Is peta legit because i keep finding stuff that says they kill animals?

Question

against peta:

http://www.petakillsanimals.com

http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm?headline=2833

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/06/23/EDG11DC9BK1.DTL

http://www.austinreview.com/archives/2005/06/peta_kills_1.html

for peta:

http://www.peta.org/

http://thedaily.newsvine.com/_news/2006/05/21/211942-peta-helps-kfc

http://deceiver.com/2008/04/29/peta-helps-struggling/

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_12_36/ai_84237785

http://blog.news-record.com/opinion/letters/archives/2006/03/peta_helps_to_s.shtml

Answer 1

The FBI considers PETA a domestic terrorist organization.  They have created a false image to reap in lots of money but their real agenda is very anti-animal as they feel any species that cannot exist without man doesn't deserve to live.  They wish to FORCE all not to eat meat, cheese, eggs, etc and are against pet ownership.  Animals they want to see eradicated include:  dogs, cats, horses, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, and turkeys.  Their members in the know (not those fooled into sending them money) are willing to do anything and have been behind public lies, arsons, and even bombings.  Ultra-radical loonies in many ways similar in thought to radical Islamic terrorists.

Answer 2

I think they step on ants!

Answer 3

They do NOT kill animals.

They are for the ethical treatment of animals; that does not mean killing them.

Answer 4

What you've found are Astroturf groups pretending to be consumer groups but run by a corporate lobbyist who hires himself to support his groups he started which are funded by those who feel threatened by PETA even though many of them work with PETA to develop vegetarian and vegan foods and then market them together. Industry playing both sides and getting someone else to do their dirty work.

PETA addresses so much more than just the extreme way animals are treated (which unfortunately is a constant, day in and day out thing).

In fact, the industry is so bothered by it that they started trying to address PETA in deceptive, rumor-mongering ways which includes the ridiculous PETA "kills" site (and many others now) that often gets stated on Y!A as a "source" (in fact the same PETA haters seem to answer all the PETA related questions on Y!A).

So it's the scam astroturf organizations created by the industry and a DC lobbyist for those industries spreading the rumors about PETA.

The background info on that is:

Peta Kills, Activist Cash, Animal Scam are all industry groups in sheep's clothing from the same money making DC industry lobbyist. Those are Rick (Richard) Berman groups, under "Center for Consumer Freedom" aimed at discrediting and marginalizing organizations such as PETA. Among some of their other pursuits is Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Greenpeace and more. In fact, anything that opposes his clients including cigarette companies.

Who does Berman work for? He works for Monsanto, The meat, dairy, restaurant industries, the fishing industry, Wal-Mart, Tyson, Cargill, Dean Foods, big tobacco, the soda industry and the beer and alcohol industries among others.

Some of his scamming astroturf groups?

Center for Consumer Freedom Umbrella:

*   activistcash dot com

*   cspiscam dot com

*   physicianscam dot com

*   fishscam dot com

*   neoprohibition dot com

*   animalscam dot com and petakillsanimals dot com

*   obesitymyths dot com

The Employment Policies Institute

American Beverage Institute

Employment Roundtable

Center for Union Facts

Employee Freedom Action Committee

Isn't it funny he names his groups after scam so much since he is such a scammer? It's an abusive tactic where those who are the most guilty point at others. The other goofy thing is he claims to reveal funding for other groups (with his special spin) but won't let anyone see his own funding.

Notice how if you do a search on PETA anywhere who the sponsors are of the search or even the questions here.

And yes, the American Beverage Institute negotiated in the last year to force soda vending machines on schools over-riding local bans all while pretending they are being responsible by including [branded] juice and water and diet drinks.

In fact, I just found one of the tag team postings of Berman's group a few days ago on the Boston Globe website. David Martosko works for Berman's scam operations as the "Director of Research" and is actually in the Penn & Teller anti-Peta episode (that Penn & Teller are that easily manipulated and/or in the pockets of big industry and helping them to play us for fools has caused me to lose all respect for them -- better fools than tools). Oh, and further... Dave is the featured actor in the film "Your Mommy Kills Animals" which they funded as well.

Under Dave Martosko who is mocking Greenpeace at the Boston Globe is a comment by Gavin Gibbons commenting for the National Fisheries Institute (NFI) which is another industry front group. He is ironically attempting to throw doubt on a poster by saying that poster is making ad hominems even as his buddy Dave above has made one after another about Greenpeace. This time they're trying to obscure the issue of the collapse of the fish stocks in our oceans but they've also been very active trying to get people to believe there is no fish and mercury issues or PCBs/Dioxins (Monsanto uh-ohs) in fish and Berman's groups and the NFI even tried to convince pregnant women that the harm from mercury isn't worth having mentally delayed children (trying to scare us) which they say can be avoided by eating even more fish (on that one they tried to claim the March of Dimes was behind them but the March of Dimes had no idea and was not impressed about being co-opted).

See, they can't fight the groups like PETA and Greenpeace on facts so they try to do it through mocking. That the industries would resort to these tactics shows just how much more scummy they are and how afraid they are you'll find out the truth about how they work and all because they just won't address any of the issues (that might cost money).

