BS Astroturf Group Falsely Claims PETA kills 95% of the Pets in Its Care [View All]

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ON EDIT: I have become aware that the facts cited in this press release cannot be supported. The group releasing this information is apparently a sleazy astroturf outfit that can't seem to distinguish truth from fiction. Given that caveat, I will nevertheless leave this post here because I think the discussion of euthanizing unwanted pets, the activities of PETA vs their detractors and the world of corporate astroturf groups are worthy of discussion.

http://www.consumerfreedom.com/pressRelease_detail.cfm/release/258

Posted On March 25, 2009

PETA Killed 95 Percent of Adoptable Pets in its Care During 2008

Hypocritical Animal Rights Group’s 2008 Disclosures Bring Pet Death Toll To 21,339

WASHINGTON DC – Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) published documents online showing that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) killed 95 percent of the adoptable pets in its care during 2008. Despite years of public outrage over its euthanasia program, the animal rights group kills an average of 5.8 pets every day at its Norfolk, VA headquarters.

According to public records from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, PETA killed 2,124 pets last year and placed only seven in adoptive homes. Since 1998, a total of 21,339 dogs and cats have died at the hands of PETA workers.

Despite having a $32 million budget, PETA does not operate an adoption shelter. PETA employees make no discernible effort to find homes for the thousands of pets they kill every year. Last year, the Center for Consumer Freedom petitioned Virginia’s State Veterinarian to reclassify PETA as a slaughterhouse.

CCF Research Director David Martosko said: “PETA hasn’t slowed down its hypocritical killing machine one bit, but it keeps browbeating the rest of society with a phony ‘animal rights’ message. What about the rights of the thousands of dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens that die in PETA’s headquarters building?”

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