Post by theslipknotfreak on Mar 5, 2007 23:26:12 GMT
Do Not Support PETA
PETA kills thousands of animals yearly
By PATRICK BARRETT
Speaking Out
The College Republicans caught a lot of flak for their recent PETA "People Eating Tasty Animals" barbecue. Several people wrote letters to the editor defending the real PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a group that, according to one letter, "actually does good in the world," from the malicious persecution of the heartless Republicans.
Those righteous animal lovers might be interested to hear about the recent animal cruelty trial of two PETA employees, Adria Hinkle and Andrew Cook. The charges were brought after they stuffed the bodies of 31 adoptable cats and dogs in black garbage bags and threw them in a dumpster behind a Piggly Wiggly.
These weren't just some rebellious PETA employees deviating from their normal, honorable duties - they were acting on their boss's orders.
Were the animals terminally ill? Nope, perfectly healthy. Was this a one-time thing? Hardly. PETA has killed more than 15,000 animals since 1998.
It's not a conspiracy theory. According to www.petakillsanimals.com, PETA has to submit paperwork regarding the number of animals it kills each year. Daphna Nachminovitch, a PETA manager, testified that PETA owns a $10,000 walk-in freezer, which it uses to store the bodies of dead puppies and kittens.
PETA goes to animal hospitals, shelters, even people's homes to pick up healthy pets that can no longer be cared for. The organization claims it will do its best to find a home for each animal, but it usually executes them in a van just minutes after picking them up. In 2005, PETA put to death more than 90 percent of the animals it took in, according to the Web site.
So why does PETA deploy animal death squads to shelters, massacre kitties and puppies and then keep their frozen, lifeless bodies in a giant secret freezer? Sounds more like a horror movie than an animal rights organization.
PETA does this because it believes people have no business using animals for anything, whether it's clothing, food, medical testing, entertainment, service to the blind - or companionship. Adopting stray animals only perpetuates the use of animals as pets, so it is better for PETA to just kill them.
PETA keeps this side of the organization from the public eye. In order to gain a following, it starts with reasonable suggestions - become a vegetarian, oppose the sale of fur. I am certain that many of its lower-level employees believe in these unobjectionable goals.
But this innocuous side of PETA is what allows its true self to thrive. It could never kill thousands of dogs and cats per year if it didn't also maintain a more moderate facade.
Someone from PETA will probably respond to this column and criticize me for attacking this noble organization. Someone will say that if I really cared about animals, I would promote animal rights rather than attack PETA.
But no response can change the fact that PETA has killed thousands and thousands of animals in fewer than 10 years.
PETA's lawyers got its two employees off the hook by arguing that the animals that were killed had no value - sounds strange coming from an organization that quite seriously compares chicken nuggets to Holocaust victims. But it was firmly established in court that the animals were killed, and animals will continue to be killed, by PETA employees, on PETA's orders.
Don't listen to PETA's hypocrisy. If you love animals, research and support another organization that helps them instead of kills them. Thousands of stray dogs and cats will thank you for it.
Patrick Barrett is a junior majoring in Russian. His column appears on Mondays.
PETA kills thousands of animals yearly
By PATRICK BARRETT
Speaking Out
The College Republicans caught a lot of flak for their recent PETA "People Eating Tasty Animals" barbecue. Several people wrote letters to the editor defending the real PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a group that, according to one letter, "actually does good in the world," from the malicious persecution of the heartless Republicans.
Those righteous animal lovers might be interested to hear about the recent animal cruelty trial of two PETA employees, Adria Hinkle and Andrew Cook. The charges were brought after they stuffed the bodies of 31 adoptable cats and dogs in black garbage bags and threw them in a dumpster behind a Piggly Wiggly.
These weren't just some rebellious PETA employees deviating from their normal, honorable duties - they were acting on their boss's orders.
Were the animals terminally ill? Nope, perfectly healthy. Was this a one-time thing? Hardly. PETA has killed more than 15,000 animals since 1998.
It's not a conspiracy theory. According to www.petakillsanimals.com, PETA has to submit paperwork regarding the number of animals it kills each year. Daphna Nachminovitch, a PETA manager, testified that PETA owns a $10,000 walk-in freezer, which it uses to store the bodies of dead puppies and kittens.
PETA goes to animal hospitals, shelters, even people's homes to pick up healthy pets that can no longer be cared for. The organization claims it will do its best to find a home for each animal, but it usually executes them in a van just minutes after picking them up. In 2005, PETA put to death more than 90 percent of the animals it took in, according to the Web site.
So why does PETA deploy animal death squads to shelters, massacre kitties and puppies and then keep their frozen, lifeless bodies in a giant secret freezer? Sounds more like a horror movie than an animal rights organization.
PETA does this because it believes people have no business using animals for anything, whether it's clothing, food, medical testing, entertainment, service to the blind - or companionship. Adopting stray animals only perpetuates the use of animals as pets, so it is better for PETA to just kill them.
PETA keeps this side of the organization from the public eye. In order to gain a following, it starts with reasonable suggestions - become a vegetarian, oppose the sale of fur. I am certain that many of its lower-level employees believe in these unobjectionable goals.
But this innocuous side of PETA is what allows its true self to thrive. It could never kill thousands of dogs and cats per year if it didn't also maintain a more moderate facade.
Someone from PETA will probably respond to this column and criticize me for attacking this noble organization. Someone will say that if I really cared about animals, I would promote animal rights rather than attack PETA.
But no response can change the fact that PETA has killed thousands and thousands of animals in fewer than 10 years.
PETA's lawyers got its two employees off the hook by arguing that the animals that were killed had no value - sounds strange coming from an organization that quite seriously compares chicken nuggets to Holocaust victims. But it was firmly established in court that the animals were killed, and animals will continue to be killed, by PETA employees, on PETA's orders.
Don't listen to PETA's hypocrisy. If you love animals, research and support another organization that helps them instead of kills them. Thousands of stray dogs and cats will thank you for it.
Patrick Barrett is a junior majoring in Russian. His column appears on Mondays.
