People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is famous for its public displays designed to shock and sometimes disgust people (here and here and here). However, PETA appears a bit thin skinned this week with legal attacks on critics who accused the organization of killing animals in a Virginia shelter. PETA reportedly is asking a court to give it the personal information, email addresses, phone numbers, and other data for three bloggers who reacted to an April 2 posting by a no-kill shelter advocate. One of the bloggers called PETA “animal Kevorkians.”
PETA has refused to discuss its efforts.
Articles have accused PETA of killing roughly 90 percent of stray dogs and cats at a Virginia facility. Critics insist PETA is not open or honest on its kill policy with donors.
I have been unable to see any of the alleged PETA filings or any response from the organization on these allegations. I find it troubling to see public interest organizations going after critics. PETA thrives on free speech and often engages in speech that many find troubling. Yet, we all defend their right to do so even if we criticize their tactics. I would be interested in seeing the filings if they are public and anyone has run across them.
Source: NY Post
In fairness, you should also consider posting a link giving PETA’s side of the story about euthanization.
Because in a debate all sides should be heard equally.
http://www.whypetaeuthanizes.com/
I tried to find anything on this court case in the New York state online system, but nothing. However, it make take some time to show up.
Note to folks: the link above to Nathan Winograd’s website has nothing on this court case. I’m not sure why the person posted the link.
Sorry, make that:
“Next, you’ll find many of us in the animal welfare movement do not like No Kill Nation and particularly do not like Nathan Winograd, who spends most of his time trashing decent shelters because they aren’t part of his cult-like following.”
Decent shelters who look on sexual organs in the same way a Baal worshipers looked at child sacrifices that had fair skin thinking it would be acceptable to their lifeless gods being controlled by Satan looks on life as even as we look on excrement? Satan knows those animals have eternal souls in them lashing out at them simply because he can through people smiling while he does it saying how much he cares, yea right!
I don’t agree with PETA’s actions, but there’s some history behind this.
First of all, the facility that keeps being brought up is a place for humane euthanization, provided in a state that uses gas chambers for killing animals. It’s not a shelter, and it provides a service of last resort for terminally ill animals. You need to be better informed before you just repeat the headlines.
Next, you’ll find many of us in the animal welfare movement do no like No Kill Nation and particularly do no like Nathan Winograd, who spends most of his time trashing decent shelters because they follow his cult-like following.
Lastly, what you may no be aware of is that one of the officers of No Kill Nation is the first to go after a weblogger for defamation in order to suppress his free speech.
Debi Day of No Kill Nation sued Randy DeCarlo for his writing about No Kill Nation, especially its use of funds. Debi Day has a lot of money, Randy has none, and she’s pretty much trying everything in her power to destroy DeCarlo. The latest on the lawsuit:
http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2013/04/no-kill-nation-seeks-jail-closing.html
I believe everyone should be more cautious about what we say online, and I believe we should limit our use of hyperbole—and fact check before repeating what we hear in social media.
But I’d say that No Kill Nation is the first to use SLAPP in order to suppress “free speech” in this little battle.
JamesR: Thank you for the rare words of praise. They are comforting to hear. Thy gracious words of kindness will be remembered by the Lord God richly rewarding you with a gift that will never stop giving..
“God said to Abraham “kill me a son” … Abe said “man you must be putting me on” … God said “NO!” … Abe said “What?” …. God said “you can do what you want Abe … but the next time you see me coming you better RUN! …” (War is the Highway 61 of the 1%)
God came down offering himself to devils in people and Satan himself to do to him what they willed against Jesus hoping to put him in their unseen jail. People pervert that encounter. God does things like that to make the devil accuse in people so they kill their soul. How can people be so stupid? That was a one time occurrence between God and Abraham.
PETA is a vainglorious FRAUD feeding the ego of it’s founder and the delusions of it’s adherents. They KILL at least 90% of their “rescued” animals and illegally dump the carcasses wherever they feel like. Or, now, wherever they think they can’t get caught. Like they’ve been caught numerous times. Everyone in Norfolk, where they’re headquartered and where they’ve been caught and PROSECUTED for dumping their rescued dead repeatedly, knows this. The Interweb knows this. It’s not just a few bloggers. Please share my IP and name if they ask, it’s the TRUTH.
Thank You Jonathan and everyone here who are real animal lovers, and who have the sense to investigate real animal welfare groups and promote them, like the Humane Society and SPCA, to name just two (’cause I can’t think of any others off hand while steamed at PETA.)
PETA needs to get the beam out of their eye before they go after anyone. Saying they care with a trash can full of sexual parts of animals makes them contradictory in all that they say. PETA deserves to have the heat turned up on them. PETA does like it when the truth is spoken.
Mike S.,
I agree totally….
What Mike said.
If dogs could, they’d give Milnot. But no room for PETA or many of those so called humanitarian outfits that kill dogs and other critters. Same thing goes for the Humane Society around here. But, I like it that dumbells in PETA are putting themselves in the news over this.
PETA is a child organization of a sociopathic culture which is in chronic demise.
This behavior is the type one would expect to see playing out over a broad section of any such culture.
It is systemic.
So says system science.
There is a type of person/organization advocating causes that lacks tolerance for any viewpoint save their own. Since it first began to receive attention PETA has exemplified the type. The characteristic “tell” for this type of behavior is the “us” vs. “them” mentality that sees the “them” as irretrievably evil. This results in an inability to examine the flaws in its own thinking and strong negative reaction to any evidence that might show the flaws in that thinking. Killing animals to “save” them, seems in PETA’s case a serious flaw
Justice Holmes,
Insert any political party…
Just don’t forget PETA… stands for People Eating Tasty Animals….
Adopt from the animal shelter. The animals go to the veterinarian first. Forget about your testicles or your ovaries. Don’t think you’re going to have those anymore.
Do you still want to (b)itch about it? You’re going to get the same treatment. They’re going to cut it out.
What about a story on how PETA cares more about the rights of animals than the rights of minorities?
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You will find support material here http://www.nathanwinograd.com/
In addition to the on going claims of a needlessly high kill rate, there is a case of a veterinarian handing over kittens with the promise of homing them. The PETA employees took them to the van in the parking lot and killed them on the spot and dumped them in a supermarket dumpster.
It’s weird that they are doing that now, since they basically admitted to it themselves and came up with a super long defense about how the animals are all sick.
PETA, VIETNAM, RUSSIA what do these three organizations have in common? They don’t like criticism and are not afraid to do something about it!
PETA good ideas, messianic tendencies. Save the humans.
Yet, we all defend their right to do so even if we criticize their tactics. I would be interested in seeing the filings if they are public and anyone has run across them.
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They all have to be sterilized. I won’t tolerate it.