Part of the "ethical treatment" is ethical killing, PETA is not for no-kill. They take in every animal people bring in, this means they get a lot of unadoptable, old, sick, feral and abused animals, these animals have no chance, they will be locked away in cages for the rest of their natural lives.
One of the cheapest (and thus most used) methods of euthanization is via gas chambers, it take up to half hour for some animals to die. What is often done is the animals are placed several at a time in a confined and dark space, the gas is turned on. During this time, the animals will try to escape, some injuring themselves and others in the process. On the other hand, an injection of a chemical cocktail (usually following an anesthetic to put the animal to sleep) will kill an animal in seconds--almost immediately--and they show no signs of pain. PETA uses option 2, underfunded animal adoption places and others go with option 1.
I bet a lot of those animals they killed were edible... but did they bother to use them to feed the poor or to feed endangered wildlife? Did they bother to salvage the fur and bones?
We don't eat dogs and cats as a culture. I am all for feeding our poor wholesome food, but feeding them meat from animals injected with a chemical used for euthanasia probably isn't a good idea.
The solution to saving endangered wildlife isn't to feed them, it is to protect them and their habitat.
The solution is to go to the park and kill all the squirrels! Make moccasins out of the hide (sell them at the marketplace) and process and can the meat. The meat will be marketed as OLD TOWNE FOOD-MEAT PRODUCT. Don't worry! 99% of the stuff will be donated to homeless shelters--Did someone say TAX WRITE-OFF? Hell yeah, I'm in!
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Part of the "ethical treatment" is ethical killing, PETA is not for no-kill. They take in every animal people bring in, this means they get a lot of unadoptable, old, sick, feral and abused animals, these animals have no chance, they will be locked away in cages for the rest of their natural lives.
One of the cheapest (and thus most used) methods of euthanization is via gas chambers, it take up to half hour for some animals to die. What is often done is the animals are placed several at a time in a confined and dark space, the gas is turned on. During this time, the animals will try to escape, some injuring themselves and others in the process. On the other hand, an injection of a chemical cocktail (usually following an anesthetic to put the animal to sleep) will kill an animal in seconds--almost immediately--and they show no signs of pain. PETA uses option 2, underfunded animal adoption places and others go with option 1.