PETA: Lies, Abuse, and Death
by Dave Gibson,
Columnist
September 3, 2003
TAP EXCLUSIVE!!
First of Three Parts
Part I: PETA's Horrible Secret
We all know that PETA is quite possibly
the most annoying and certainly the most arrogant of all the leftist groups
currently attempting to alter our way of life. However, I doubt that outside of
a few nosy people and former PETA employees anyone knows how they care for
homeless pets in Hampton Roads, Virginia (their headquarters, right)...They kill
them!
That's right, this warm fuzzy bastion of animal rights kills every
once beloved family pet who has the misfortune of being carried through PETA's
doors. People take animals to PETA instead of local shelters because they
believe that they will be placed into a home and will not be put down. Unlike
local animal shelters, PETA doesn't even bother trying to find homes for these
pets. All of them are killed within a few hours. In fact, PETA has gone through
several area vets, and they refused to euthanize healthy animals. Finally PETA
constructed their own facilities for this practice.
A former PETA
employee spoke of one particular incident that burned into her mind forever: A
teary-eyed man showed up at PETA headquarters one day with his beloved pet
rabbit. The man had grown old and sick and was no longer able to care properly
for his friend. He supplied a cage, bed, toys, and even vet records for this
pet. He was assured by PETA workers that they would take "good care" of his
rabbit and find him a home. The man left distraught but no doubt believing that
his friend would be able to live out the rest of his life in a loving,
compassionate home...PETA workers carried him to the 'death house' immediately
and ended his life!
PETA doesn't stop with animals who are dropped off
at their facility. No, they actively seek out animals throughout the community
to kill. PETA sets traps to catch roaming animals all over Hampton Roads. These
traps are designed to catch cats, many of these are not just strays but people's
pets. They have even ventured onto a local federal installation, where they
captured dozens of cats and immediately killed them. The cats at this particular
facility were living in a 'feral cat colony'. They were well fed, spayed and
neutered, and received regular veterinary care at the expense of the government
workers. PETA in their renowned arrogance decided that they knew better and
illegally entered the installation several times, stole these people's cats and
ended their lives.
PETA employees and volunteers regularly enter private
property to capture animals, which according to former PETA employees are often
times people's pets - someone's cat out for a midnight stroll or even just
sitting in their owner's yard! Car loads of cats are regularly brought to PETA
headquarters by employees and volunteers whose job it is to 'round them up'. One
such volunteer has brought in hundreds of cats, many wearing tags bearing the
name and address of their owner. The animals are loaded into a small storage
shed, where they sometimes sit for several hours in the heat and cold...awaiting
their date with the executioner.
We have all seen the outrageous
costumes worn by PETA wackos. As an example of just how callous and truly
bizarre these people truly are, two of the employees who perform the
euthanizations came to a PETA function dressed as syringes! PETA's co-founder
(Alex Pacheco) left the group over its absurd policy of feline genocide. PETA's
mission statement, written by that group's leader Ingrid Newkirk states "We
believe that animals have an intrinsic worth of their own". So Ms. Newkirk...Did
you forget your mission?
In researching this article, I spoke to former
PETA employees as well as people whose pets have been stolen by PETA (which were
undoubtedly killed). Everyone of these people were willing to talk to me but
insisted I not divulge their names or even the cities in which they now reside!
When I asked one of these people why she was so afraid of retribution from PETA,
I was told..."They will take it out on my animals".
Ingrid Newkirk is
not only hypocritical but incredibly cruel. Euthanasia is something which is at
times necessary, I know this all too well as I have had to make this
heart-breaking decision. It is something that is done as a last resort, not a
first response. It is a decision which must be made out of love and compassion,
with a great deal of soul-searching. It is not something to be committed out of
haste and blind loyalty to some feminazi. It is done to end suffering or when
all efforts to find one a home has failed. It must never be done to animals that
don't belong to you! ***
© 2003 Dave Gibson
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