PETA kills 97% of the animals it takes in

[AdmiralViscen]

http://sev.prnewswire.com/publishing-information-services/20080111/DC1129510012008-1.html

Death toll up to 17,400; overdue report describes PETA's deadliest year ever

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An official report from People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), submitted nine months after a Virginia government agency's deadline, shows that the animal rights group put to death more than 97 percent of the dogs, cats, and other pets it took in for adoption in 2006. During that year, the well-known animal rights group managed to find adoptive homes for just 12 pets. The nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) is calling on PETA to either end its hypocritical angel-of-death program, or stop its senseless condemnation of Americans who believe it's perfectly ethical to use animals for food, clothing, and critical medical research.

Not counting animals PETA held only temporarily in its spay-neuter program, the organization took in 3,061 "companion animals" in 2006, of which it killed 2,981. ccording to Virginia's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), the average euthanasia rate for humane societies in the state was just 34.7 percent in 2006. PETA killed 97.4 percent of the animals it took in.The organization filed its 2006 report this month, nine months after the VDACS deadline of March 31, 2007.

"Pet lovers should be outraged," said CCF Director of Research David Martosko. "There are thousands of worthwhile animal shelters that deserve Americans' support. PETA is not one of them."

In courtroom testimony last year, a PETA manager acknowledged that her organization maintains a large walk-in freezer for storing dead animals, and that PETA contracts with a Virginia cremation service to dispose of the bodies. In that trial, two PETA employees were convicted of dumping dead animals in a rural North Carolina trash dumpster.

Today in Southampton County, Virginia, another PETA employee will face felony charges in a dog-napping case. Andrea Florence Benoit Harris was arrested in late 2006 for allegedly abducting a hunting dog and attempting to transport it to PETA's Norfolk headquarters.

"PETA raised over $30 million last year," Martosko added, "and it's using that money to kill the only flesh-and-blood animals its employees actually see. The scale of PETA's hypocrisy is simply staggering."

WTF

[MrAngryFace]

jesus christ

[CajoleJuice]

They have a higher fatality rate than Michael Vick.

[Flannel Boy]

They have a higher fatality rate than Michael Vick.

probably a higher QB rating too.

[Madrun Badrun]

This makes me sad.  I hate when people hurt animals 

[Joe Molotov]

Nice going PETA, really looking about for animals' rights. RIGHT TO DIE!

[AdmiralViscen]

People on GAF are engaging in all kinds of cognitive dissonance to defend PETA without defending them. I can't read that shit anymore.

[MrAngryFace]

maybe if PETA was a woman running for president GAF would deliver the justice that is deserved

[AdmiralViscen]

buh buh you source a site that hates PETA anyway - never mind that it links to the actual document submitted to Virginia state

its really our fault for not taking in strays - never mind that its not our fucking job to do that and other places find homes for 65% of their animals

well maybe PETA takes in way more animals than those places.... like 500x as much to make those numbers work. plz respond seriously

[Phoenix Dark]

They have a higher fatality rate than Michael Vick.

probably a higher QB rating too.

 

[Himu]

They have a higher fatality rate than Michael Vick.

probably a higher QB rating too.

OMG 

[AdmiralViscen]

People on GAF are engaging in all kinds of cognitive dissonance to defend PETA without defending them. I can't read that shit anymore.

It seemed like a lot more people were in agreement with you than you lead me to believe.  I went over there out of disgust thinking everyone was rallying in PETAs support.  Thank god that wasn't the case save for a few users.

Didn't mean to imply that, just the 2-3 people who kept harping on this hollow shit while still claiming to not be defending PETA.

[Phoenix Dark]

Shouldn't the animals be able to decide whether they want to live or die? Oh wait, they CAN'T

[TVC15]

They have a higher fatality rate than Hitler

fixd

[Eel O'Brian]

i want another dog but i have the allergies something fierce

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

I'm not a blind PETA defender, and today I ate bacon, ham, cheese on two occasions, and a steak burrito.
Now that that's out of the way, those numbers sound really damn fishy(mmm, delicious salmon).  Even the most overcrowded animal shelters in America can muster up a 20% save rate or so, and many do better.  PETA would have to be going out of their way to kill animals to get a 97% kill rate.  Even the best military operations don't ever decimate the enemy with that much thoroughness.

