PETA erks me off!

[lizbud]

So Diane Jessup says that PETA says, etc, etc,.

I have visited her site many times, and I understand she's
against PETA's stand on the ban on breeding of fighting dogs,
but nowhere I looked did she say what you said

"they (PETA)advocates the killing of all pit bulls coming into Shelters"

[allanimalswelcome]

Look at the How YOU can help page.

I was jus thinking PETA recieves so much money they could help probably five chimp sactuaries with their land expansion projects.

~Rachel

[allanimalswelcome]

http://www.peta.org/feat/ar2003/17.html

That's what PETA spends there money on.

CRAP!

~Rachel

[cali]

I know i hate PETA they are giving animal lovers a bad name, everyone assumes that because I love animals that automaticly I am a vegitarian and want to be a vet. what the heck??? PETA gives people the impression that animal lovers are nuts, and are bad people. I am against what they stand for for many reasons, they do not support companion animals, they burn down breeders kennles with the dogs in them. they have poisind captive animals, they do nothing but protest and try to insist that if you can eat meat after seeing pictures they put on the net you are a horrable person, and hate animals. they obviously sont know what they are talking about, they want us to release our pets into the wild??? IMO PETA is a nutty orginization

[allanimalswelcome]

When I went to the PETA message boards the moderators were telling people how PETA would never do that but hey it's PETA so who knows

I do support what PETA is against (factory farming, animals testing for beauty products, wearing fur) but I hate how they present it.

Yet they don't care that hundreds of captive dolphins are perishing, whaling is killing off thousands of endangered whales,and that a exotic pet seller is abusing her primates. To them that is the least of the probelms facing animals.

PETA has so much money they recieve from members. With that money they could
1.Support an organic food company
2.Help a cat sanctuary
3.Help a big cat sanctuary with an expansion project
4.Help a chimpanzee sanctuary with money to buy enrichment items
5.Open their own cow sanctuary (Could be rescued from Factory Farms)

Just to name a few...

~Rachel

[Denyce]

I have always felt complete and utter disdain for PETA. They have the ability to wield quite a bit of political power and what do they do with this ability? Do they work harder for stiffer laws against animal cruelty? Do they step in when you hear of some horrific animal cruelty occuring? No. What PETA feels is most important is to get the town of Hamburg NY to change it's name to Veggieburg Give me a freaking break. Like that is soooo important.

However saying all of that I do believe that PETA serves an important purpose. In this world there must be a balance. In order for there to be a balance you must have extremes so that the majority can remain in the sane middle. PETA is just an extremist organization that helps in some karmic way to balance out the extremist animal abusers.

PETA is an organization that uses half truths and sometimes complete lies to spread propaganda and scare people who tend to believe everything they read. They are a self-serving FOR PROFIT group. I have heard people say...Oh I don't totally support what PETA does but they let me choose when I give money what it is going to be used for.... Yea. Right.

PETA has the ability to effect great change for the good towards animal welfare. Yet they commit a great sin by squandering and wasting those potential abilities.

Denyce
In my oh so humble opinion of course

[allanimalswelcome]

Oh and change a Vermont's state drink from milk, Sheese.

Lies, Yes! Forget all that Koko the gorilla has tought us about her species! She's being mistreated! LIE Penny Paterson loves Koko to death and it's a mother daughter relationship. Oh but PETA won't tell you that.

Your money will be going towards better treatment for dogs in shelters. Yea really! Paper that says "Better treament for dogs in shelters"!

Luckily many people have decided PETA is crappy and are switching to better organazations.

What really steams me up is that PETA wants ALL animals returned to the wild. Pets would die. Not only from never being wild in the first place but also from depression and loneliness. I volenteered at a chimp sanctuary and the things those chimps had learned to love from being captive at zoos and such are painting, sign language, stuffed animals (they treated them as their babies) and we were supposed to put them in the wild to die???

~Rachel

[mugsy]

I don't like ANY extremist group and PETA and Greenpeace are both extemist. All they are really interested in is getting themselves in the spotlight, any way possible.

Can you say, "LOSER?" I thought you could.

[lizbud]

Originally posted by mugsy


Can you say, "LOSER?" I thought you could.

The biggest LOSERS are the animals & those who deceive
themselves into believing that animals have no rights beyond
what humans grant them. No right to be treated humanely
wherever they are. You can "throw rocks" at the messenger
but the message is true none the less. No, I'm not a PETA
member, but I do support their aims, if not all of their methods
in getting their message heard. And yes, I do eat meat & dairy
products, but certainly think it's reasonable to expect that all
farm animals be treated in a humane way.

[mugsy]

I would NEVER say that any living thing deserves to be treated humanely, I just can't stand the attitudes from PETA.

[moosmom]

While some of their intentions are good, I think PETA goes a little overboard in some of their beliefs.

[allanimalswelcome]

Same here.

I stated it before and I'll state it again: There are better organizations to support.

PETA is way too crazy in my opinoin. I can't support people who ask you to vote on "Sexiest Vegans Alive" rather then report about the cat killings in Denver, CO

PETA's methods to get the word out is threating letters and phone calls. PETA's methods aren't great sorry to say. So many members, so much money, all goes to themselves. PETA claims they need over 16million to run. Oh please

~Rachel

[lizbud]

Originally posted by mugsy
I would NEVER say that any living thing deserves to be treated humanely, I just can't stand the attitudes from PETA.

Molly, Please re-read that statement. Is that what you meant
to say?

[allanimalswelcome]

What's wrong with it?

I think all animals deserve to be treated with kindness and respect. I don't support PETA. My reasons are all over this thread. Everyone's are.

~Rachel

[allanimalswelcome]

I have a question to ask for everyone who supports PETA:


Born Free-This organization donates money to wild animals sanctuaries, your money goes toward rescuing animals in crappy facilities, works hard to support study of animals in the wild.

PETA-This organization wishes animal husbandary to cease, on their GoVeg page lists celebrities who are veg (all the cool people do it!), and is a for profit org., uses threats, never donates money to sanctuaries

Which would you support?

~Rachel