Does PETA operate kill shelters?!
Answers: I have heard and seen links that indicate such but when I attempted to contact PETA about this issue they would not respond. I don't want to pass judgment before I know for sure. For now I have withdrawn my support for them and transfered it to PCRM. I'd also like to know which other charities out there are consistent through and through.
I think the first two posters are PETA advocates. First, PETA has only 750,000 members world wide not 1.8 million. Second, IT IS AN OUTRIGHT LIE when the second poster said PETA does not have or operate shelters. The figure mentioned are actually disclosure statements made by PETA to the government about their shelters. They have to make available those figures because they run the shelters not anybody else as the second poster would like people to believe.. PETA is also against "no kill" shelters as they view the continuing life of an animal in a shelter as "cruel" and the adoption of these animals as "continued exploitation"of animals.
The figures presented in the www.nokillnow.com website are accurate. They also have pictures of supposedly unhealthy animals actually taken from a PETA shelter that PETA said had to be euthanized. Veterinarians however, said that the dogs and cats were actually healthy animals. The reason given by the two PETA employees as to why they killed healthy animals is that PETA did not have funds. Ironic since PETA received about $29 million in donations last year.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), with more than 1.8 million members and supporters, is the largest animal rights organization in the world.
PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in laboratories, in the clothing trade, and in the entertainment industry. We also work on a variety of other issues, including the cruel killing of beavers, birds and other "pests," and the abuse of backyard dogs.
PETA works through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns.
http://www.peta.org/about/
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is an animal rights organization based in the United States. With 1.8 million members and supporters, PETA claims to be the largest animal rights group in the world.[1]
Founded in 1980 and based in Norfolk, Virginia, PETA is a nonprofit, tax exempt 501(c)(3) corporation with 187 employees,and funded almost exclusively by the contributions of its members. Outside the U.S., there are affiliated offices in Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, South Africa, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom.There is also the peta2 Street Team for high school and college-age activists, and the Foundation to Support Animal Protection, which manages PETA's assets.Ingrid Newkirk is PETA's international president.
PETA's slogan is "animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment."In support of that position, it focuses on four core issues: factory farming, fur farming, animal testing, and animals in entertainment. It also campaigns against fishing, the killing of animals regarded as pests, abuse of chained, backyard dogs, cock fighting, bullfighting and the consumption of meat. It aims to inform the public of its position through advertisements, undercover investigations, animal rescue, and lobbying.
The organization has been criticized for some of its campaigns, for the actions of some of its employees regarding their treatment of animals,and for the number of animals it euthanizes. It was also criticized in 2005 by American Senator James M. Iofen, who stated that PETA had acted as a "spokesgroup" for the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front, after activists associated with those groups had committed what Inhofe called "acts of terrorism."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PETA
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So in answer to you question - PETA 'euthanizes' animals.
PETA does not operate any adoption facilities; the organization refers adoptable animals to nearby shelters. PETA deals with the worst cases and offers a humane death to animals who are injured, elderly, dangerously aggressive, or otherwise unadoptable.
Between three to four million animals are euthanized in shelters every year because there simply aren't enough homes for them. This is the fault of breeders, pet stores, and people who refuse to spay/neuter their pets. PETA belives that focusing on spaying and neutering is the best way to deal with this crisis. The organization has sterilized tens of thousands of animals through its mobile spay and neuter van.
"No-kill" shelters may seem like a good idea, and I used to only support them. But think about it - "no-kill" shelters pick and choose, only accepting animals who are adoptable - young, healthy, unaggressive, etc. What happens to the animals who don't fit that profile and are turned away from no-kill shelters?
I don't agree with all of PETA's tactics. At the same time, I don't think it's useful to blame open-admission animal shelters and PETA for trying to deal with the mess that irresponsible pet owners and breeders have created.
Edit: I have visited the PETA headquarters and I know for a fact that aside from two small, cageless rooms set aside for animals who are surrendered to the organization, PETA does not run any shelters. PETA is an animal rights organization, not a humane society.
More info:
http://www.peta.org/forums/topic.asp?TOP...
http://www.peta.org/Living/AT-Fall2005/n...
Yes. Peta euthanizes animals at their shelters. The excuses Karen gives are just after the fact damage control.
Are mandatory reports filed with government not convincing enough?:
http://www.virginia.gov/vdacs_ar/cgi-bin...
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yes they do
This nokillnow stuff is great reading! Those of you that donate to PETA please stop now!
no
you should support local animal rescues. that way you know exactly what they are about. don't buy into these large organizations if you want to make for certain your support and money is being used to actually help animals. no matter where you live there are lots of rescues who are doing amazing things. they all need money and donations for transportation (they transport dogs/cats out of high kill shelters and into rescues), litter, food, collars, crates, beds, etc etc. local rescues will use every penny you send them to help animals and not pay for celebrities to pose nude, or to pay for propaganda fliers, etc.
Yes.
not only do they KILL animals, they kill ADOPTABLE animals. Please follow the link to read about the recent trial against two PETA employees. Yes, it did happen, I live in nearby Maryland.
Yes, millions of cats and dogs are euthanized every year.
The animals that PeTA kills are just a minor fraction of that total.
PeTA comes into contact with a lot of animals that are victims of extreme abuse or neglect.
There is no evidence that PeTA increases the total number of animals euthanized or in any way decreases the number of animals that find homes. PeTA isn't even an organization that is focused on finding homes, so the number that they adopt out isn't bad at all.
Animals are put to sleep because of people that don't spay or neuter their animals and because of people that don't care about them and use dogs as vicious guards or don't bother training them. These disgusting people then blame the dog for its behavioral problems.
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I am not a supporter of PeTA. I am vegan and agree with most of their stances but their wasteful habits are despicable.
Millions of dollars down the tubes on ad campaigns that don't spread any valid information, just racy images and slogans.
Those millions could have a much bigger impact if used to make literature such as this
http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan
and handled by people that have seriously researched effective ways to communicate with those of differing viewpoints and spreading a logical and factual message with humility and respect.
http://www.veganoutreach.org/advocacy/in...
PeTA doesn't come across as very humble or respectful to those that don't live as they wish they would.
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PS - I have worked as a dog trainer at an SPCA and unless you have a VERY large foster program, "no kill" is not the best thing for most animals that no one wants to adopt. Some dogs can stay in a shelter for over a year without problems, some dogs develop dangerous behaviors within a few weeks.
I am speaking from experience that I acquired at a shelter with a good volunteer program and a dedicated Canine Program. These dogs were not left in a kennel/run and just given food and water. These dogs were taken out daily and spent time with more than one person on most days. Most medium and large dogs were even allowed to socialize in pairs or groups every day.
There is only a four month period after a dog is born to raise it the right way. After that it can be extremely difficult if not impossible to make it a truly safe and adoptable dog. While you are housing one unadoptable dog, five adoptable dogs may be euthanized in a shelter that is out of space.