Two PETA Employees Arrested For Animal Cruelty

[Quetzal]

Tale/Story: http://www.wavy.com/global/story.asp?s=3482974

 

[Bill51]

Nothing new here. In 2003 PETA killed over 85% of all the animals they took in.

 

[Quetzal]

http://www.theomnivore.com/PETA_kills_animals.html
Yeah heres a link.

 

[Bill51]

http://www.theomnivore.com/PETA_kills_animals.html
Yeah heres a link.

You might also be interested in this one. I hate for groups to give everyone that cares about animals a bad name.

http://www.petakillsanimals.com/

 

[drbill]

Ten years ago as Vice President of the Catalina Conservancy, I was in charge of an effort here on Catalina Island to eliminate thousands of introduced, feral goats and pigs from the island. A number of "animal rights" people threatened my life by anonymous phone calls, letters and postcards. Although PETA itself was not directly implicated, I found it "fascinating" that people who "value" the lives of animals would place so little value on a human life. Of course they never seemed to understand that the goats and pigs were killing thousand, er billions and billions, of native organisms because there was no ecological control on them.

 

[Ishie]

Grrrr.

It really is strange how little they care about the environment. Again, not PETA, but I'm reminded of the people that unleashed the destructive potential of a mink farm onto the unsuspecting ecosystem, and really didn't care when the minks did what minks do and started wiping out the native species.

I also notice that they wax on about medical research, and the "slavery" of guide dogs for the blind, but ignore practices like bottom trawling in favor of picketing animal shelters that have a much lower euthanasia rate than they do.

I also loved watching the Penn and Teller Bulls***! episode where it revealed the vice president of PETA was an insulin-dependent diabetic, thus relying heavily on animal research to keep herself alive while helping raise funds to defend terrorists who have identified the enemy as children with AIDS. They showed a picture of her in the dictionary next to the word "hypocrite".

To quote Peter Griffin, "those people can kiss the fattest part of my a..."

Oh, and the frigging death threats. What exactly misfires in the heads of militant animal rights activists and pro-lifers that causes the logic: "I must protect the sanctity of life... BY KILLING THEM ALL!! MWA HA HA HA HA"?

 

[Bill51]

Actually the tie between PETA and the eco terrorists like ELF and ALF that released those minks is much closer than most believe. From all the accounting records we’ve been able to uncover, PETA has spent many times more on legal defense of ELF and ALF members than it has on sheltering animals, and the leadership connections between the groups is amazing. PETA was established as a front for ALF and now ELF from day one, and when you follow the money you see how close they still are.

When PETA’s Sr. VP, Sweetland, was confronted with the hypocrisy of her using insulin tested on animals and containing animal products her response was, “I don’t see myself as a hypocrite. I need my life to fight for the rights of animals.” If that’s not hypocritical she’s got to be the most arrogant person on earth to think she’s the only one that can fight for the rights of animals.

 

[drbill]

Of course I've always viewed myself as an "animal rights" advocate... advocating for the rights of native species and ecosystems over those of introduced species. The "mainstream" "animal rights" folks couldn't seem to understand this as a critter had to be cute and cuddly to get their attention.

And then there's the issue of human "pets" ranging from dogs and cats to... While I love both, think of the devastation of marine and other ecosystems caused by the pet food industry! There's a real issue... "kill" the native ecosystems so we can have domesticated critters. Of course my own pets were always well fed!

 

[Bill51]

Of course I've always viewed myself as an "animal rights" advocate... advocating for the rights of native species and ecosystems over those of introduced species. The "mainstream" "animal rights" folks couldn't seem to understand this as a critter had to be cute and cuddly to get their attention.

Exactly. Manatees were never native year round where I’m at until they started pumping warm water from power plants into the ICW during the early 70s. Now we have a second generation of manatee that don’t know where to migrate to or how, more manatee hypothermic deaths every year, and they’ve torn the sea grass up to the point of driving out the native fish breading grounds. So what does the Save the Manatee group do, they demand more areas off limits to boats, more controls on fishing, and they even sued the local power plant to not do it’s winter maintenance (needed to reduce air pollution) so the manatee wouldn’t get too cold during the winter – and they get away with it because people see the manatee as some cute and cuddly pet. During the winter it’s not uncommon to have to drive 6-8 of the creatures out from under my boat because they like the warmth from the water heater, heat pump, and other machinery on board, when they aren’t begging for fresh water from the nearest garden hose.

Prevention of cruelty to animals and providing for their humane treatment and stewardship is a far cry from the concept of animal “rights” being equal to or in the case of some groups superior to man’s rights. Interesting how even the terms used have changed over the past 40 years from Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to Humane Shelters, to Animal Rights. My State Representative summed it up best in a press conference when he claimed we have nothing against manatee, but we’re pretty tired of the people who claim to be representing them.

 

[drbill]

Exactly. Manatees were never native year round where I’m at until they started pumping warm water from power plants into the ICW during the early 70s. Now we have a second generation of manatee that don’t know where to migrate to or how, more manatee hypothermic deaths every year, and they’ve torn the sea grass up to the point of driving out the native fish breading grounds.

Hmmm... I didn't realize that manatees were only seasonal residents in parts of Florida before power plants and other thermal discharges warmed up the water. Interesting! I occasionally see them in the harbor at my parents' place in Sarasota.

Good point.