PETA Hypocrisy

Here are a few examples of PETA’s lies and hypocrisy….

PETA President Ingrid Newkirk on PETA’s support of violence:

“Let me set the record straight. PETA does not condone or commit violent acts, nor do we threaten anybody with violence.”
–Deseret News, February 12, 2002

Versus:

“Our nonviolent tactics are not as effective. We ask nicely for years and get nothing. Someone makes a threat, and it works.”
–US News and World Report, April 8, 2002

“Arson, property destruction, burglary and theft are ‘acceptable crimes’ when used for the animal cause.”
- Alex Pacheco, Director, PeTA

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“Even if animal research produced a cure for AIDS, we’d be against it.”
- Ingrid Newkirk, September 2001

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“I’m an insulin-dependent diabetic. Twice a day I take synthetically manufactured insulin that still contains some animal products — and I have no qualms about it … I’m not going to take the chance of killing myself by not taking insulin. I don’t see myself as a hypocrite. I need my life to fight for the rights of animals.”

–Glamour, (PETA Senior Vice President Marybeth Sweetland)

So apparently they are against animal research, even when it results for cures of epidemics that plague the human race… that is until of course they are in need of a cure themselves… . The development of insulin was the direct result of animal research. Via research done on dogs, scientists were able to identify the pancreas as the producer of insulin, and through careful investigation were able to isolate, and then later synthesise, insulin.

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“It is a totally rotten business, but sometimes the only kind option for some animals is to put them to sleep forever. “I don’t think a dog living in a cage walking in circles for the rest of its life in a dog prison is a swell thing.” … “It sounds lovely if you’re naïve. We could become a no-kill shelter immediately. It means we wouldn’t do as much work.”

–The Virginian-Pilot, August 1, 2000 (Ingrid Newkirk)

So PETA is willing  to kill more than a thousand animals that they’ve accepted for shelter in 1999 and label this as “ethical,” because it frees up more money for other work such as publicity stunts, ads, etc. And before you believe that these animals had to be euthanized, killed because they were unwanted,  Terry Wagoner, president of the Animal Adoption and Rescue Foundation (AARF) in Richmond, said a no-kill philosophy is not as unattainable as detractors claim. AARF found homes for 1,062 cats and dogs last year while killing none. Many other animals are written off prematurely, she said.

Chew On This

I have no problem with people who choose a vegeterian/vegan lifestyle. I also think it’s great if you want to promote the health benefits of such a way of life. However, I am getting sick and tired of these fanatics who feel the urge to attack those who do eat meat/fish due to the thought that they are morally superior.

These people continuously attack ‘meat eaters’ for the exploitation of animals, and yet every single luxury in life that most of these fanatical animal rights activists enjoy comes at the expense of animal lives and habitat. To me this is a true exercise in ignorance and hypocrisy.

While these people are busy pointing their fingers, the Sumatran orangutan, Sumatran tiger, Sumatran rhinoceros and Asian Elephant are becoming extinct due to deforestation in Indonesia.

The majority of the deforestation is due to illegal logging. Global demand for wood products exceeding the supply available is the motive and America, Europe and Are are the major recipients.

Palm oil plantations is another driver of deforestation. It is believed to be the most widely produced edible oil, surpassing even soybean oil. It is a component in many soaps, personal care products and many processed foods. Conversion of woodlands in Indonese and Malaysia into oil palm plantations is a major cause of permanent rainforest loss.

Finally, the third key reason for forests being cleared is to make way for industrial timber plantations that support the pulp and paper industries.

This was just one classic example. There is an abundunt amount of cases where support of products used in daily life is leading to the  endangerment and extinction of numerous species. The next time you feel the urge to jeer a non vegetarian for the exploitation of animals, realize that there is likely no difference between you and them.

Join me in the protest against IKEA!

“The life of an ant and that of my child should be granted equal consideration.”
-Michael W. Fox, Vice President, The Human Society of the United States, The Inhumane Society, New York, 1990.

I’m assuming Mr. Fox has nothing made of wood in his house? Why do I ask? Welp, let’s take a look at one example of what trees are used for and what effects they have.

Coniferous Trees are used for the following:

• lumber
• paper
• fuel
• furniture

Deciduous Trees (such as oak, ash, beech and birch) which can be used for

• furniture
• wine barrels (oak)

I can go on with the daily use that comes from these trees…

… Those trees in which live the mighty wood ant! These ants are social insects and live in colonies which can number up to half a million individuals and possibly more!!! Not only that, but wouldn’t you know, wood ants love to have guests over such as the beetle, Lomechusa strumosa, who is treated just like part of the clan as well as the worm, Dendrodrilus rubidus, who is found more readily in the nest of the wood ants than in the surrounding soil. Think of all those lovely creatures that get killed or displaced because of the furniture, paper, housing material, etc. that we use day to day.

BTW, I love IKEA – great, cheap furniture!

