I don't actually know any PETA people. I'm very upset about some of their tactics, like burning down ski lodges and trashing scientific experiments to make their point. If pressed, I would have to say that some of them are very loving and caring people who are concerned about animals--but know little about animals and the reality of animal existence. I think their leadership is in the ecoterrorist category and I don't have any patience with them at all.
All life on earth is a series of eat and be eaten in one form or another. Plants, animals, humans -- we all eat and are eaten. Humans have a responsibility to animals and plants because of our overwhelming impact on them. I think PETA leadership is more concerned with fund raising and, as I intimated before, anarchy. I'll tell you an animal organization that knows where humans fit in the grand scheme of things: The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. They celebrate "Elk and the Hunt." They make a real difference by encouraging responsible hunting, and they make a difference by buying up habitat and making sure that it is used to benefit elk. Another organization is "The Nature Conservancy." These two organizations do positive things within the realm of humans and animals together. PETA, ELF, ALF, and other like organizations are destructive. |
