PETA - Hates People And Animals Too

The headline of the Bertie Ledger-Advance for this week says, "Bertie cuts ties with PETA". The easy story behind this headline is the fact that two PETA activists were caught killing animals in a cruel fashion and illegally disposing of them. Bertie County is running away from the bad publicity from this incident by canceling the business relationship.

A harder story is finding out what this organization is really all about. That turns out to simply require a little research. Anyone who was not enamored of this groups extremist views would have severed the relationship years ago.

PETA is an organization that has delighted in harrassing people for such normal things as killing animals for food. Unless you have a hidden agenda to force Bertie County residents to become vegetarians (PETA's agenda) there is no reason to do business with PETA.

Two major articles on this story add insight to this organization not addressed in the Ledger story. Though PETA had promised to find homes for these animals, they really never had any intention of doing so.

Better Dead Than Fed, PETA Says
by Debra J. Saunders - June 23rd, 2005 - San Francisco Chronicle

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. "This is ethical?" Proctor railed over the phone. "I don't really think so."

The most telling quote from Debra Saunder's article is from PETA leader Ingird Newkirk:

Newkirk also told the New Yorker the world would be a better place without people. She explained why she had herself sterilized: "I am opposed to having children. Having a purebred human baby is like having a purebred dog; it's nothing but vanity, human vanity."

Numbers published in the article indicate that the SPCA finds homes for well over 60% of the animals they take in while PETA only finds homes for less than 15%. PETA is killing millions of animals needlessly every year without seriously trying to find them homes. The huge $20 million budget for this organization is spent not on caring for animals, but on organizing for left wing political causes. The animal rights issue is just a front. These numbers have been public knowledge for some time.

The second major insight is that PETA still does not believe it did anything criminal.

PETA President Denounces Dumping, Defends Accused Workers
by SUE LINDSEY - June 23, 2005 - WAVY Channel 10 (Portsmouth, VA)

Dumping the bodies of dead dogs and cats in the garbage is wrong, but the president of Norfolk-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said Friday that animal cruelty charges against two employees won't stick.

For years the joke has been that PETA does not love animals so much as it hates humans. Bertie County should do business with groups that care more about both people and animals in the future.