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Saturday, Aug. 13, 2005 - 10:40 a.m. P.E.T.A.- does that stand for People Eradicating Tons of Animals? If you know me at all, you know I don�t have much use for the holier-than-thou people from PETA. Their financial and monetary support of support of radical animal liberation terrorists (for example, paying the legal bills of one who set a major fire at a laboratory at Michigan State university) has nothing to do with �ethical� treatment of animals. The fact that one of their stated goals is to eliminate (IOW- ban) all fishing and hunting (over 110 million people will go fishing at least once this year in the USA) is a good enough reason to oppose their efforts. About a year ago, Penn and Teller�s Bullshit (on Showtime) did a very good episode on the hypocrisy of PETA. They were so incensed by what they uncovered while investigating; they made that show 40 minutes long, instead of their usual 25. But what I posted below (from the �This Is True� newsletter, which you can subscribe to for free using the link in their article) really sickens me. Read the news story, and see for yourself: The following story is from This is True dated 17 July 2005. It is Copyright 2005 Randy Cassingham, all rights reserved, and reprinted here with permission: "Ethical" Defined After more than 100 dead dogs were dumped in a trash dumpster over four weeks, police in Ahoskie, N.C., kept an eye on the trash receptacle behind a supermarket. Sure enough, a van drove up and officers watched the occupants throw in heavy plastic bags. They detained the two people in the van and found 18 dead dogs in plastic bags in the dumpster, including puppies; 13 more dead dogs were still in the van. Police say the van is registered to the headquarters of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and the two occupants, Andrew B. Cook, 24, and Adria Joy Hinkle, 27, identified themselves as PETA employees. An autopsy performed on one of the dogs found it was healthy before it was killed. Police say PETA has been picking up the animals -- alive -- from North Carolina animal shelters, promising to find them good homes. Cook and Hinkle have been charged with 62 felony counts of animal cruelty. In response to the arrests PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said it's against the group's policy for employees to dump animals in the trash, but "that for some animals in North Carolina, there is no kinder option than euthanasia." (Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald) ...Oops, my mistake: that's "Playing God" Defined. In his author's notes section, Cassingham had more to say about this story: The more I learn about PETA, the less I think of them. The story of them killing animals isn't even unusual. According to PETA's own filings, in 2004 PETA killed 86.3 percent of the animals entrusted to its care -- a number that's rising, not falling. Meanwhile, the SPCA in PETA's home town (Norfolk, Va.) was able to find loving homes for 73 percent of the animals put in its care. A shortage of funds? Nope: last year PETA took in $29 million in tax-exempt donations. It simply has other priorities for the funds, like funding terrorism (yes, really). But don't take my word for it: I got my figures from http://www.PETAkillsAnimals.com -- and they have copies of PETA's state and federal filings to back it up. The bottom line: if you donate money to PETA because you think they care for and about animals, you need to think some more. PETA literally yells and screams about how others "kill animals" but this is how they operate? Pathetic. And you know what I wonder? PETA's official count of animals they kill is 86.3 percent. But if they're going around picking up animals, killing them while they drive around and not even giving them a chance to be adopted, and then destroying the evidence by dumping the bodies in the trash, are those deaths being reported? My guess: no. While 86.3 percent is awful, the actual number is probably much, much higher. How dare they lecture anyone about the "ethical" treatment of animals! (This is True is a weekly column featuring weird-but-true news stories from around the world, and has been published since 1994. Click the link for info about free subscriptions.) So, not only do they KILL most of the animals that the �rescue�, they think its fine and dandy to dispose of their dead bodies into dumpsters behind grocery stores? Pathetic! Please- if you want to do something to help the general welfare of animals, don�t send your money to PETA. Your local Humane Society will put your donation to much better use, and they only destroy animals that are seriously ill. Send some cash to your local animal shelter/ animal control pound- they are always trying to operate on a shoestring budget. The National Wildlife Federation or The Nature Conservancy will spend your money buying land to help preserve woodlands and other habitats , so more wild animals can survive another generation. There are tons of people out there who are actually trying to help make this world a better place for all creatures. Unlike the radical vegetarian fuckwads at PETA� Had a major lighting storm here in Mohall last night. With it came some much needed rain- at least 1 �� in my rain gauge this morning. Lightning hit a house about a block from Casa Roadiepig, setting the roof on fire. Firemen were all over the roof with axes just minutes after the strike, cutting holes to allow water to enter the attic. Glad it wasn�t my house� Lease and I were caught under a bridge at N.P.P.Lake by another one of these isolated thunderstorms. We were actually catching catfish (8, 3 keepers) before the storm hit. We decided to make a run for it to our car between downpours (we had to park about 200 yards from the bridge). We drove home through torrential downpours most of the way. Maybe PETA had something to do with the weather? After all, according to their beliefs I was abusing fish, wasn�t I? Antique - Futuristic powered by SignMyGuestbook.com Have You Read These? A hot day for a wedding...9:26 p.m. - Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009 So bad - but so funny, too.10:33 p.m. - Saturday, Jun. 13, 2009 Evil Black Walnut Tree from Hell!- times up!6:41 a.m. - Thursday, Apr. 23, 2009 My next door neighbor was on the Today Show?8:57 p.m. - Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2009 This qualifies as a "oh crap!" moment:9:55 p.m. - Monday, Mar. 30, 2009 Back to top