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End PETA's Right to Take In and Kill Animals
This action is open to everyone and applies to all states.
“A former PETA employee spoke of one particular incident that burned into her mind forever: A teary-eyed man showed up at PETA headquarters one day with his beloved pet rabbit. The man had grown old and sick and was no longer able to care properly for his friend. He supplied a cage, bed, toys, and even vet records for this pet. He was assured by PETA workers that they would take "good care" of his rabbit and find him a home. The man left distraught but no doubt believing that his friend would be able to live out the rest of his life in a loving, compassionate home... PETA workers carried him to the 'death house' immediately and ended his life.
~ Douglas Anthony Cooper, Huffington Post (Article: “PETA's Celebs: Naked in the Name of Mass Pet Slaughter. 03/22/2012)
Documents obtained from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services show that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) killed 97 percent of the animals in its care in 2011. Since 1998, PETA has killed more than 27,000 animals at its headquarters in Norfolk, VA. Despite calling itself a “shelter,” the majority of animals––roughly 90 percent––were killed within 24 hours.
Dr. Daniel Kovich, of the Virginia Department of Agriculture, investigated PETA’s headquarters in 2010 to determine if PETA should continue to be classified as a shelter. According to Virginia code, “a shelter means a facility…that is used to house or contain animals…for the purpose of finding permanent adoptive homes for animals.”
After inspecting PETA’s headquarters, Dr. Kovich found that “PETA does not operate a facility that meets the statutory definition of an animal shelter as the primary purpose is not to find permanent adoptive homes for animals.”
Following the site visit, Dr. Kovich noted the following:
(1) “The receptionist stated that PETA did not operate an animal shelter. When I indicated that PETA did report to operate an animal shelter and that this office has inspected in it in the past, an additional staff member was called to the desk and reiterated that there was no shelter.”
(2) “The facility contains three rooms designated as animal enclosures. The rooms are not further subdivided into runs or cages. The three animals occupying the rooms were not being held for adoption. The facility does not contain sufficient animal enclosures to routinely house the number of animals annually reported as taken into custody.”
(3) “290 animal custody records [for 2010] were reviewed. 17 or 6% were recorded as adopted or in foster homes, 273 or 94% were recorded as euthanized. Of these, 245 or 90% were euthanized within the first 24 hours of custody.”
(4) “The shelter is not accessible to the public, promoted, or engaged in efforts to facilitate the adoption of animals taken into custody. PETA reception has historically been unaware of the existence of an animal shelter, and has stated to enquiring members of the public that no such facility exists. PETA has published suggested guidelines for animal shelters on their website that…their own facility does not satisfy…”
(5) “Previous inspections of [PETA’s] office have found no animals to be housed in the facility, or few animals in custody. Review of submitted annual animal record summaries by PETA…does not support that the facility has a primary intent to find permanent adoptive homes for companion animals.
PETA has argued in the past that all of the animals it kills are “unadoptable.” But this claim strains credulity: the data on PETA kill rates come from the State of Virginia’s reporting form which only asks for data for animals taken into custody “for the purpose of adoption;” PETA refuses to provide its criteria for making that determination; rescue groups and individuals have come forward stating that the animals they gave PETA were healthy and adoptable; testimony under oath in court from a veterinarian showed that PETA was given healthy and adoptable animals who were later found dead by PETA’s hands, their bodies unceremoniously thrown away in a supermarket dumpster; according to the Daily Caller, “two PETA employees described as ‘adorable’ and ‘perfect’ some of the dogs and cats they killed in the back of a PETA-owned van;” PETA’s founder has admitted they kill “adoptable” animals; and when asked what efforts they make to find animals homes, PETA told the Daily Caller that they had “no comment.”
We believe PETA should lose their classification as a “shelter,” and have their ability to take in and kill animals removed. If you agree, please sign this petition to the Virginia Department of Agriculture.
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I am writing to strongly oppose PETA’s continued classification as a shelter in the State of Virginia. In 2011, PETA killed 97 percent of the animals taken into custody––the majority killed within 24 hours.
Virginia code defines a shelter as “a facility…that is used to house or contain animals…for the purpose of finding permanent adoptive homes for animals.”
In your inspection of PETA in 2010, VDACS found that PETA does not meet the statutory definition of a shelter because it “is not accessible to the public, promoted, or engaged in efforts to facilitate the adoption of animals taken into custody,” and that “[t]he facility does not contain sufficient animal enclosures to routinely house the number of animals annually reported as taken into custody.”
PETA is not operating a shelter, and should immediately lose their designation as such. Please remove their ability to take in and kill animals.
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PETA: Fighting for Its Right to Kill
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/douglas..._1598530.htmlb
PETA may soon lose the right to kill healthy pets. As I and many others have verified, the headquarters of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in Norfolk, Virginia kills 97 per cent of the animals delivered into its care.
Norfolk, however, may soon pass legislation to make the city a "No Kill" zone.
This is a remarkable development in the growing battle to deny PETA the right to liquidate pets at its so-called "Shelter of Last Resort." The group has already killed over 27,000 creatures. The new laws, a collaboration between the City Council and Nathan Winograd of the No Kill movement, would make PETA's life very difficult. It would either have to stop killing, or move.
It is an ongoing, hard-fought war. Former PETA employees, disgusted with the butchery they have witnessed in Norfolk, have called for PETA's founder, Ingrid Newkirk, not simply to resign, but to face charges. They argue that she ought to be held to the same standards that rightly applied to football player Michael Vick.