Richard Berman is known as Dr. Evil, or as I like to call him, Beezlebub. He starts "charitable" groups such as Obesity Myths, or Fish Scam then solicits donations via advertising while spreading the ideas the industries want you to believe. It's all about deception and you are the target, played for a fool and then become the victim.

But then it gets even worse. The "charities" which get most of their money from the industries themselves such as Phillip Morris and Coca-Cola, then hire Richard Berman's consulting group, Berman & Co. to put together the campaigns. So, essentially he has drummed up his own business out of scamming all while manipulating the government rules, tax structures and the general public.

Berman's group under an entirely new incarnation has even been caught in the last few weeks spreading rumors in an attempt to get Gordon Smith re-elected as a senator not just prior to the primaries but the day after with full page ads in newspapers across Smith's home state trying to obscure truth about Smith's opponent with false accusations and associations.

Answer 5

Personally, I think PETA is full of c**p. Their "demonstrations" are ridiculous and do nothing for me except make me angry at their stupidity.

Answer 6

PETA is a horrible group. Far from "ethical". They are extremists. The organization disgusts me.

They say they have the best interest of the animals in mind, but I don't believe it. Although I have no proof of it, I would suspect that many of their "under-cover videos" are even staged, which is sad.

PETA kills animals: http://www.petakillsanimals.com/

All the information on that site you can verify yourself if you're up for the digging. PETA is a tax-exempt organization, so all their yearly tax returns are available to the public. Also, they are categorized as a "humane society", so they have to keep records of animals taken in, animals euthanized, animals transferred, and animals adopted out.

They also have the goal of making all domestic animals extinct. They don't want people to have pets. Or service dogs. Etc.

They support BSL (breed-specific-legislation) such as banning certain breeds of dogs. It fits right in with their agenda of the genocide of domestic animals.

Some suggested reading about PETA:

http://www.nokillnow.com/PETAIngridNewki...

http://www.purebredcatbreedrescue.org/an...

http://www.targetofopportunity.com/anima...

http://www.activistcash.com/organization...

I also could never NEVER support a group that intentionally inflicts psychological damage to children and tries to get to the parents by USING the children and attempting to make the children fearful of their own parents. They have handed out the following comics to children:

You Mommy Kills Animals - http://www.furisdead.com/feat-momfur.asp

Your Daddy Kills Animals - http://www.fishinghurts.com/feat-newcomi...

I don't have all the information handy, but at one point a year or so ago, I decided to read through the PETA site. What I found was a wealth of mis-information and information skewed to support their "cause".

Here's a video that shows their hypocrisies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ijLulwU...

(Disclaimer: the guys narrating the video use some strong language, if that offends you, don't watch it.)

They also want everyone to be vegan. (I have nothing against vegetarians and vegans, it's a personal choice. I've made my choice to eat an omnivorous diet, my personal choice.)

Not only people, but they want DOGS AND CATS to be fed vegetarian/vegan diets as well. Dogs and cats both **need meat** in their diet to thrive. Vegetarian/vegan diets aren't very good for either species. There's no way I would feed my pets a diet not appropriate for their species. That's a form of neglect in itself!

In short, they are a destructive group that go about things completely the wrong way. They "protest" by interfering with others in ways that should not be done.

* They disrupted VS fashion show a couple years ago: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/1...

* Although they have discontinued the practice, they used to attack people with spray-paint that were wearing fur coats. (Their website now says "if you have a fur coat, donate it to a homeless person.")

(There are numerous other examples, you can do a search on the internet and find them.)

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I love animals. I love my pets. Which is why I believe in animal WELFARE, not animal rights.

http://www.sover.net/~lsudlow/ARvsAW.htm

http://www.animalwelfarecouncil.com/html...

Animal welfare: treat animals humanely.

Animal rights: extinction of domestic animals.

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You'll have to excuse Silver. He doesn't like the CCF, so he thinks it's a big anti-PETA conspiracy or something.

Even if you don't like the CCF, you can't deny *facts*.

Everything on http://www.petakillsanimals.com/  is true.

PETA is a tax exempt organization, so their tax returns are available to the public. Also, since they are classified as a humane society, they have to return the statistics of animals they take in and what happens to them, also public domain.

Here are GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS that confirm the information on petakillsanimals:

- 2004 - http://www.virginia.gov/vdacs_ar/cgi-bin...

- 2005 - http://www.virginia.gov/vdacs_ar/cgi-bin...

- 2006 - http://www.virginia.gov/vdacs_ar/cgi-bin...

- (2007 statistics not yet recorded on this website)

PETA's own website tells you that they are against the practice of pet-keeping.

- http://www.peta.org/campaigns/ar-petaonp...

And service animals (as someone who has been a service dog puppy-raiser, I cannot believe how incredibly "off" these articles are!)

- http://blog.helpinganimals.com/2008/01/e...

- http://blog.helpinganimals.com/2008/02/t...

I love the use disguised PETA pages as "sources". Consumerdeception.com is a PETA website that they are trying to pass off as a legitimate 3rd party.

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Answer 7

They do not kill animals.

The only animals they euthanize are the ones that come to them that are extremely sick and theres nothing they can do for them, or they are so badly injured that it would be inhumane to keep them alive.