Interesting Read

[glencorgi]

For those who might have doubts about the animal right's agenda.

http://www.rgj.com/blogs/mostlydogs/...e-on-pets.html **

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Thursday, February 01, 2007
PETA's stance on pets


Some commenterson this blog have talked about PETA's stance on pets, or as PETA prefers they be called, companion animals. So I contacted them with specific questions about their positions. If you like their positions, you might consider a donation. If not, then PETA may not bethe organization for you. The answers to my questions were sent to me by Erin Edwards, media liaison for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

1. Does PETA want to ban the breeding of animals? If so, does PETA want to use legislation to keep people from engaging in this practice?

Yes, PETA opposes the breeding of animals and supports mandatory spay/neuter legislation. Every puppy or kitten produced by a breeder leaves one home fewer for the countless dogs and cats waiting desperately in an animal shelter or roaming the streets. Because of a staggering overpopulation crisis, as many as 4 million dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens are euthanized each year in the U.S. — simply because there aren't enough homes for them. Because their numbers far exceed the number of good homes available to them, millions of homeless animals suffer abandonment and abuse as well as death by starvation, disease, freezing and traffic accidents. Many are even procured for use in laboratory experiments. To learn more about the animal overpopulation crisis and what you can do to help animals in need, please visit HelpingAnimals.com.

2. Does PETA want to ban specific breeds through legislation?

Yes, PETA supports legislation that would ban the breeding of pit bulls — for their own protection as well as the protection of humans — and require that all existing dogs be spayed or neutered. Again and again, we rescue pit bulls from people who beat, starve and neglect them; chain them to metal drums as “guard� dogs; or train them to attack people and fight other animals to the death. We hope that such laws will stop people from bringing more pit bulls into the world to be fought, mistreated, and exploited.**(This would be the extinction of Pit Bulls!)

3. Does PETA want to keep people from having animal companions?

No. PETA encourages people with the necessary resources ? the time, money, love, and patience required to make a lifelong commitment to an animal companion ? to adopt animals from shelters and rescue groups rather than buying them from pet stores or breeders. In fact, most PETA staff members live with animals who have been rescued from abuse or abandonment.

4. Does PETA think people should have animal companions in general?

Yes and no. In a perfect world, all animals would be free from human interference and free to live their lives the way nature intended. They would be part of the greater ecological scheme, as they were before humans domesticated them. But the world we live in is far from perfect, and domestic cats and dogs are not capable of surviving on their own, so we have a responsibility to take the best possible care that we can of these animals.

5. Does PETA want to force people to accept animal rights through legislation?

Yes, PETA believes that laws are necessary to protect animals. PETA takes a stand against cruelty to animals by demanding stronger animal-protection laws and strict application of future and existing laws — for everyone’s protection. Our cruelty caseworkers also fight animal abuse by recruiting the help of law enforcement officials, pushing for vigorous prosecution and strict sentencing of animal abusers, publishing news releases about specific cruelty cases, and offering rewards for information leading to the conviction of perpetrators of cruelty to animals.

Post a comment below or email me at mostlydogs@rgj.com.
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And given they have two employees on trial now for animal cruelty - one can't help but notice the hypocrisy and irony.

Debbie

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[ZdogZ]

[QUOTE And given they have two employees on trial now for animal cruelty - one can't help but notice the hypocrisy and irony. Debbie*[/quote]
I saw this on the news this afternoon.

[corgimom]

I just got some questionaire in the mail a couple of weeks ago from PETA with Ingrid Newkirks name stamped on it. This is the first time I have ever received any mail from PETA.

[tandemgal]

I'm not a Peta person. I think all radical groups are dangerous...


My hunter Georgia Son has a bumper sticker that reads "I love all animals - especially with mashed potatoes and gravy" ... don't blame him - it's his Daddy's fault LOL