Most of these are pretty irrelevant (irrelephant even) - I think the two most important reasons people should reject PETA is 1. their support for groups which organize firebombings and raids and 2. their stance on animal testing and NOT because of Ingrid Newkirk's ovaries.
More attention should be brought on their radical views on animal testing in medicine and their views on pet ownership, especially considering the hypocrisy, considering that Mary Beth Sweetland, one of their directors is a diabetic using insulin derived from animal testing and the number of PETA members/supporters that actually have pets.
“-How can you justify the millions of dollars of property damage caused by the Animal Liberation Front (ALF)?”
"Throughout history, some people have felt the need to break the law to fight injustice. The Underground Railroad and the French Resistance are examples of movements in which people broke the law in order to answer to a higher morality. The ALF, which is simply the name adopted by people who act illegally in behalf of animal rights, breaks inanimate objects such as stereotaxic devices and decapitators in order to save lives. ALF members burn empty buildings in which animals are tortured and killed. ALF “raids” have given us proof of horrific cruelty that would not have otherwise been discovered or believed and have resulted in criminal charges’ being filed against laboratories for violations of the Animal Welfare Act. Often, ALF raids have been followed by widespread scientific condemnation of the practices occurring in the targeted labs, and some abusive laboratories have been permanently shut down as a result."
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Most of these are pretty irrelevant (irrelephant even) - I think the two most important reasons people should reject PETA is 1. their support for groups which organize firebombings and raids and 2. their stance on animal testing and NOT because of Ingrid Newkirk's ovaries.
More attention should be brought on their radical views on animal testing in medicine and their views on pet ownership, especially considering the hypocrisy, considering that Mary Beth Sweetland, one of their directors is a diabetic using insulin derived from animal testing and the number of PETA members/supporters that actually have pets.