PETA has arrived in Houston

[Me.]

19. Peta Considers Pets To Be Slaves

“Animals will never have the right to euthanize PETA's founder, Ingrid Newkirk. This, arguably, is the intellectual flaw at the core of her special interpretation of animal rights. For PETA, it is a political movement primarily focused on the right to determine when and how an animal should die. The decision is never reciprocal, however: Newkirk has the right to kill -- and PETA has killed tens of thousands of pets -- but her own life is protected by law.

People naturally assume that the animal rights movement is simply an extension of the human rights movement, and that it was developed by analogy. PETA's variant certainly employs some of the same language: they often refer to animal "slavery," and in fact recently attempted to use the 13th Amendment in a legal effort to free five orcas from SeaWorld.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/douglas-anthony-cooper/peta-animal-rights_b_1636097.html


“In a country that spends more than $30 billion on its pets each year and gets all misty-eyed over "Old Yeller," you really have to be an idiot to make affection for animals offensive. But that's what People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has done again, with their designed-to-shock traveling summer exhibit "Are Animals the New Slaves?"

By showing graphic pictures of lynchings and slavery alongside images of animals, the organization has unleashed a firestorm of bipartisan fury, while furthering one of the worst characteristics of this hyper-partisan era, the hateful hyperbole that threatens to make Holocaust, Nazi, and slavery comparisons a normal part of knee-jerk political discourse.”

http://www.nysun.com/opinion/petas-animal-slavery-insanity/18661/


“According to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, PETA has euthanized more than 33,514 animals since 1998 at its Norfolk shelter. In 2014, the group euthanized 2,454 of the 3,369 cats, dogs and other animals there. Most were “surrenders” – pets turned into shelters by their previous owners. Only 23 dogs and 16 cats were adopted.”

http://certifiedhumane.org/does-peta-have-the-right-to-determine-whats-humane-considering-their-view-on-animals/