PETA kills dogs and cats. A lot of them. Most of them that they take in.
Here's a video that boils it all down. (7 minutes but it goes quick)
This is from a Wikipedia article...
Euthanasia and PETA's shelter
PETA is a strong proponent of euthanasia and considers it a necessary evil in a world full of unwanted pets. They oppose the no-kill movement, and rather than adoption programs, PETA prefers to aim for zero births through spaying and neutering.[98] They recommend not breeding pit bulls, and support euthanasia in certain situations for animals in shelters, such as those being housed for long periods in cramped cages.[99]
PETA calls their shelter in Norfolk, Virginia a "shelter of last resort", claiming they only receive old, sick, injured, badly behaved, and otherwise unadoptable animals. Operating as open admission, they take in animals no one else will, and consider death a merciful end. The consistently high percentage of animals euthanized at PETA's shelter has been controversial.[100][101] In 2014, PETA euthanized over 80% of the shelter's animals and justified its euthanasia policies as mercy killings.[102][103]
In 2008, industry lobby group Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) petitioned the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, requesting they reclassify PETA as a "slaughterhouse." CCF said in a news release that "[a]n official report filed by PETA itself shows that the animal rights group put to death nearly every dog, cat, and other pet it took in for adoption in 2006," with a kill rate of 97.4 percent.[104] In 2012, VDACS said that it had in the past considered changing PETA's status from "shelter" to "euthanasia clinic," citing PETA's willingness to take in "anything that comes through the door, and other shelters won't do that."[105] PETA acknowledged that it euthanized 95% of the animals at its shelter in 2011.[105]
PETA's euthanasia practices have drawn intense scrutiny from lawmakers and criticism from animal rights activists for years. Fueled by public outrage from a 2014 incident where PETA workers took a pet Chihuahua from its porch and euthanized it the same day, the Virginia General Assembly passed Senate Bill 1381 in 2015 aimed at curtailing the operation of PETA's shelter. The bill defines a private animal shelter as "a facility operated for the purpose of finding permanent adoptive homes for animals."[100][106] Though risking their legal access to euthanasia drugs, PETA has continued their practices.[100][101] In the Chihuahua case, PETA paid a fine and settled a civil claim with the family three years later.
And finally, if you're still here, an article that goes into a lot more of the BS that they pull.
Don't give PETA any money!
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Down is up? *Sigh*
Cloudia - They started with good intention but it soon turned to the money angle.
Hiss and spit.
Sue - Exactly!
Mike, heres another one of those irritating, embarrassing, awkward, but also very profound questions: Why do we treat some animals better than others and why does it vary greatly from culture to culture which animals are treated well and which ones are not ?. I know this is a very difficult one Mike but i`d really appreciate your opinion, cheers.
Perhaps we need a new organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of People (PETP) ... but no Republicans would join.
PETA has never been on my contribution list; I've always found them a little smug and self-serving.
LJ - That's a question far beyond what I'm ready to figure out right now. The human brain is very malleable at birth and can be convinced to believe just about anything depending on how it is raised. After a certain age (around 10) a person has certain cultural norms locked in. Some people can change. Most not.
Bill - Isn't that what religion is for? Oh, wait...
Kathy - You were ahead of the curve on this one. Seems like they should stick to tracking down animal cruelty but leave the follow up to local organizations.
Eye opening. But not in a good way!
CC - Agreed.
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