and "animal rescue operation" in states where those claims provide either tax or access advantages.

Citation?

Animal and Food Industry Services, Office of Veterinary Services, Summary of findings - 2010 inspection in Virginia.

In that document, you'll see that the facility being inspected is registered in Virginia as an animal shelter. Yet, when directly questioned during the inspection, PETA workers at the facility claimed that it was not an animal shelter, and reiterated that to the inspector even as the inspector indicated that the facility was registered as an animal shelter and had been inspected in the past as one.

As a result of the inspection, the VDACS inspector indicated that he believed PETA did not meet the statutory definition of an animal shelter under Virginia code because it does not primarily engage in finding homes for animals. PETA quickly retained lawyers and used a bizarre interpretation of the state code to fight the deregistration of the site as an animal shelter. VDACS eventually dropped the matter.

The question to ask is "if the location is not functioning as an animal shelter, why did PETA insist on keeping the registration as an animal shelter?" The answer is that PETA would have lost their license, which would have made it difficult, if not impossible, to claim tax exemption for the facility, staff, and resources as part of their 501(c)(3) organization.

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: Assuming you started on January 1, 1996, and also assuming today's date is December 31, 2012, that's an average of 3.5 times a day. You, good sir, have dedication. I'd shake your hand, but Lord knows where it's been.

But it's not December 31st.

mamoru:

GeneralJim: No, sadly. Penn and Teller's "Bullshiat" (minus filter pwnage) show did a segment on PETA. They kill and cremate, often after keeping the corpses in a freezer. They're slime.

F*cking PETA. >:(

Yes, fark them. What gets me MOST is the fact that several high-ranking PETA officers are taking medications that come from animals... and the animals are NOT milked to get the medicine, if you get my drift. When confronted, they blathered about how "I'm worth it, because I work for animals," or some such. (It's been a while since I saw the show.) If I had a glass-screened television, I would have thrown something at it. (The flat screens get screwed up by that) Hypocritical bastards, who should be shot. They funded some WAY weird animal rights group that blew up a lab at Michigan State, about half a mile from where I lived at the time. Farking terrorists. The only good thing they have done is encourage naked protests. For example:


Do what you're good at, PETA, and quit killing animals.

here to help: Fark Me Runnin: He was rescued from a dumpster behind the Humane Society in Tampa, along with 11 other kittens, all of them between 1 and 3 weeks old.

Okay... did the HS dump them or some random asshole?

Because if it was the HS there are laws/policies (or at least in many places there are) that would completely gut that outlet for such a massive violation.

Well... I may have jumped to conclusions, but typically, a random asshole would have kittens all of the same age, and fewer of them. Also, it seems that if they would have gone to all the trouble of hauling them down to the HS, they would have probably just brought them in the front door. Even in Florida.

It doesn't take away from my point of fark PETA and fark the Humane Society.

Teufelaffe: Best damn Daily Show segment ever, right there. EVER.

Brilliant!

Repeat: PETA kills animals... to save money for advertising... to tell people not to kill animals. Sounds about right (new window)

PETA - typical liberal hypocrisy!

Sooo... They are Republicans?
Figures all of the members are rich AW's.

Guidette Frankentits: Teufelaffe: Best damn Daily Show segment ever, right there. EVER.

Brilliant!

Ehhhh.. I've seen better. Besides the point about domesticated vs wild is a valid one. There's nothing inconsistent about supporting cat ownership and not say, tiger ownership.

Farkit. now I went and defended PETA. I'm gonna go hug my dog and eat a steak.

Do they still have that vice president who is a diabetic and uses insulin derived from animals? You know, the one thinks other diabetics should die except for her because her life is more important?

Practice what you preach. It's not just a Testament album.

Very interesting. They don't deny killing so many animals, but they say it is because they took in the worst of the worst. Why not just leave them where they are? Sounds like they will be killed for being the worst no matter what.
Also, I don't believe the testimony of two anonymous "employees" from 2005.
I don't like what I'm hearing, and I don't care for PETA, but I've killed many animals, and sometimes there's not much else to be done. I wish there was.
I really don't know what to think here, although I tend to be against PETA, without any evidence to convince me otherwise.

Wow I hadn't even read the thread but I guess right judging by the derpalicious comments

how do you peope dont get it. Peta is against all domestication. This is not news. No pets period. No human control over animals, period.