The following is a sponsored message from the Center for Consumer Freedom. PETA: People Executing Tame Animals Shocking news from rural North Carolina late last week -- the story of two People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) employees caught killing and dumping 31 dogs and cats has left animal-rights activists from coast to coast scratching their heads. http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=87978&ran=119183&tr ef=po>
Could it be that PETA kills animals? If you're among the 600,000 people who have visited, PetaKillsAnimals.com or one of the millions who have seen our Times Square billboard, you already know the answer. While PETA lectures Americans about the "evils" of eating meat, wearing wool, taking children to the circus, and using lab rats to help cure cancer ,the group puts to death most of the actual flesh-and-blood animals entrusted to it by the public. And judging from the 62 felony charges handed down last week, the manner in which some of these animals were executed and disposed of appears to be anything but "ethical." <http://www.roanokechowannewsherald.com/articles/2005/06/18/news/news1.txt> PETA picks up dogs, cats, puppies and kittens from shelters and veterinarians, often with assurances that new homes will be found for them. But in 2003 PETA killed over 85> percent of the animals it took in. <http://cf.townhall.com/redirect.cfm?id=627> In North Carolina, the animals -- including at least seven puppies and two kittens -- were dead less than an hour after two PETA employees picked them up. All 31 were killed in a windowless cage- lined van, apparently with drugs the PETA pair were not legally authorized to dispense. And authorities say the self-proclaimed more-ethical-than-thou PETA discarded their bodies ingloriously (and illegally) in a strip-mall dumpster. PETA has acknowledged killing over 10,000 animals between 1998 and 2003 All while presiding over a gargantuan fundraising operation that brought in nearly $29 million last year[jerry goldsmith] . <http://www.activistcash.com/organization_financials.cfm/oid/21>. It's time for Americans who want to help animals to stop sending money to PETA, and start supporting their local animal shelters instead. You can help. Visit http://www.petakillsanimals.com/ [jerry goldsmith]
