PETA hates animals, Statistics show.

[King Aquamentus]

Everyone knows PETA as the batshit-retarded animal rights group that borders on domestic terrorism. For decades, this group has fought to protect animals from being killed for what it believes "senseless reasons".

...except they don't. (http://www.petakillsanimals.com/)


PETA's "Animal Record" report for 2010, which the animal rights group itself filed with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, shows that PETA employees killed 94 percent of the dogs and cats in their care last year. During all of 2010, PETA found adoptive homes for just 44 pets.

You know, PETA. The same group that wants to fight animal exploitation by making a porn site full of them.

[Xyvol]

I remember Penn & Teller talked about that on an episode of "Bullshit."

But really, it's Nintendo (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/peta-targets-mario-game-over-tanooki-suit/2011/11/15/gIQAkhSnRN_story.html) that are the evil ones.

[King Aquamentus]

I remember Penn & Teller talked about that on an episode of "Bullshit."

But really, it's Nintendo (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/peta-targets-mario-game-over-tanooki-suit/2011/11/15/gIQAkhSnRN_story.html) that are the evil ones.

Where did Nintendo find a mythical tanuki they could slaughter to begin with?? PETA seems to have glossed over what Mario does to turtles.

[Mercy]

The information was a bit vague...

Were these animals being held at a no-kill shelter? Do they have the option to turn away new animals when their facility is at capacity? How are they defining "adoptable"? Some areas do not allow animals with certain ailments (FIV) to be adopted out and others put down animals with certain (cost-prohibitive or difficult to manage) ailments, epilepsy and heartworms are biggies and few people will take in a completely blind pet, as a matter of course. A litter of parvo' pups can decimate a kenneled dog population in short order. Animals lacking social skills (think: feral cats and aggressive dogs) are damn nigh impossible to adopt to anyone without nefarious intentions. I would prefer they all be no-kill, full-rehab shelters but this is the real world of limited funds and unpleasant choices. PETA has plenty of problems but this article makes them no different than typical shelters across the country.

I passed up free neutering for a stray kitten I took in a few years ago because part of the programme meant he would be checked for FeLV and FIV and automatically put down for a positive result. There would have no question of whether or not I wanted to be responsible for his future medical care; he would have been put down before I was notified. Fletch ultimately got a clean bill of health from a private vet but odds are usually good an urban stray/feral kitten will be carrying something unpleasant.

Our local HS was heavily funded by a wealthy local family *coughtaxsheltercough* and had a good reputation for their low kill numbers. The county animal shelter...not so much. The HS had a strict take-in policy that gave the admin' staff carte blanche to refuse incoming animals. A litter of kittens turned away because one of the kittens was all black and the shelter already had two black cats awaiting adoption (black cats were considered unpopular) and we couldn't just single out one from the litter to refuse. Wire haired dogs were another common refusal if they were not clearly of certain recognizable, popular breeds and forget any pup that resembled an American Bull Terrier, a Doberman, had a red nose, black tongue, or was over 45lbs and did not look like a pure breed. It was easy to keep kill numbers low when only the cute and cuddly and popular were the only animals being sheltered. It also helped that animals who had over-stayed their welcome at the HS without finding homes often ended up at the county AS.

The AS kill numbers were depressing. They took in any animal dropped at their doors, had to, and barely had the resources to take care of healthy, well-adjusted animals. That litter of parvo' pups...the parvo was identified within a couple hours of their arrival but within a week over half our canine population was dead or dying. We ended up losing about 65% after three weeks including the litter of pups. The survivors were mainly from the rehab ward which housed mostly hard-luck cases like recent amputees and geriatrics being held in isolation.

As an animal rights organization, PETA may as well be Congress. Some of its members are there because they believe in the organization but they don't all believe the same things and some are just riding their own agendas. I gave up my PETA membership back when I was told I wasn't commited enough because I have cats as pets. Some in PETA think it is wrong to keep any animals as pets while some think it's a good idea to thwart centuries of evolution and feed carnivorous pets pure vegan diets. It is not shocking that some in the organization think more funds should go towards attacking the factory farming system or furriers than dealing with strays. If the organization keeps their shelters on a shoe-string budget, I cannot seem blaming those running the shelters unless there is evidence those funds are being squandered at the shelter-level. Most reasonably populated counties have at least one animal shelter. Not so many groups actually trying to ensure our food animals are being raised humanely. PETA is trying to cover all the basis on limited funds and without actual evidence of misspent funds resulting in delinquent shelter care, the article was just a weak ad hominem jab. There are plenty of reasons to hate on PETA but this was not it.

-m.