PETA for kids

[Warlord211]

It's worth remembering that PETA kills all the animals they "save". I seem to remember an anecdote that went something like this:

PETA will blow up a pet store if even just one of the animals are tortured, then they'll immediately set those pets free, only for them to get run over on the highway literally 5 seconds later.

Seriously, PETA kill more than they save. I have reason to believe that the pets they keep as a result of (let's face it, illegal) rescues, they put down afterwards and then hush up everyone who is in on it.

They had a 97% kill rate for all the animals they "saved" last year. 96% the year before that and 99% the year before that. They are truly misguided and foolish.

Link?

I don't have one but i saw it yesterday.

 

[Falconsgyre]

Any group with a beneficiary who goes to SCHOOLCHILDREN and shows them how to make bombs (Which Rod Coronado did) is a supporter of terrorism, and said beneficiary is absolutely a terrorist.

Oh, and I can't remember the name, but a chef on the west coast received death threats to him and his wife and child because he refused to stop serving foie gras in his market. What do you call that? Mild harrassment?

Again, the reason I wouldn't consider it terrorism is because these kinds of activists generally explicitly include as part of their goals not to hurt humans. In every case where someone's actually been arrested for this that I've heard of, even Rod Coronado, they never want to hurt people (physically, that is; they seem to be fine with committing acts which will hurt people indirectly). That gives them a huge moral boost up in my opinion, and so I think they shouldn't be treated the same as, say, Al-Qaeda.

Edit: Forgot about that death threat guy, but I'm going to have to ask you to provide a link to verify the story. At any rate, I doubt he's officially affiliated with PETA.

 

[MrGameluvr92]

Are you surprised? It's PETA.

Everyone in that organization is freaking insane.

 

[Snowy Rainbow]

My class pet isn't caged up, the bird (this is high school and the teacher is awesome) sits on its stand and goes to someone whenever it wants attention, it gets regular food and gets to bite whoever it wants without punishment.

Clearly you and your classmates are monsters then!

Oh, PETA... You could have been an icon for animals rights and welfare... *sigh*

 

[Geo88]

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Ah. In that case, I don't think we can really find much fault in PETA's euthanasia rate. Their policy is to heavily fund spay/neuter campaigns, so I guess I'm on their side on this 100%.

I'm absolutely sure it's not their policy.

Also, Captcha: hard cheese

You mean PETA doesn't fund campaigns for spaying and neutering pets? I'm absolutely sure they do. Or do you mean there's something else they do that bothers you?

I'm not sure on their funding. Hell, it's been a while since I've done my own research, but it goes directly against their policies. According to PETA, Animals are not ours to own, eat, research off of, and generally, we should just about stay away from them unless your giving them a pat on the back. If we follow what PETA says we should do with animals, (First of all, we should probably stop euthanizing all of them.) Spaying/Neutering would be miles away from the table in question. Remember, her words, we can't do this to them, it's inhumane, and doing this to an animal, is just as bad, if not worse than doing it to a human being.

If you know for an absolute fact that they do fund Spaying/Neutering. Please, back it up. I want to sort-of keep track of their hypocracy.

PETA funds a ton of spay/neuter efforts, including their own programs.

Source: http://www.peta.org/about/learn-about-peta/community-animal-project.aspx

The article references its pro-spay/neuter policy, and even ends with the statement, "Please never buy from a breeder or a pet shop, and always have your animal companions spayed or neutered."

 

[Ice Car]

Hey long time no post guys, but I caught something that really Grinds My Gears.
Peta for kids.

http://www.petakids.com/save_animals.asp

There are so many issues with this page.

THis is a stupidly misinformed site that is aimed at impressionable 5 year olds to force their stupid beliefs on stupid kids stupid stupid.

And, I'm not incredibly right wing or anything,These guys just have it so very wrong it's scary.

