Death toll up to 17,400; overdue report describes PETA's deadliest year ever


WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An official report from People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), submitted nine months after a Virginia government agency's deadline, shows that the animal rights group put to death more than 97 percent of the dogs, cats, and other pets it took in for adoption in 2006. During that year, the well-known animal rights group managed to find adoptive homes for just 12 pets. The nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) is calling on PETA to either end its hypocritical angel-of-death program, or stop its senseless condemnation of Americans who believe it's perfectly ethical to use animals for food, clothing, and critical medical research.


Not counting animals PETA held only temporarily in its spay-neuter program, the organization took in 3,061 "companion animals" in 2006, of which it killed 2,981. According to Virginia's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), the average euthanasia rate for humane societies in the state was just 34.7 percent in 2006. PETA killed 97.4 percent of the animals it took in. The organization filed its 2006 report this month, nine months after the VDACS deadline of March 31, 2007.


"Pet lovers should be outraged," said CCF Director of Research David Martosko. "There are thousands of worthwhile animal shelters that deserve Americans' support. PETA is not one of them."


In courtroom testimony last year, a PETA manager acknowledged that her organization maintains a large walk-in freezer for storing dead animals, and that PETA contracts with a Virginia cremation service to dispose of the bodies. In that trial, two PETA employees were convicted of dumping dead animals in a rural North Carolina trash dumpster.


Today in Southampton County, Virginia, another PETA employee will face felony charges in a dog-napping case. Andrea Florence Benoit Harris was arrested in late 2006 for allegedly abducting a hunting dog and attempting to transport it to PETA's Norfolk headquarters.


"PETA raised over $30 million last year," Martosko added, "and it's using that money to kill the only flesh-and-blood animals its employees actually see. The scale of PETA's hypocrisy is simply staggering."


To speak with a spokesman contact Tim Miller at 202-463-7112.


For more information about PETA's massive euthanasia program, visit http://www.PetaKillsAnimals.com.

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Dom

"Pet lovers should be outraged," said CCF Director of Research David Martosko. "There are thousands of worthwhile animal shelters that deserve Americans' support. PETA is not one of them."

Couldn't have said it better myself.

I drive past their HQ building every morning. Ugh. :-(

I drive past their HQ building every morning. Ugh. :-(

Rocket-D, my In-Laws live within walking distance of PETA HQ, their building is right on the water, across from Norfolk General Hospital, correct?

I would love to here their explanation on why they Kill any animals!

I have had serious issues with PETA every since I owned a Ball Python a few years ago, and began having trouble finding a place that would sell me RATS (of all things) because PETA was harassing them for selling animals to be fed to other animals (What's a snake supposed to eat - I don't think they'll go vegan, no matter how much one might wish it). I finally found a local pet store that would sell me the large rats my snake preferred every 6 weeks or so, but only after I signed a waver that I acknowledged that the rat I was buying was NOT intended as a feed animal. What the hell?

All because PETA insisted that RAT had rights, too. :roll:

I have had serious issues with PETA every since I owned a Ball Python a few years ago, and began having trouble finding a place that would sell me RATS (of all things) because PETA was harassing them for selling animals to be fed to other animals (What's a snake supposed to eat - I don't think they'll go vegan, no matter how much one might wish it). I finally found a local pet store that would sell me the large rats my snake preferred every 6 weeks or so, but only after I signed a waver that I acknowledged that the rat I was buying was NOT intended as a feed animal. What the hell?

All because PETA insisted that RAT had rights, too. :roll:

Will your snake eat fish?
12 for a $1.00 and theyre actually called "Feeder fish".

I was in a pet store once and the guy in front me had a mouse sealed up in a ziplock bag. I started poking at the little guy, he was so cute (the mouse, not the guy) and then I fussed at the guy because the poor little guy couldn't breath! He just gave me this go-to-hell look, and said "he doesn't need to breath for very long". You shouldve seen my face!:???:

Will your snake eat fish?
12 for a $1.00 and theyre actually called "Feeder fish".

I was in a pet store once and the guy in front me had a mouse sealed up in a ziplock bag. I started poking at the little guy, he was so cute (the mouse, not the guy) and then I fussed at the guy because the poor little guy couldn't breath! He just gave me this go-to-hell look, and said "he doesn't need to breath for very long". You shouldve seen my face!:???:

We actually had a Ribbon Snake (close cousin to the Garter Snake) that would eat only small Goldfish. We used to get a kick watching it "fish" for the fish in it's water bowl. Hard to describe, but kind of cool the way nature worked.

As far as the plastic bag, perhaps his snake would eat dead mice, and that was his way of accomplishing the deed - not everyone can smash it against the wall or otherwise kill it themselves. My snake would not touch anything already dead - she wanted to do it herself. Liked her rats fresh. :shock:

...My snake would touch anything dead - she wanted to do it herself. Liked her rats fresh...

I feel the same way about spaghetti.

I feel the same way about spaghetti.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
That made me chuckle . . .

I feel the same way about spaghetti.

You need to tell your wife to stop putting dead rats in your spagetti.

PETA also monetarily supports the Animal Liberation Front (ALF, haha). They're a bunch of crazies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Liberation_Front

I would love to here their explanation on why they Kill any animals!
Because there aren't enough homes. As long as owners fail to spay and neuter, there will be more pets than homes, and animals will have to be euthanized.

