I wrote them an e-mail last night-
"Just saw an interesting post about the killing of "companion animals" that your group is supposed to be trying to save. Maybe if you would put your time, energy, and money into actually trying to save these animals your ratio would improve. You know that it's all about the money. Ingrid has been corrupted by the power and the cash that all of the so-called "idealist" have succumbed to. There is a food chain in this world , you can't deny it, and we are at the top. Yes, the unneccesary suffering of any animal is wrong but, your stance, the brain-washing of young children, childish demonstrations, your support of domestic terrorists is disgusting. Being a media [potty mouth] doesn't always turn the world your way. You are a business and you have been finally exposed as one. I will toast your demise."
and I got this response today...
Thank you for contacting PETA about the “PETA Kills Animals” billboard and the accompanying promotions for it.
We believe a lot of good will come from this sleazy attempt to undermine PETA’s efforts to help animals. This campaign, as you may know, is the work of the deceitfully named Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF), a front group for Philip Morris, Outback Steakhouse, KFC, logging interests, cattle ranchers, and other animal exploiters who kill millions of animals every year, not out of pity, but out of greed. These companies are concerned about the strides that PETA is making that are changing their industries and compelling them to take animal welfare concerns seriously, so they hope to scare people away from caring about animals by spending millions on ads like this. To learn more about CCF—which USA Today recently opined should rename itself FatforProfit.com—please see the following Web sites:
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http://www.ConsumerDeception.com
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http://www.CitizensForEthics.org/act...ign.php?view=3
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http://www.Prospect.org/web/page.ww?...articleId=8984
Unlike the CCF, PETA can’t afford billboards in Times Square, so we’re grateful for the opportunity that this one provides to discuss the animal overpopulation crisis. We are on the front lines of the battle to turn back the tide of unwanted dogs and cats, and we need everyone's help.
Our caseworkers tirelessly rescue homeless animals from environmental dangers, as well as cruelty and neglect (
http://www.PETA.org/feat/cap/). They crawl through sewers, poke through junkyards, climb trees, and dodge traffic in order to reach animals in danger. During floods and storms, they are out saving lives at all hours.
We do not run a shelter. In fact, we refer every healthy, cute, young animal we can to shelters. And some of the animals we rescue are lost companions whom we are able to joyfully reunite with their families. Of the homeless animals we take in ourselves, the healthy and adoptable ones are fostered, adopted, or taken to local shelters. However, most of the animals we receive are broken beings for whom euthanasia is, without a doubt, the most humane option. To learn more, please see our factsheet at
http://www.PETA.org/mc/factsheet_display.asp?ID=39.
To cite a local instance, when a power-line transformer explosion burned a flock of starlings, PETA was the only agency to come to the birds’ aid; if our trained technicians had not been ready to end these starlings’ misery, the injured birds would have suffered horribly for days before finally succumbing to a painful death. We also provide free euthanasia services for local residents who have very sick, critically injured, or geriatric animals but can’t afford to take them to a veterinarian. One family, lacking money for vet care and transportation, turned to us for help for their cat, who had barely crawled back home after being mauled by a pack of dogs. We were able to help by giving the cat a peaceful end to her intense pain.
The best way to save the lives of homeless animals is to reduce their numbers through spay/neuter programs, such as PETA’s mobile SNIP (Spay and Neuter Immediately, Please) clinic, which brings low-cost and free alterations and other procedures to low-income neighborhoods (
http://www.HelpingAnimals.com/i-nobirth-snip.html). Since every animal purchased from a pet store or breeder means that another homeless animal must die, adopting an animal from a shelter or rescue group is the only responsible way to bring a furry friend into your life (
http://www.PETA.org/factsheet/files/...play.asp?ID=29).
To learn more about what PETA is doing for companion animals and how you can help, please see the following Web sites:
• Save homeless animals:
http://www.HelpingAnimals.com/i-nobirth.html
• More ways to help dogs and cats:
http://www.HelpingAnimals.com
• Become an activist for animals:
http://www.AnimalActivist.com
In the more than two decades since PETA was first founded, it has grown into the largest animal rights group in the world, with more than 800,000 members and supporters worldwide, and we are currently growing at a record pace. We're sorry to hear that you disagree with our campaigns, but our efforts to end animal suffering worldwide will continue at full force.
Thanks again for your e-mail, and for your interest in PETA.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Collins
PETA Correspondent""""
Talk about a spinmiester.
jayman
Interesting read
Rank Amateur
I may have to keep this and print it out as a flyer to hand out.
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