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

whoops, DP.

[MrAngryFace]

lol

[TVC15]

Why can't you just admit what is REALLY most likely?  They are murderous pet-o-philes.

I am not sure if those numbers have been cocked with, but even Penn and Teller's Bullshit was able to dredge up decent hard evidence that they kill LOTS AND LOTS of pets, without putting ANY effort into trying to save them.

PETA is just a shitty organization.  I am guessing that it is a tax shelter foundation where whomever is really in charge has made sure that shit nutty enough is on the top to make it look legit--because by its actions, it is not legit.

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

I'm not doubting that most of the pets PETA takes in end up having an appointment with a needle.  I'm just incredulous about the astronomically low success rate they apparently have.  97% is a pretty daunting number, my gut reaction says that it sounds cooked.

[TVC15]

If it is, it's not by much.  People have known they've done this shit for years and years.  A precise number is missing.  The sick fucks need to be shut down. 

As posted in GAF:



This isn't news at all.  Hopefully people actually pay attention instead of closing their ears and saying WELL I AM SURE THAT MOST OF THEM THERE ARE GOOD!

[brawndolicious]

hyper, these are supposed to be PETA's official numbers though.  if it was another organization than I would be suspicious but this seems true.

[MrAngryFace]

It'll be pretty obvious when Panda Express becomes PETA Express

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

It'll be pretty obvious when Panda Express becomes PETA Express

I've been suspecting Taco Bell of using dog meat for years.  I mean, what do YOU think happened to the chihuahua?

[TVC15]

I don't mind eating lost pets or anything.  It's more PETA's attitude that they are LIBERATING THESE ANIMALS.  It's like some shitty RPG plot, except you find out the King wasn't LIBERATING the enslaved sex butler elves, he was RAPING AND KILLING THEM.  PETA is basically every king/religion in a jrpg ever.

[Christopher]

You would think though with their funding that they could just buy economey sized dog/cat/whatever food and hire a few people to look after them.

The pictures on GAF made me feel upset a bit

[MrAngryFace]

Yeah, I mean if PETA told me what they really do fat chance they'd get my support. Pretending they find good homes n shit then ship animals off to die is lame

[Cormacaroni]

Hey asscunts, they saved 12 pets. Have you buttmunchers saved 12 animal in a year? How about two?

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I'm sorry. This girl I likes into this shit so I'm giving it a try. I DON'T WANNA DIE NOT KNOWING WHAT A BOOB FEELS LIKE.

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Nor do I wish to miss out on getting a boner while some hot girl sits on my lap. Will she run or will she want? I GOTTA KNOW!

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And for only $30 million! I ask you EB, how many animals could YOU save for that money? NONE i bet!

[TVC15]

If you feel the need to donate to PETA, don't.  Either donate to the ASPCA if you feel the need to donate to a national organization, or EVEN BETTER, donate to a local shelter/animal society.  At least that will have a more direct effect on the world immediately around you.

[xnikki118x]

If you feel the need to donate to PETA, don't.  Either donate to the ASPCA if you feel the need to donate to a national organization, or EVEN BETTER, donate to a local shelter/animal society.  At least that will have a more direct effect on the world immediately around you.

YAY ASPCA!!

This whole liberation of animals that PETA likes is bullshit. As far as they are concerned, we shouldn't even keep animals as pets. Ever. I'm sorry, but no one is taking away my cat mkay?

[TVC15]

If you feel the need to donate to PETA, don't.  Either donate to the ASPCA if you feel the need to donate to a national organization, or EVEN BETTER, donate to a local shelter/animal society.  At least that will have a more direct effect on the world immediately around you.

YAY ASPCA!!

This whole liberation of animals that PETA likes is bullshit. As far as they are concerned, we shouldn't even keep animals as pets. Ever. I'm sorry, but no one is taking away my cat mkay?

I can appreciate the ASPCA in that they are upfront.  They do euthanize animals as well, but at least they don't put on this fake bullshit hippy facade of FREEDOM AND LOVE for animals that sounds so attractive to teens and college students.  It's a matter of perception to me:  PETA basically lies to the masses and presents itself as something it's not.  Even if their intentions, deep down, are noble, I can't get behind the public lie.

