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| PETA Killed 95 Percent of Adoptable Pets in its Care During 2008 |
| 2009-03-30 |
| Hypocritical Animal Rights Group’s 2008 Disclosures Bring Pet Death Toll To 21,339 WASHINGTON DC – Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) published documents online showing that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) killed 95 percent of the adoptable pets in its care during 2008. Despite years of public outrage over its euthanasia program, the animal rights group kills an average of 5.8 pets every day at its Norfolk, VA headquarters. According to public records from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, PETA killed 2,124 pets last year and placed only seven in adoptive homes. Since 1998, a total of 21,339 dogs and cats have died at the hands of PETA workers. Despite having a $32 million budget, PETA does not operate an adoption shelter. PETA employees make no discernible effort to find homes for the thousands of pets they kill every year. Last year, the Center for Consumer Freedom petitioned Virginia’s State Veterinarian to reclassify PETA as a slaughterhouse. CCF Research Director David Martosko said: “PETA hasn’t slowed down its hypocritical killing machine one bit, but it keeps browbeating the rest of society with a phony ‘animal rights’ message. What about the rights of the thousands of dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens that die in PETA’s headquarters building?” Martosko added: “Since killing pets is A-OK with PETA, why should anyone listen to their demands about eating meat, using lab rats for medical research, or taking children to the circus?” CCF obtained PETA’s “Animal Record” filings since 1998 from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Members of the public can see these documents at PetaKillsAnimals.com. In addition to exposing PETA’s hypocritical record of killing defenseless animals, the Center for Consumer Freedom has publicized the animal rights group’s ties to violent activists, and shed light on its aggressive message-marketing to children. |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #4 I guess their view is that it's perfectly fine to kill animals. The real crime is in eating animals or wearing animal skins. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2009-03-30 20:15 |
| #3 True, but....if they kill the dogs and kitties, then they can't victimize other poor animals by eating them. If they would simply go vegetarian, they wouldn't be forced to kill them. /sarc off |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2009-03-30 15:38 |
| #2 Membership in a group like this should be prima facie evidence of insanity sufficient that the members not be allowed to vote. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2009-03-30 13:07 |
| #1 PETA Preferring Euthanized To Alive |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2009-03-30 12:07 |