PETA might be guilty of hypocrisy if they condemn other shelters that euthanize (and I'm not sure they do). There's nothing wrong with discouraging people from eating meat or wearing fur per se; tactics matter, though.

(Don't get me started on "no-kill" shelters.)

You need to tell your wife to stop putting dead rats in your spagetti.

Nobody tells Mrs. Rocket Dog anything. :rolleyes:

Because there aren't enough homes. As long as owners fail to spay and neuter, there will be more pets than homes, and animals will have to be euthanized.

PETA might be guilty of hypocrisy if they condemn other shelters that euthanize (and I'm not sure they do). There's nothing wrong with discouraging people from eating meat or wearing fur per se; tactics matter, though.

(Don't get me started on "no-kill" shelters.)

Amen! St George Island here is a rust belt tourist magnet for well heeled vacationers. Pees me off, many bring their precious offspring kittens and puppies for their summer vacations, then leave them here abandoned when they go back to NJ or wherever. People must take responsibility for the pet populations, and it begins with sterilization. The island is run over with feral cats, and most end up being euthanized and burned at the county incinerator. PETA could do more good providing spay and neuter. For a shelter that appears to do things right, check www.bestfriends.org

Because there aren't enough homes. As long as owners fail to spay and neuter, there will be more pets than homes, and animals will have to be euthanized.

PETA might be guilty of hypocrisy if they condemn other shelters that euthanize (and I'm not sure they do). There's nothing wrong with discouraging people from eating meat or wearing fur per se; tactics matter, though.

(Don't get me started on "no-kill" shelters.)


Paul, I understand the needs of the shelters all too well. The outstanding thing in this article is this quote:
According to Virginia's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), the average euthanasia rate for humane societies in the state was just 34.7 percent in 2006. PETA killed 97.4 percent of the animals it took in.

Thats, what is outrageous, Not that they are using euthanasia.

Dom

I am not trying to hijack this thread - but it kind falls into the same catigory.

Is there any PROOF that the Navy's sonar practice/testing/use is killing whales? It has been all over the news this week here on the Left Coast, and the animal rights "activists" are suing the Navy to get an injunction against them testing thier sonar due to it being "excruciatingly painful" to marine mammals.

Navy Link to thier side of the story here (http://www.whalesandsonar.navy.mil/).

LA Times Story outlining some it here (http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-sonar4jan04,1,5472074.story).

Just my point of view:

RamblerDan has correctly identified the problem. PETA is just a symptom.

The problem is that too many people refuse to take responsibly for their pets. As long as a minority of pet owners behave in a manner that results in so many unwanted animals, someone is going to have to clean up the mess.

You may not like that. I may not like that. Nonetheless that is the problem that PETA and the other shelters are responding to ... If that problem didn't exist, then the need for that aspect of PETA and the other shelters wouldn't exist either...

Uno

Who spent 15 months and 28 days walking a German Shepherd Sentry Dog (http://www.uswardogs.org/id10.html).

I planted a seed in deep dark rich soil, nurtured it with the best fertilizer and pure water. Every day i would go out and pick weeds from its bed, and churned the soil around it. It basked in the wonderfully warm sun, causing photosynthesis, blossoming and growth. It slept under the beautiful moon in the evening, giving its weary and growing body the rest it needs for it's new spurt the next day.

This wonderful part of nature is so integral to the life of this planet. Providing not only oxygen and clean air, but also beauty and life to an otherwise dull planet.

This is why i cant believe that people actually pick these marvelous and pristine examples of mother nature at its purest. Only to put them in boiling water or an oven, and EAT them with butter and salt, or even (God Forbid) CHEESE!!!!

That is why I eat Dirty, Methane Producing, sometimes disease carrying, Plant munching, manure filled, Dingleberry ridden cows.

Please save the plants.

Thank you,

Chris B.
President,
P.E.T.O.V

(People For The Ethical Treatment Of Vegetation)

Uno and Rambler are correct, there is a massive overpopulation of animals due to the lack of good judgment of humans. Spay/Neuter should be more a way of life than it is.

Sadly, it isn't. But even the overpopulation of animals as bad as it is does not give any organization the right to mass euthanization at the levels of PETA. Any animal welfare group should hang their heads in shame with the record that PETA has.

No, I'm not saying euthanization is not necessary in the grand scheme of things because it is. But, it should not be in the proportions that PETA and several community shelters are using it.

I'm no fan of PETA - and anyone who really understands their organization would most likely feel the same way - I don't want to turn this into a "Bash PETA" thread - there are enough sites devoted to that. At the same time, I'm not some silly hippie saying "save them all" .... ok, so I'm not saying "save them all" - happy now? ;-)

.....At the same time, I'm not some silly hippie saying "save them all" .... ok, so I'm not saying "save them all" - happy now? ;-)


So...you're just a regular silly hippie? ;-)

So...you're just a regular silly hippie? ;-)

only in my memories... :razz:

I would love to here their explanation on why they Kill any animals!

Well, their official rationalization is that they kill the animals in a more humane manner than the shelters do. I might be able to buy that explanation if they were killing old dogs, sick dogs, aggressive dogs... Dogs that are hard to place. They're not. Well, they do, but they just as happily kill puppies, kittens, whatever. They seem to make little or no effort to find the animals home before killing them.

Rambler's right to a point. Overpopulation is the root cause of the problem, but that's not even a remote justification for a group like PETA. There is no reasonable justification for their actions. I think Stocazzo said it best:

They're a bunch of crazies.

Too true.

You start paying attention long enough and things change...