PETA erks me off!

[mugsy]

Thanks Liz! lol!! I've been at the shelter too long...my brain is fried. hehehe

[Cheshirekatt]

Originally posted by 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"

Here you go.....

Knight Ridder/Tribune
January 25, 2000, Tuesday

SECTION: COMMENTARY

Some dogs are weapons - ban them
By Ingrid Newkirk

Most people have no idea that at many animal shelters across the country, any "pit bull" who comes through the front door goes out the back door in a body bag. From San Jose to Schenectady, many shelters have enacted policies requiring the automatic destruction of the huge and ever-growing number of "pits" they encounter. This news shocks and outrages the compassionate dog-lover.

Here's another shocker: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the very people who are trying to get you to denounce the killing of, chickens or the table, foxes for fur, or frogs for dissection, supports the pit bull policy, albeit with reluctance.

The pit bull's ancestor, the Staffordshire terrier, is a human concoction,bred in my native England, I'm ashamed to say, as a weapon. These dogs were designed specifically to fight other animals and kill them, for human sport. Hence the barrel chest, the thick hammer-like head, the strong jaws, the perseverance and the stamina. Pits can take down a bull weighing in at
over a thousand pounds, so a human being a tenth of that weight is
small potatoes to them.

Pit bulls are perhaps the most abused dogs on the planet. These days, they are kept for potection by almost every drug dealer and pimp in every major city and beyond. You can drive into any depressed area and see them being used as cheap burglar alarms, wearing heavy logging chains around their necks (they easily break regular collars and harnesses),attached to
a stake or metal drum or rundown doghouse without a floor and with holes in the roof.

Bored juveniles "sic" them on cats, neighbors' small dogs and even children. In the PETA office we have a file drawer chock-full of_ accounts of attacks in which these ill-treated dogs have torn the faces and fingers off infants and even police officers trying to serve warrants.

Today, organizing dog fights is a federal offense in this country, yet pits are still king of the ring. Humane officers and other law enforcement agents routinely break up rings in New Mexico, Massachusetts, Michigan and Florida. They confiscate dog-fighting paraphernalia, including
treadmills used to build doggie endurance and drugs used to numb pain from injuries
inflicted by opponents and to "jazz up" the dogs. They find mesh bags in which kittens, rabbits, puppies and other small prey are suspended over the dogs to encourage fighting spirit. Not uncommonly they find what's left of dogs who have lost their battles. They are not always dead.

Those who argue against the euthanasia policy for pit bull dogs are naive. One dog I know who was adopted out to a new family suddenly clamped his jaw onto the thigh of a 7-year-old boy. Two grown men had a hard time getting the dog off and the child suffered permanent nerve
damage. Tales like this abound. I have scars on my leg and arm from my own encounter with a pit. *she obviously has personal issues with pittys*

Many are loving and will kiss on sight, but many are unpredictable. An unpredictable chihuahua is one thing, an unpredictable pit another.

People who genuinely care about dogs won't be affected by a ban on pits. They can go to the shelter and save one of the countless other breeds_ and lovable mutts sitting on death row through no fault of their own.

ABOUT THE WRITER
Ingrid Newkirk is president of People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals,
501 Front St., Norfolk, VA. 23501

This is where I found this article:

http://pitrescue.homestead.com/peta.html

[captain]

Kat,

I never knew that ...... thanks ...

[popcornbird]

I HATE Peta! They are SO SO SO EXTREME! They think all animals should be released into the wild. YEAH RIGHT! Pets would die if released into the wild, and if not, they would be VERY VERY lonely and depressed their whole lives. Pets that are raised with people think if themselves as humans and CANNOT live in the wild, whether they are domesticated dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, whatever. Do release them into the wild is cruelty and FAR from caring about animals. Peta is just crazy, and I wouldn't ever donate a penny to them. They don't deserve it.

[allanimalswelcome]

THANK YOU Popcornbird!

Release your animals into the wild. Not only would they die, be depressed, and lonely the will think they did something wrong to deserve this. We are their family and you just don't drop your little brother into the woods because someone says it's bad to have him!

~Rachel

cheshirekatt-Wow!

[Cheshirekatt]

Originally posted by allanimalswelcome
cheshirekatt-Wow!

Yeah, she reminded me slightly of Hitler in that article. They seem to have many of the same ideals.

[allanimalswelcome]

Not only that she wants ALL the animals in shelters to be euthanized to cut down on the population.



~Rachel

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by allanimalswelcome
THANK YOU Popcornbird!

Release your animals into the wild. Not only would they die, be depressed, and lonely the will think they did something wrong to deserve this. We are their family and you just don't drop your little brother into the woods because someone says it's bad to have him!

~Rachel

I KNOW! I once read an article on Peta that bird owners should release their birds into the wild! They think its cruelty to keep a bird in a cage. They think its cruelty to have a bird in a house when they would be flying outside if they were wild. If it was SO cruel, my birds would've flown away from me years ago because I take them outside ALL the time. Not ONCE have they EVEN attempted to run away, and when I open the door to the house and put them in the grass outside, they RUN back into the house, instead of running away. If they felt so confined and sad, and whatever Peta thinks, they would never run back in the house. Keeping a bird in the house is no different than keeping a cat in the house. Oh yeah, but Peta thinks its wrong to have any animal indoors. Well, with that rule applied, we humans were naturally dwellers of caves, so why don't we *free* ourselves and leave our homes, and go live in caves as we're *supposed to*. Companion animals LOVE living in houses and living with humans. In fact, it seems they THINK they are humans. Peta is cruel to tell people to release their belove furry and feathered family members to the wild. That's evil. Any bird that flies away from home and gets lost dies, unless someone finds and rescues it beforehand. Pets CANNOT live in the wild, and no responsible owner would ever take Peta's worthless advice.

[allanimalswelcome]

Well said!!

I have two birds and they run around outside their cages all day. When they feel ready they will put themselves back into their cages. My birds love each other and if I released them back to australia they would die.

There is such a thing called DOMESTIC animals and WILD animals. Domestic animals are often DOMESTIC and have wild counterparts. We aren't capturing cockatiels from the wild!

~Rachel

[joycenalex]

i had heard, and cannot tell if this is true, that PETA had complained about the use of SAR/ cadaver dogs at the pentagon and the trade centers. then they wanted to monitor the dogs at the vet care centers in nyc and washington. can anyone tell me if this is an unfounded rumor or a true event? thanks joyce

[allanimalswelcome]

I could find out but what is a SAR dog?

[Cheshirekatt]

Originally posted by allanimalswelcome
I could find out but what is a SAR dog?

Search And Rescue.

[allanimalswelcome]

Oh I see, animals help save lives but apparently that is cruel

I'll do a search and report on this isssue.

~Rachel

[allanimalswelcome]

Sorry I couldn't find anything on it.

I tried looking it up on the PETA website but it seems that their search egine is real bad.

~Rachel~

[joycenalex]

dear rachel, thanks for checking on that story for me. i'd heard it in those awful first days after the attacks.