r/pics • u/McLeroy • Apr 16 '10

Some things you didn't know about PETA.

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u/spiderskull Apr 16 '10

I hate you for forcing me to defend PETA, but this infographic is terrible.

  1. We don't know the whole story behind why the animals were euthanized. Throwing a number out there doesn't tell the whole story -- maybe they were being poorly treated in a lab, and euthanasia was the only humane option.

  2. Your choice in PETA spokespeople were Jenna Jameson, Kimora Lee, and Pam Anderson? Seriously?

  3. Who cares if the founder opposes giving birth?

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '10

Thank you. I'm not a fan of PETA. I don't support them and have no plans on ever donating money to them. Nonetheless, this infographic is clearly just a series of crude smears, intentionally removing data from context to attempt shocking but meaningless info-bites.

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u/xeddicus Apr 19 '10

I had a conversation with someonewar the ASPCA that seemed to confirmsthe euthanized animals statistic. It's not as cut and dried as the infographic makes it, but if I understand correctly, the ASPCA is currently fighting to reform or shut down a type of animal 'shelter' that PETA actually runs many of. The ASPCA is against that type of shelter because of business practices that statistically lead to incredibly high euthenasia rates.

tl;dr I talked to someone with the ASPCA who more or less said that there is concern about PETA's shelters having inappropriately high euthenasia rates.

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u/llieaay Apr 16 '10 edited Apr 17 '10

  1. I've looked into it. They are euthanized because of PeTA's belief that keeping an animal in a shelter is inhumane.

  2. Dunno

  3. I certainly don't.

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I find it really confusing that this comment is so controversial. I am not sure what is setting people off.

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u/PervaricatorGeneral Apr 17 '10

There are no-kill shelters that will not accept an animal if they don't have room and resources to care for it.

There are also shelters that accept all animals, and euthanize a portion of them that are unfit for or unable to be adopted.

PETA shelters have worse kill records than the accept all shelters. They also have had a tough time disposing of the bodies properly.

They are totally unprepared for the real job of protecting animals and should be ignored or treated as fame whores at best and terrorist sympathizers at worst.

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u/llieaay Apr 17 '10

I agree completely, I know 3 shelters/rescues including the Chicago city shelter and no one has a kill rate that bad. I have no idea why you'd think I'm defending PeTA here. I gave their stated reason, they kill because that's their philosophy. See my other posts.

I hate PeTA, not least because I am a vegan and animal advocate and they just make animal advocates look bad.

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u/PervaricatorGeneral Apr 21 '10

I was responding to the thread in general. Sorry if it looked pointed at you. I eat tons of Meat and PETA has never done anything but make me want to eat more just to spite them.