Robyn, Consider ferrets. PETA considers them to be wild animals, completely ignoring the fact that ferrets have been domesticated for at least 2500 years. Their stated goal (I'll have to dig up the refs) is to release them back into the wild. (for somewhat more details on this see http://listserv.cuny.edu/Scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0201&L=ferret-search&T=0&F=&S=&P=32604 or http://listserv.cuny.edu/Scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind9604&L=FERRET-SEARCH&P=R20523&D=0&H=0&I=-3&O=T&T=0).
Moreover PETA has more than once been implicated in break and enters where domestic ferrets have been released into the wild (for instance: http://listserv.cuny.edu/Scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind9705&L=FERRET-SEARCH&P=R16934&D=0&H=0&I=-3&O=T&T=0) That's just lovely, considering that according to the American Humane Society, pet ferrets survive about a week under those conditions. Such is the concern of an animal welfare organization. They also have been killing any animals turned over to them. 4 years ago, an animal liberation group raided a high school and "liberated" 10 rabbits. They turned over these rabbits (who were pets of the students) to PETA. This pro-animal organization killed them within a few days. Frankly aside from their outright lying etc., they've become a mouthpiece for terrorist organizations like the ALF. Its a pity that they have not been treated like other organizations who support terrorism - arrested and shut down. larry On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:48:37 -0400, Robyn F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Actually the stance of PETA is that your dogs dependency on you is shameful. > >In effect we've "manufactured" a subservient class of creature which cannot > >live without us. > > > >We should then care for those poor, helpless creatures we have but > >immediately stop the creation of all others: no more pet stores, no more pet > >breedings, no more pet services companies (pet food, pet toys, etc). > > Here's what PETA says on their site: > > "In a perfect world, animals would be free to live their lives to the > fullest: raising their young, enjoying their native environments, and > following their natural instincts. However, domesticated dogs and cats cannot > survive "free" in our concrete jungles, so we must take as good care of them > as possible. People with the time, money, love, and patience to make a > lifetime commitment to an animal can make an enormous difference by adopting > from shelters or rescuing animals from a perilous life on the street. But it > is also important to stop manufacturing "pets," thereby perpetuating a class > of animals forced to rely on humans to survive." > http://www.peta.org/mc/factsheet_display.asp?ID=29 > > You said: > >Domestication is the same thing as slavery (so their literature goes) and > >even a well-kept slave is still a slave and the keeping of it is an act of > >cruelty. > > Perhaps they frown on domestication, but based on the above, keeping a > domesticated animal is not an act of cruelty... > > >Of course PETA headquarters euthanizes most of the animals they receive as > >strays (although they don't promote this fact) so perhaps you might read > >into that a method of dealing with the issue. > > Hmmm... Reference? > > Anyway, I support most of what PETA does and stands for, though there are > things I don't entirely agree with. That said, I like that there is a group > out there (yes, a controversial one, but a vocal one as well) that speaks out > against cruelty to animals. The majority of their energy is not focused on > people like us that own cats and dogs in our homes, but is focused on large > corporations and farms that abuse animals on a large scale. They are also > advocates of vegetarianism/veganism and building an awareness of > animal-friendly behaviors/purchases/brands/etc. > > Very *little* energy is spent making their members go out and throw red paint > on fur coats, but these kinds of things are what gives PETA a bad name. I do > not agree with this kind of fanatasism, but these are the kinds of things > that make the news. In my opinion, these tactics turn more people off. If > you ever read their website or their newsletters, though, you'll see that the > majority of their campaigns are very well thought out and > non-violent/non-offensive. They urge celebrities to promote vegetarianism, > wage campaigns against companies (yes, even dog food companies) that treat > animals cruelly, and offer factual material about what you can do to help. > They offer a lot of information about what's going on in the world today and > encourage consumers to speak out with their wallets. > > Honestly, I think most people bash PETA before they know much about them. If > people looked for a second beyond the stuff that gets all the negative media > attention, they'd see that it's not all that > > I know this will probably start a flame war. Oh well. *sigh* Any mention > of PETA usually does. > > -Robyn > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144534 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
