PETA Killed More Than 1,600 Cats & Dogs Last Year

[AUChizad]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2296572/PETA-killed-1-600-cats-dogs-Virginia-headquarters-year--90-animals-handed-charitys-American-shelter.html

PETA killed more than 1,600 cats and dogs at its Virginia headquarters last year - almost 90% of the animals handed over to the charity's American shelter

By Katie Davies

Animal rights charity PETA killed almost 90 per cent of dogs and cats placed in the care of the shelter at its Virginia headquarters last year, it has been revealed today.

The charity, well-known for attention grabbing publicity campaigns such as the 'I'd rather go naked' anti-fur campaign, euthanized 1,647 cats and dogs last year and only placed 19 in new homes according to the data submitted to the Virginia Department for Agriculture and Consumer Services.

PETA told Mail Online that the animals they take in at the center are 'unadoptable', however 89.4 per cent of pets is much higher than their own approximation that half of animals taken to shelters end up being euthanized.
Criticism: PETA, well-known for its hard-hitting adverts such as the one pictured, has come under fire for the number of animals it kills at its shelter in Norfolk, Virginia.

According to the statistics 1,110 cats and 733 dogs were handed in to the charity in 2012.

22 cats and 108 dogs were transferred to another shelter, two cats and three dogs were reclaimed by their owner while 1,045 cats and 602 were euthanized.

34 cats and 7 dogs were placed under a category entitled 'Miscellaneous'.

The statistics have been promoted by a restaurant advocacy coalition called Center for Consumer Freedom, which has had numerous run-ins with the charity in the past. 

They say that since 1998 the shelter has euthanized a total of  29,398 pets.

Justin Wilson, CCF Senior Research Analyst said: 'The animal rights group is talking out of both sides of its mouth – on one side preaching its animal liberation agenda, while on the other signing the death warrant of over 89 percent of pets in its care. It’s beyond hypocritical.'
Well-known campaigns: The charity often uses celebrities for its hard-hitting campaigns. It was accused today of being more interested in 'publicity stunts than keeping animals alive'

'It seems PETA is more dedicated to publicity stunts than to keeping the animals in its own care alive. It’s the height of hypocrisy for PETA to demonstrate for the 'rights' of rats and pigs, while killing tens of thousands of pets. It’s time that the Commonwealth of Virginia finally reclassifies PETA’s pet shelter for what it is – a slaughterhouse.'

A PETA spokeswoman told MailOnline that they had no choice but to euthanize the animals.

'We have a small division that does hands-on work with animals, and most of the animals we take in are society's rejects; aggressive, on death's door, or somehow unadoptable,' she said.

'CCF's goal is to damage PETA by misrepresenting the situation and the number of unwanted and suffering animals PETA euthanizes because of injury, illness, age, aggression, and other problems, because their guardians requested it, or because no good homes exist for them.'
Sex sells: PETA often uses models in their campaigns. They hit out at critics of euthanasia at their cat and dog shelters yesterday saying it received many unadoptable pets

A later statement added: 'PETA refers adoptable animals to the high-traffic open-admission shelters where they have the best chance of being seen and finding a new home.'

In a 2009 blog the charity wrote about their opposition to 'no-kill' animal shelters saying they often get filled and just have to turn animals away.

It said in some cases euthanasia is a necessary evil and PETA is willing to do 'society's dirty work'.

'As long as animals are still purposely bred and people aren't spaying and neutering their companions, open-admission animal shelters and organizations like PETA must do society's dirty work. Euthanasia is not a solution to overpopulation but rather a tragic necessity given the present crisis,' it said. 

In response to the post, supporters of the charity were torn on the issue but many said a charity in its position on issues such as medical testing, the fur trade and as advocates for veganism should never allow the killing of healthy animals over a lack of suitable home.   

'In my book, the only time it's acceptable to kill animals is the same as the only time it's acceptable to kill people: when their illness is painful and terminal.'

'Anything else is a speciesist double standard. As soon as I hear of a campaign to kill homeless people because it's 'more humane' then I might consider it an acceptable option for homeless animals too,' said one post.

[AUChizad]

This is not news to me, btw.

I know I'm preaching to the choir with you guys.

But PETA is a piece of shit organization. The ASPCA is a fine worthy charity. But FUCK PETA.

[Townhallsavoy]

I wonder what kind of spending money PETA's owners have. 

[Saniflush]

[CCTAU]

Both are anti hunting. That is all I need to know. So screw them!