Unfortunate necessity of animal research

According to PETA:

Medical historians have shown that improved nutrition and sanitation standards and other behavioral and environmental factors—rather than knowledge gained from animal experiments—are responsible for the decreasing number of deaths from common infectious diseases since 1900 and that medicine has had little to do with increased life expectancy. Many of the most important advances in the field of health care can be attributed to human studies, which have led to major medical breakthroughs, such as the development of anesthesia, the stethoscope, morphine, radium, penicillin, artificial respiration, x-rays, antiseptics, and CAT, MRI, and PET scans; the study of bacteriology and germ theory; the discovery of the link between cholesterol and heart disease and the link between smoking and cancer; and the isolation of the virus that causes AIDS. Animal testing played no role in these or many other important medical developments.

Really? I suppose all those medical papers that are being released from reputable journals are all a fabrication of evil research facilities…. is it any wonder why I am anti PETA??

Animal research has indeed been the basis for new vaccines, new cancer therapies, artificial limbs and organs, new surgical techniques, and the development of hundreds of useful products and materials.

Let’s just take a look at a few of the things that animal research has led to.

Heart Valve Replacement – This procedure, which was pioneered by Albert Starr, aims to replace the natural valve of the heart with a prosthetic which is then sewn into the tissue remaining from the natural valve. Starr was able to progress his research via a series of surgeries done on dogs. Over 300,000 people receive heart valve replacements derived from the designs that Starr came up with through his research.

Behavioral Research – It has contributed to finding means of controlling self- injurious behavior in autistic children and adults.  It has helped us with our understanding of drug abuse. It has been used to develop behavioral methods for screening of compounds and has been used for coming up with new drugs for treating of depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder among others. Prior to the use of lithium for manic depressives, those who suffered bipolar disorder were given a lobotomy (operation leading to incision(s) to the frontal lobe) or electro-convulsive therapy (use of electric current to the brain to cause unconsciousness/brief convulsion). John Cade used lithium on guinea pigs and noticed that they appeared to be much calmer. This important discovery has led to the development of lithium as a treatment for bipolar disorder.

Gene therapy – Animal research has led to new methods of imaging gene expression, which directly affects the efficacy of gene-therapy trials on human cancer patients. This work is strengthening our knowledge of how tumors grow and spread as well as general cancer biology.

Tuberculosis vaccine – A vaccine has been developed through the use of guinea pigs, which are highly susceptible to infection by the tuberculosis bacterium. Development of the disease and the way it works is very similar to how tuberculosis works in humans.

The list can go on and on and on. I am only giving a taste, a mere sliver of what vivisection has had a hand in developing. Opposition to all animal testing would require a life without drugs, vaccines, painkillers, anesthetics and advanced surgical techniques. There would no longer be any assurance that additives and other chemicals added to our foods would be safe for consumption. Animal research has led to medical advances and treatments for human diseases – it has led to development of penicillin, organ transplant techniques, heart-lung machine, vaccines for smallpox, polio and diphtheria (just to name a few), advancement in therapeutic development efforts, improvements in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases… the list can go on and on.

Animal research is an unfortunate necessity.  On top of the fact that animal studies are resource intensive, research facilities have to worry about protests from groups such as the ALF and PETA as well as negative publicity. Yet, these research institutes continue to go on. Why? Because there is no useful alternatives at this time, unless of course all these protesters would like to volunteer themselves . 

PETA kills close to 85% of animals in its care in 2007

Where to begin… it’s a bit tough but I guess I’ll start with the fact that I am anti PETA. Please understand, I have no problem with people who care about animal welfare, however PETA is a brainwashing, propaganda spreading machine that only cares about making a splash and getting recognition. Most of their actions don’t represent the fact that they are indeed looking out for the best interests of animals, let alone the human species that they apparently belong to. Anti PETA all the way!!!! Anyway, I guess I’ll begin with this interesting news bit.

PETA and Euthanasia

According to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, their 2007 ‘Animal Record’ report apparently shows that PETA killed off more than 17,000 animals since 1998,which is over 80% of animals taken into their care. Now, according to Charity Navigator (a non-profit organization dedicated to helping in evaluation of American Charities), PETA had a total revenue slightly over 30 million dollars.

Now, you would think with that type of money, PETA could actually do right by these animals…. that is if they wanted to. PETA is actually quite a strong proponent of euthanasia. In defense of its policy PETA insists that euthanasia is the only humane way to approach the over population of animals and that it is a necessary evil in a world full of unwanted pets. Ironically, this is the same group against the use of animal research… somehow, this doesn’t qualify as a necessary evil, but I am getting topic.

How is it that the average euthanasia rate for humane societies in the state was around 35 percent in 2007 yet PETA was close to 84 percent? Seems to be a bit of a discrepancy here… all these other charities were able to find homes for the animals in their shelters. If you are a pet/animal lover, you should be incensed at the overwhelming proportion of PETA’s hypocrisy!!!