I find it interesting that it took PETA 5 days to respond. The PETA response is ... interesting in its content, but is in no way responsive to the points raised. I won't try to respond for them.
One would think, from The PETA response, that only the "other shelters" method of death is painful. What is the PETA method of euthanasia? By all indications, PETA believes possession of a controlled chemical by an unlicensed shelter worker and the injection of it to kill animals is OK. What happens if that worker misses the vein? How much pain is inflicted as the poison circulates? How long does it take for the animal to die?
I currently have 2 dogs (both spayed/neutered and healthy) and have had dogs all my life. I have, in the past, been forced to pull the trigger on a pet dog I loved. (The dog got a taste for blood.) The dog died quickly, with no chemical paralysis or pain.
PETA tries to hide their back of the van actions in the dead of night, and portray themselves as the savior of animals. Are they protecting others? Or are they protecting the organizational image? They will never get my support.
Posted by
Brandon, from South Carolina on March 17, 2009:
I'm sorry I can't list specifics here, but in the past, PETA members have participated in several terrorist acts, destroying private property to protect the "rights" of animals. They haven't directly hurt any PEOPLE yet, but they have made it apparent that if you experiment on or harm an animal in any way, you run the risk of incurring the wrath of PETA, losing your car, home, or place of work, in the case of some meat-processing plants. PETA itself has dodged the bullet by stating that the members responsible for the acts acted without approval from the organization, and that other members had no idea what was going to happen. Whether this is true or not, no one really knows except for PETA members.
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If you dig into the links on these pages, you'll see that PETA paid for the legal defense of one such domestic terrorist, so their hands are indeed dirty -- in writing. -rc
Posted by
John, Dayton OH on June 20, 2009:
A year or two ago PETA had an article in our local paper decrying animal medical experiments. As a college student, I and some of my classmates spent time at National Institutes of Health as members of their Normal Control Patients program. In short, we were used as experimental subjects while there.
It was instructive that when I replied to the PETA article suggesting that PETA members should apply to replace some of the experimental animals (the newspaper did print my letter), PETA was very quiet in response.
Incidentally, some of the projects we participated in were: Initial human use of Heart catheter, a digestive study which involved swallowing a sample probe (never learned what that was called), various speech and psychological studies, early leukemia treatment studies.
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Thank you for your service to humanity. -rc
Posted by
Susan, California on December 14, 2009:
I have been looking for an animal welfare group that cares about the welfare of animals and humane treatment without the fanatical vegan dogma attached. Eating meat does not preclude me or others like myself, from caring about animals. I have killed and butchered animals as part of life growing up. We raised animals for food. We were not cruel to them nor kept them in tiny spaces. Where is the middle ground?
PETA's Reply - Comments
Posted by Darrell - Idaho on March 14, 2009:
I find it interesting that it took PETA 5 days to respond. The PETA response is ... interesting in its content, but is in no way responsive to the points raised. I won't try to respond for them.
One would think, from The PETA response, that only the "other shelters" method of death is painful. What is the PETA method of euthanasia? By all indications, PETA believes possession of a controlled chemical by an unlicensed shelter worker and the injection of it to kill animals is OK. What happens if that worker misses the vein? How much pain is inflicted as the poison circulates? How long does it take for the animal to die?
I currently have 2 dogs (both spayed/neutered and healthy) and have had dogs all my life. I have, in the past, been forced to pull the trigger on a pet dog I loved. (The dog got a taste for blood.) The dog died quickly, with no chemical paralysis or pain.
PETA tries to hide their back of the van actions in the dead of night, and portray themselves as the savior of animals. Are they protecting others? Or are they protecting the organizational image? They will never get my support.
Posted by Brandon, from South Carolina on March 17, 2009:
I'm sorry I can't list specifics here, but in the past, PETA members have participated in several terrorist acts, destroying private property to protect the "rights" of animals. They haven't directly hurt any PEOPLE yet, but they have made it apparent that if you experiment on or harm an animal in any way, you run the risk of incurring the wrath of PETA, losing your car, home, or place of work, in the case of some meat-processing plants. PETA itself has dodged the bullet by stating that the members responsible for the acts acted without approval from the organization, and that other members had no idea what was going to happen. Whether this is true or not, no one really knows except for PETA members.
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If you dig into the links on these pages, you'll see that PETA paid for the legal defense of one such domestic terrorist, so their hands are indeed dirty -- in writing. -rc
Posted by John, Dayton OH on June 20, 2009:
A year or two ago PETA had an article in our local paper decrying animal medical experiments. As a college student, I and some of my classmates spent time at National Institutes of Health as members of their Normal Control Patients program. In short, we were used as experimental subjects while there.
It was instructive that when I replied to the PETA article suggesting that PETA members should apply to replace some of the experimental animals (the newspaper did print my letter), PETA was very quiet in response.
Incidentally, some of the projects we participated in were: Initial human use of Heart catheter, a digestive study which involved swallowing a sample probe (never learned what that was called), various speech and psychological studies, early leukemia treatment studies.
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Thank you for your service to humanity. -rc
Posted by Susan, California on December 14, 2009:
I have been looking for an animal welfare group that cares about the welfare of animals and humane treatment without the fanatical vegan dogma attached. Eating meat does not preclude me or others like myself, from caring about animals. I have killed and butchered animals as part of life growing up. We raised animals for food. We were not cruel to them nor kept them in tiny spaces. Where is the middle ground?
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