"Does your school have a student-choice policy allowing students the right to refuse to dissect? Are there animals being held hostage at your school, commonly known as ?classroom pets? or ?hatching experiments?? Do your teachers plan yearly field trips to the zoo? It?s your school, too, and that means that your voice counts, so speak up and let your teachers know that there are alternatives to animal exploitation*. And don?t forget to recruit your classmates to help you tackle these issues!"

*And if you don't know how, PETA will do school assignments FOR you(?!!)


Look, I don't know if I'm overreacting, but it seems to me that it's scarily misinformed and that sites like this shoud not be aimed at such a young age, especially something so contreversial. Scaring kids out of absolutely anything and telling them to yell the slogans at any potential friend is a good way for the kid to not make friends, the most important thing to learn at that age.

It jsut seems so...Wrong...

You forgot the first paragraph.

"STOP EATING ANIMALS"

I lol'd. Not just in my head, but I choked a little on my dinner because the whole page was so wrong it's funny, but also sad, with how wrong they are getting it and that they are trying to brainwash today's kids. Fucking bullshit, I really hate those people, even though they are funny sometimes. (Though it is only funny because they are doin' it wrong very often.)

 

[BeerTent]

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PETA funds a ton of spay/neuter efforts, including their own programs.

Source: http://www.peta.org/about/learn-about-peta/community-animal-project.aspx

The article references its pro-spay/neuter policy, and even ends with the statement, "Please never buy from a breeder or a pet shop, and always have your animal companions spayed or neutered.

I might be nit-picking, but to me, the PETA website isn't exactly a source of reliable information.

Regardless... I stand corrected. Perhaps when it's not 4AM and I care enough, I'll review what they've spent their money on to verify.

 

[MeatMachine]

Domestic terrorists for the worst cause in history... recruiting children.

 

[Falconsgyre]

I'm not sure on their funding. Hell, it's been a while since I've done my own research, but it goes directly against their policies. According to PETA, Animals are not ours to own, eat, research off of, and generally, we should just about stay away from them unless your giving them a pat on the back. If we follow what PETA says we should do with animals, (First of all, we should probably stop euthanizing all of them.) Spaying/Neutering would be miles away from the table in question. Remember, her words, we can't do this to them, it's inhumane, and doing this to an animal, is just as bad, if not worse than doing it to a human being.

If you know for an absolute fact that they do fund Spaying/Neutering. Please, back it up. I want to sort-of keep track of their hypocracy.

What Geo88 linked you to. Anyway, PETA's position seems to be that they're being practical. They think that it would have been better if we'd never invented pets, but we're stuck with them for now, and the best way to reduce pet numbers is with spay/neuter programs. They're not being inconsistent or hypocritical here.

 

[Gudrests]

IF it wasn't for PETA, I'd still be saying "fish eggs", without knowing the real term is "sea kitten babies".

They "officially" renamed fish as "sea kittens".

I do love me some Sea kittens then....DELICIOUS!!! PETA needs to be quite already. The would would not work if things went their way.

 

[jedizero]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ijLulwUTY

Says it all.

 

[Canid117]

Are you expecting PETA to be reasonable about anything? Really? Its fucking PETA!

 

[Geo88]

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PETA funds a ton of spay/neuter efforts, including their own programs.

Source: http://www.peta.org/about/learn-about-peta/community-animal-project.aspx

The article references its pro-spay/neuter policy, and even ends with the statement, "Please never buy from a breeder or a pet shop, and always have your animal companions spayed or neutered.

I might be nit-picking, but to me, the PETA website isn't exactly a source of reliable information.

Regardless... I stand corrected. Perhaps when it's not 4AM and I care enough, I'll review what they've spent their money on to verify.

How's the Virginia Federation of Humane Societies?

Source: http://www.spayva.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=246

 

[Chrono212]

"get that pen and paper"

Shocking. Who still uses pen and paper?

But srsly; I'm going to be very controversial and say:
I broadly agree with what this particular page is advocating.

