Ad Campaign Targets PETA for Killing Over 14,000 More Animals than Michael Vick

[Kevin]

Came across this and really makes ya think... PETA should be the one paying the MILLIONS upon MILLIONS in fines, lawsuits and etc...



Ad Campaign Targets PETA for Killing Over 14,000 More Animals than Michael Vick
Ads Draw Attention to PETA’s Policy of Euthanizing Adoptable Animals in their Care
WASHINGTON- Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) ran a full-page ad in The New York Times highlighting the hypocrisy of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). PETA’s campaign against NFL quarterback Michael Vick is disingenuous given that PETA itself has killed over 14,000 more animals than the NFL star.

The text of the ad reads:

Who’s killed more animals? Vick (8) or PETA (14,400):
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) loves to point the finger at others, when they should be looking at their own record of killing more than 90% of the animals left in their care. According to government records PETA has killed more than 14,400 animals since 1998.

“PETA has shamelessly used the horrific Michael Vick case to pad their group’s coffers, even though their track record of slaughtering thousands of helpless, adoptable animals is far more damning,” said CCF Director of Research David Martosko. “Americans need to be aware of how PETA treats animals in their care and reject the group’s overt hypocrisy.”

Documents obtained by the Center for Consumer Freedom from the Virginia State Veterinarian show that between 1998 and 2005 PETA killed more than 14,400 dogs, cats, and other animals.

In addition to the thousands of animals that were killed at their headquarters, two PETA employees in North Carolina admitted to killing dozens of dogs and cats in a roving “death van” and tossing their bodies into a trash dumpster.

“Instead of weighing in on the actions of others, PETA's leaders need to take a look in the mirror,” Martosko concluded. “If their group is going to euthanize thousands of healthy dogs and cats each year, Americans will never take their criticism of Vick and others seriously.”

To view the ad, please visit PETA Kills Animals | PetaKillsAnimals.com. For further information or to schedule an interview, contact Sarah Longwell at 202-463-7112.

[gbird]

WOW....thats quite a statement.....it does make you think.

[prissyCrissie]

holy potatoes....
never liked them PETA people anyway

[itchysquid]

But don't they have to euthanize animals when they are not wanted, and don't have enough money/space to keep them? I doubt they just go around killing animals for fun.

Lots of animal rescue places here have to euthanize animals, because people are just too *&$(#*#*#($#($(#($(#*@&&&#*@&#@ stupid to get their animals de-sexed/take care of their animals/etc etc.

[kathleen]

Originally Posted by itchysquid

But don't they have to euthanize animals when they are not wanted, and don't have enough money/space to keep them? I doubt they just go around killing animals for fun.

Lots of animal rescue places here have to euthanize animals, because people are just too *&$(#*#*#($#($(#($(#*@&&&#*@&#@ stupid to get their animals de-sexed/take care of their animals/etc etc.

This is what I was thinking too. I'm not a big fan of PETA, however, Vick did it for profit and dog fighting is cruel and vicious. Euthanizing an animal in a kind way is SSOOOOO different. It's not the number killed, it's how it's done and the intention behind it. That's what ethics is about.

[Wilder]

PETA's intentions are to end the use and keeping of all animals. Including your pet dogs, cats, parrots, it doesn't matter. They have been quoted as saying their goal is to see the extinction of all pets. You can learn a lot about them by looking around online.

Vick is scum. PETA is scum too. I don't care if one "only" killed eight and the other killed eight thousand -- I have no use for either and they can share a cold dark pit.

[ROYJOY]

i always new peta was a bunch of terrorists, but i had no idea they were killing 90%. thats insane.

[jimpierce7]

Lets see............ Pamela Anderson as a spokesperson and "better dead then fed" as a slogan........... well I'm not much into them either....... Vick and people like him..........

isn't there an island we can just put them all on? Oh wait, thats not humane is it?

[Monica]

As I see it, PETA does illegal stuff then only gets a slap on the hand, if even that, for their actions... and people like to try to justify PETA for their actions saying that it was the right thing to do.... I don't see how doing something illegal can be justified....

[kathleen]

Originally Posted by Monica

As I see it, PETA does illegal stuff then only gets a slap on the hand, if even that, for their actions... and people like to try to justify PETA for their actions saying that it was the right thing to do.... I don't see how doing something illegal can be justified....

I don't think euthanasia is illegal, but, dog fighting is. It's two totally separate issues.