[Eric P]

i have a friend whose sister works for peta as a marketing director

she took the job because her husband is in the navy and stationed in norfolk and it's the only job she could get in her field.

she had to pretend to be vegan while in the office

no animal products are allowed at all

she hates her job to my understanding

[TVC15]

Have you ever seen the Bullshit episode on PETA?  While I am sure that they exaggerate some things, they do present some undeniable facts.  PETA states that most insulin use is unethical since a large amount of medically-used insulin comes from animals (pigs in particular).  Of course, this rule doesn't apply to the diabetic PETA VP!  Since she's, you know, near the top of PETA, it is important that she stays alive, even if it means that animals get RAPED.  Some animals are more equal than others!  It's wrong for you to use insulin unless you are important and in PETA!

[Eric P]

yeah, i've seen it

i think the most effective anti-meat thing i've ever seen has still been Blood of the Beasts which was on the Eyes Without a Face Criterion disc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_of_the_Beasts

not really preachy or anything like that, but more "this is where your food comes from."

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[TVC15]

I try to avoid that sort of thing.  I am a soft and sensitive boy, but at the same time my stomach likes to reject what I feed it.  Meat is generally safe.  I'd rather live off the kill than live an even sicker life than I do.

It is important to remember that guilt, as an emotion, serves no purpose except to limit the theoretical freedom of the mind.  Constructs like morals and ethics are all guilt.  We cannot fully escape guilt; it is not possible.  We can, however, do our best to limit the pointless, limiting guilt that tries to enter our lives.  These sorts of documentaries that document things we can't change, religion, both pointless instruments of guilt, and we will be more human if we avoid them.  Guilt is not necessary.

[Eric P]

it's a shame because i think you'd like it.  it's a documentary film shot in a surrealist context, intercutting shots from the slaughter house with suburbia.

however, i can totally understand not wanting to see it.  i had to watch it in little bits myself.

[AdmiralViscen]

I'm not a blind PETA defender, and today I ate bacon, ham, cheese on two occasions, and a steak burrito.
Now that that's out of the way, those numbers sound really damn fishy(mmm, delicious salmon).  Even the most overcrowded animal shelters in America can muster up a 20% save rate or so, and many do better.  PETA would have to be going out of their way to kill animals to get a 97% kill rate.  Even the best military operations don't ever decimate the enemy with that much thoroughness.

Yea, almost like they're trying to put a handle on the very overpopulation described by the GAFfers.

You can see right in the PDF that the only pets that didn't die in their care are ones returned to their original owners. Which I imagine are spays or people who happened to check PETA looking for their pet. They don't seem much interested in finding homes for animals that have none.

You would think though with their funding that they could just buy economey sized dog/cat/whatever food and hire a few people to look after them.

The pictures on GAF made me feel upset a bit

You'd think instead of spending millions on ads telling people to stop drinking milk, they'd buy a plot of land in Buttfuck Wyoming and create a pet utopia or some shit.

I have a friend from upstate NY who takes care of a few dozen animals (including larger ones like goats and cows and shit) with just he, his brother, and his parents. I doubt it'd take much staff to throw out cat and dog food twice a day.

[The Fake Shemp]

I came to the conclusion a long time ago, similar to TVC, that PETA is just some kind of front or tax shell to fool thousands of people out of their money.  Really, anyone with any kind of common sense would.  It's kind of idiotic to argue for PETA at this point.

[AdmiralViscen]

TRUST NO ONE

From Wiki:
The Center for Consumer Freedom has drawn criticism from several groups for its startup funding from the Philip Morris tobacco company. It has been described as an astroturf group that portrays itself as a grassroots organization while actually being funded by the fast food, meat, and tobacco industries.[37][3][38][39][40] It is also criticized its efforts to portray groups such as the Humane Society of the United States as "violent" and "extreme", and for its opposition to banning the use of trans fats.[41][42][43][44][45] The group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has also campaigned against the CCF's validity as a non-profit tax exempt charitable organization, filing an IRS complaint in 2004 attacking CCF's claims that its advocacy campaigns were "educational" in nature.[46][47][3] Some corporations, including PepsiCo and Kraft Foods, have declined to work with CCF, saying they do not agree with some of the group's arguments or its approach to advocacy.[32]