Ironically, I'm neither a vegetarian nor vegan or a member of PETA.
However, one could argue that this page is actually encouraging children at a young age to take up an issue and use their democratic right (in the United States) to try to make a difference. I feel the following is a good example:
On the other hand, some of the more antagonistic language and suggestions are inappropreate.

"For instance, when the circus is coming to town, let the public know what really happens under the big top, and urge readers to boycott animal circuses."

Dear PETA,
Please explain how a child of this young age group is supposed to know "what really happens" in circuses without having to rely on your own, less than objective, source material?

Overall, some, and I stress this is a small number, of the wider messages on this page are not stupid nor misinformed but they are certainly over-aggressive and also not concerned with truths that don't support PETAs own, warped, message. Therefore, the age at which PETA as an organisation, not as an ideal of animal rights, is, as with most of their actions, disregarding a lot of social morals for their own gain.

 

[Falconsgyre]

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PETA funds a ton of spay/neuter efforts, including their own programs.

Source: http://www.peta.org/about/learn-about-peta/community-animal-project.aspx

The article references its pro-spay/neuter policy, and even ends with the statement, "Please never buy from a breeder or a pet shop, and always have your animal companions spayed or neutered.

I might be nit-picking, but to me, the PETA website isn't exactly a source of reliable information.

Regardless... I stand corrected. Perhaps when it's not 4AM and I care enough, I'll review what they've spent their money on to verify.

How's the Virginia Federation of Humane Societies?

Source: http://www.spayva.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=246

I admire your Google-fu or journalism skills, whatever it is you're using.

 

[Nickompoop]

Holy hell, I clicked on the (broken) circus link. It sent me here:

http://www.peta.org/main404.asp

So, it's apparently my fault your link doesn't work? Fuck you, PETA. Fuck you and your bunny.

Actually, I think they meant it as a joke. And it's pretty clever.

OT: Wow, PETA even resorts to using little kids as their propaganda mules. This organization gives animal rights activists a bad name. I feel sorry for the ASPCA because they sometimes get unfairly lumped together with PETA, even though the ASPCA is actually a very good organization.

So, I second Geo88 when I say: Fuck You, PETA.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

P - People
E - Eat
T - Tasty
A - Animals

This comment is why this site needs an up voting system.

No it isn't. Express your opinions of someone else's post with intelligent discourse, or not at all.

OT: As always, I'm sickened by PETA's ways of expressing their agenda. Do they even understand the hate that they generate?

 

[gyroscopeboy]

IF it wasn't for PETA, I'd still be saying "fish eggs", without knowing the real term is "sea kitten babies".

They "officially" renamed fish as "sea kittens".

Sea Kittens are fucking delicious!

But if you dont eat meat youll be weak from lack of protein.

That ain't true at all buddy.

Okay I will have to admit there are substitutes like nuts and beans(And kinda fish cause I heard they cant feel as much pain as other animals.My bad.And protein isn't the only thing that keeps you musclebound.Once again,please forgive me.

It will make you deficient in iron though...although they have tablets for that.

 

[CM156_v1legacy]

One of my favorite things about PETA members is that they often happen to be very anti-gun. As in, they refuse to own any themselves.

You'll get my steak when you pry it from my cold, dead hands. And hell, even then, I'm putting up a fight.

But on this topic, it's PETA. They don't wish to listen to logic and reason, so they think that those who shot the loudest are right. I had a bit of fun with that in high school, baiting one of my classmates, which cused her to raise her voice and call me just as bad as the Nazis

EDIT:

To me, PETA are a group who still havent grasped the fact that life is cruel, and no matter how hard you try you cannot manipulate that.

"The planes turn, and justice does not drive them"

 

[Smagmuck_]

"Please never buy from a breeder or a pet shop

Where do I go to look for my next furry companion? The woods? Woods ain't got no chihuahuas!

OT: Ha! PETA! I have a PETA supporter on my Facebook, I find it VERY hard to not troll her for it... >.>