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To: combjelly who wrote (238728)	6/24/2005 8:44:21 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575840

People for the Extermination of Thousands of Animals (new PETA title) Debra Saunders pens an article for today's RealClearPolitics in which she uncovers the real practice of PETA members. This is following on a story a while back about PETA members dumping the corpses of unwanted pets in their care: wo PETA employees were charged with 31 felony counts of animal cruelty each, after authorities found them dumping the dead bodies of 18 animals they had just picked up from a North Carolina animal shelter in a Dumpster. According to The Associated Press, 13 more dead animals were found in a van registered to PETA. The arrest followed a rash of unwelcome discoveries of dead animals dumped in the area. According to veterinarian Patrick Proctor, the PETA people told North Carolina shelters they would try to find the dogs and cats homes. He handed over two adoptable kittens and their mother, only to learn later that they had died, without a chance to find a home, in the PETA van. Now, many PETA members and their defenders might argue that this was just an anomoly, not a wide-spread practice among the group. Wrong: In 1991, PETA killed 18 rabbits and 14 roosters it had previously "rescued" from a research facility. "We just don't have the money to care for them," then PETA-Chairman Alex Pacheco told The Washington Times. The PETA shelter had run out of room. But it gets worse: The Center for Consumer Freedom, which represents the food industry, a frequent target of PETA campaigns, released data filed by PETA with the state of Virginia that shows PETA has killed more than 10,000 animals from 1998 to 2003. and: "In 2003, PETA euthanized over 85 percent of the animals it took in," said a press release from the lobby, "finding adoptive homes for just 14 percent. By comparison, the Norfolk (Va.) SPCA found adoptive homes for 73 percent of its animals and Virginia Beach SPCA adopted out 66 percent." and: A 2003 New Yorker profile included PETA top dog Ingrid Newkirk's story of how she became involved in animal rights after a shelter put down stray kittens she brought there. So she went to work for an animal shelter in the 1970s, where, she explained: "I would go to work early, before anyone got there, and I would just kill the animals myself. Because I couldn't stand to let them go through (other workers abusing the animals). I must have killed a thousand of them, sometimes dozens every day." It is not like PETA simply does not have the resources to care for these homeless animals: The center's David Martosko considered PETA's hefty budget -- reportedly, $20 million -- and many contributions from well-heeled Hollywood celebrities, then figured, "PETA has enough money in the bank to care for every unwanted animal in Virginia (where it has its headquarters) and North Carolina." So, what can one think of such a group? It obviously hate medical researchers and meat eaters, as they try to stop both practices. It obviously hates humans with diseases, or they would not be so eager to stop medical testing. Also, it seems to hate even pet owners, or it would do what the SPCA does and actually find a home for the critters. No, they are wedded to a "Toddish" and cultish ideology where a Dog must die before the enemies of PETA could care for it. I say (to paraphrase Bob Barker): "Help protect the pet population, if you see a PETA member, get your gun"

To: combjelly who wrote (238728)	6/24/2005 11:05:58 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575840

"A hearing details the transfer of $2.4 billion in $100 bills" Time for Oil For Food to surface again... Where's norm red-faced coleman when you need him? Al