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They are the far-left equivalent of WBC.
Westboro Baptist Cats...
They are the far-left equivalent of WBC.
PETA wastes a lot of time and money on retarded campaigns like calling fish "sea kittens". They could be so much more effective if they put that money into teaching people how to read and communicate with cats, dogs, and other domesticated animals. People are amazed when Cesar Millan can immediately alter unwanted behavior in dogs. It isn't magic. Instead of reading books about how to rehabilitate animals, people give up and blame the animal for not being able to be rehomed. This is a failure on man's part, not the animals. "Dysfunctional" animals are created by humans. If one knows what they are doing, any animal that doesn't have some medical issue, can be rehabilitated. Yes, there are still too many animals and too few finances and volunteers to save them all, but we could do a helluva lot better.
Westboro Baptist Cats...
While the problem of animals that cannot be fully rehabilitated is a human made problem, it is true that many animals that where abused simply cannot be completely made safe, and sometimes safe seeming rescue animals can turn violent when some trigger happens.
Yet Cesar Millan manages to have a pack of 30+ dogs that were deemed "hopeless". It is possible. Of course, those dogs can't be with just anyone. You have to know what you are doing and have to be the pack leader at all times.
Yet Cesar Millan manages to have a pack of 30+ dogs that were deemed "hopeless". It is possible. Of course, those dogs can't be with just anyone. You have to know what you are doing and have to be the pack leader at all times.
Does this not just say it all folks?
Which means it is not a widespread solution.
Look, I love animals, and I am saddened at the thought of euthenizing animals. I would love to see the people who abused them euthenized first. However, sometimes it is just the least bad solution in a world with limited resources and too many animals.
Remember this guy?
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Saved.
How about this little fella? He was dumped, on the side of the road. Had we taken him to PETA, he'd have a 5% chance to not be fertilizer. Instead he's living the good life with a caring family. (no kill shelter for the win)
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How about this guy?
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He went to a large dog no kill group, he's now living the good life as ranch dog.
And of course, Wyatt (he's the blonde one)
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Dumped on a county road near Abilene, now living with us (Knox is my pom).
Everyone of these dogs
(and the poor skunk) would stand a good chance of being "ethically" killed by PETA. But what do you care? They do it "humanly" so it's OK.
Oh, there is another, I don't have his pic at the moment, a huskie my wife rescued, he was in such bad shape when we found him he pissed blood all over the back of the car. He's alive, and well today with a loving family.
**** PETA.
If PETA didn't euthanize animals, there'd be too many to take care of.
What I think people should do is take responsibility and spay/neuter their pets.
Isn't PETA against that?
No. That is what made the thread so stupid. People claiming PETA is hypocritical, based solely on the fact they don't actually understand PETA's positions.
OK. I'll give them that. But PETA is hypocritical and a farce and ridiculous, meant only for mocking. There are real animal rights/abuse organizations out there. PETA is just a political blowhorn.
So you disaprove of programs to promote and provide spay/neutering? You disaprove of capturing diseased feral animals and euthenizing them? You disaprove of euthenization services for shelters that do not have the equipment or training to do it the approved most humane way?
I disapprove of PETA's terrorist supporting asses. I disapprove of them running their mouths on animal testing, yet using the fruits of animal testing (such as insulin). I disapprove of their major goals seemingly being political activism instead of promoting and working towards the cause of reducing real animal abuse.
As I said, there are a lot better organizations out there aimed at the protection of animals that do not have all the same hypocrisy and insane political idealism of PETA.
So you disaprove of programs to promote and provide spay/neutering? You disaprove of capturing diseased feral animals and euthenizing them? You disaprove of euthenization services for shelters that do not have the equipment or training to do it the approved most humane way?
My problem would not be PETA euthanizing unwanted and sick animals in a non cruel way. My issue is that PETA receives so much in ways of donations to SAVE animals and yet puts down such a high percentage. Basically it is a scam on their part is what I have problems with.You are apparently unaware of PETA's positions. They support it. That would mean that euthanizing animals is not hypocrisy. In fact they have solid reasons why euthanasia is necessary. Animal Rights Uncompromised: Euthanasia | PETA.org
PETA did not go after the president for swatting a fly. They joked around a bit and made some generic comments about being kind to all animals, and then only when asked by the media. Obama and the Fly, Part Deux | PETA.org
I am not a fan of PETA since they go too far in some things and their tactics are not what I consider appropriate. However, this thread is the ultimate fail since it requires people to be entirely ignorant of the actual topic. More reading on the topic: Euthanasia | PETA.org
That is something I can actually agree with. PETA uses the appropriate, noncruel methods approved by the US Humane Society and AMVA.
My problem would not be PETA euthanizing unwanted and sick animals in a non cruel way. My issue is that PETA receives so much in ways of donations to SAVE animals and yet puts down such a high percentage. Basically it is a scam on their part is what I have problems with.
This is why I refuse to send money to any crisis or cause. Corruption is rampant with the money donated. Me sending canned goods and a few cases of water to the hurricane Katrina victims went a lot further than those who sent out a $50 check.PETA does not run animal shelters. If some one is giving money to PETA to save animals in the situation they are euthenizing them, it's their own fault for not knowing what PETA does. Of course, I would recommend donating to the SPCA or Humane Society over PETA. Both of those are great organizations with little downside.
This is why I refuse to send money to any crisis or cause. Corruption is rampant with the money donated. Me sending canned goods and a few cases of water to the hurricane Katrina victims went a lot further than those who sent out a $50 check.
I will be honest and say that I am not much of an animal person. I have had a few pets, but just don't have any ambition right now to have one. As I said, I have no problems with any org. putting down these animals in a humane way. people sending all this money to them, or anyone and then them taking this money then putting down the animals is corrupt, and scandalous. People should send pet food and other essential items used for pet care rather than sending money.
In my first year working at a grossly substandard animal shelter in Maryland, I forced myself to go in early to euthanize dogs by holding them in my arms and gently helping them escape an uncaring world without trauma or pain and to spare them from being stabbed haphazardly—while they were fully conscious, terrified and aware—in the general vicinity of their hearts with needles blunt from reuse and left to thrash on the floor until they finally died by the callous people who would arrive later to do the job.
I always wonder how anyone cannot recognize that there is a world of difference between painlessly euthanizing animals out of compassion—aged, injured, sick, and dying animals whose guardians can't afford euthanasia, for instance—as PETA does, and causing them to suffer terror, pain, and a prolonged death while struggling to survive on the streets, at the hands of untrained and uncaring "technicians," or animal abusers.
This is why I refuse to send money to any crisis or cause. Corruption is rampant with the money donated. Me sending canned goods and a few cases of water to the hurricane Katrina victims went a lot further than those who sent out a $50 check.
I will be honest and say that I am not much of an animal person. I have had a few pets, but just don't have any ambition right now to have one. As I said, I have no problems with any org. putting down these animals in a humane way. people sending all this money to them, or anyone and then them taking this money then putting down the animals is corrupt, and scandalous. People should send pet food and other essential items used for pet care rather than sending money.
Guys, maybe we should cut PETA a bit of slack:
Why We Euthanize | PETA.org
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Diamond was suffering from a painful facial tumor that was slowly eating away at his face
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Sasha had a severely infected bite wound.
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This dog was suffering from advanced cancer.
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Santana had facial injuries so serious that his right eye was swollen shut and his jaw was ripped and hanging.
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Big Girl was still alive when a field worker found her.