[AUChizad]

I have been trolling the shit out of their sorry assed facebook page response to the controversy.

Hippies be mad, y'all.

[AUChizad]

All of my posts were deleted, and I am banned from commenting further.

Fucking cowards.

[CCTAU]

All of my posts were deleted, and I am banned from commenting further.

Fucking cowards.

I think I saw where one of the moderators, a TitanTiger I think, at least raised your warn meter before you were booted.


I mean you were WARNED!

[GH2001]

All of my posts were deleted, and I am banned from commenting further.

Fucking cowards.

That's awesome. But did you have a twitter battle with them yet?

[WiregrassTiger]

I like dogs, I really do. Not a big fan of any animal in the house, primarily because of allergies but also because I don't like the idea of a someone or something wiping their ass off on my shag. Cats are good for controlling the rodent population and I understand they help deter snakes--so as long as they keep their distance we are cool. But I think cats are sneaky. Like if you walk through the house naked with your sack swinging, they are waiting to jump up and claw hold you, but I digress.

We are to the point where too many people in this country either think an animal's life is equal or more important than human life. I know it's not politically correct to think this and maybe I should be sent to Siberia for retraining but I think it's nuts.

I'm against rooster fighting, dog fighting, animal cruelty and all the like but I'm also again spending 10 grand in taxpayer money to save a cat stuck in a sewer drain, like I see on t.v. Sorry, but when I was growing up, this didn't happen. If a cat went into the sewer or up a tree, it was up to his ass to save himself. That is all.

[Saniflush]

In all fairness I like animals more than most people.  I would rather save the 10k when a kid goes down the drain and use it for a dog. 

[WiregrassTiger]

In all fairness I like animals more than most people.  I would rather save the 10k when a kid goes down the drain and use it for a dog.

I once thought we were harmonious, you and I. Yet, a chasm seems to have formed between us. This difference is irreconcilable and  means war. I am Netanyahu and you a Palestinian.

[CCTAU]

We are to the point where too many people in this country either think an animal's life is equal or more important than human life. I know it's not politically correct to think this and maybe I should be sent to Siberia for retraining but I think it's nuts.

Any person that puts an animals life above that of a child is a nutcase. That goes double for a damn tree! Or the spotted owl that lives in the damn tree.

[Saniflush]

I once thought we were harmonious, you and I. Yet, a chasm seems to have formed between us. This difference is irreconcilable and  means war. I am Netanyahu and you a Palestinian.

How about I limit it to only those children dressed in dark pink?

[WiregrassTiger]

Any person that puts an animals life above that of a child is a nutcase. That goes double for a damn tree! Or the spotted owl that lives in the damn tree.

If you do not care for spotted owls anymore than this, you have obvioiusly not tried them broasted with sweet potatoes and some cheese grits on the side.

[AUChizad]

The thing is, PETA is batshit insane. They have stated that owning pets is exactly the same as owning slaves. They believe all animals should be free to roam the streets as they please, and anything less is an injustice.

Everyone knows that they believe eating animals is appalling. Although animals themselves, of course, are allowed to be carnivorous.

But what pisses me off the most about these people is their violent opposition to animal testing to prevent actual human disease.

And yet, they're offing over virtually every animal that comes into their care because, in their minds, they're unadoptable and beyond hope. What if a hospital euthanized over 94% of their patients? Would that not be controversial?

Bottom line is it's inanely hypocritical for them to raise a huge stink over the lives of chicken and pigs for humans to eat as nature intended, or for lab animals to save millions of human lives, and then at the same time murder almost every domesticated animal they find, because giving them homes is on par with slavery, and putting them down is "the most compassionate option".

Fuck those nutjobs.

[WiregrassTiger]

How about I limit it to only those children dressed in dark pink?

o.k., deal. Why couldn't Obama have helped to make it this simple on his trip to Israel.

[WiregrassTiger]

The thing is, PETA is batshoot insane. They have stated that owning pets is exactly the same as owning slaves.

This is prob one of the more ludicrous stances that they take. Everyone with any real world experience knows that slaves eat more than a cat or bird. But, you can't make porn with your cat. Not good porn, anyway.

[Saniflush]

This is prob one of the more ludicrous stances that they take. Everyone with any real world experience knows that slaves eat more than a cat or bird. But, you can't make porn with your cat. Not good porn, anyway.

This post is full of win.

[Snaggletiger]

This post is full of win.

I second that emotion