{"id":365,"date":"2005-07-30T06:24:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-30T13:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/semperjase.com\/?p=365"},"modified":"2006-02-11T19:35:48","modified_gmt":"2006-02-12T02:35:48","slug":"peta-kills-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semperjase.com\/?p=365","title":{"rendered":"PETA Kills Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following story is from This is True<\/em> dated 17 July 2005. It is
\nCopyright 2005 Randy Cassingham, all rights reserved, and reprinted here
\nwith permission<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Ethical” Defined<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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 receptaclebehind 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,
\nincluding puppies; 13 more dead dogs were still in the van.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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 NorthCarolina animal shelters, promising to find them good homes. Cook and Hinkle have been charged with 62 felony counts of animal cruelty.<\/p>\n

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
\n“Playing God” Defined.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In his author’s notes section, Cassingham had more to say about this
\nstory:<\/p>\n

The more I learn about PETA,<\/strong> the less I think of
\nthem. The story of them killing animals isn’t even unusual. According to PETA’s own filings, in 2004 PETA killed<\/em> 86.3 percent of the animals entrusted to its care — a number that’s rising, not falling.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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<\/a> — 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<\/em> is how they operate? Pathetic.<\/p>\n

And you know what I wonder? PETA’s official<\/em> count of animals
\nthey kill is 86.3 percent. But if they’re going around picking up
\nanimals, killing them while they drive around and not even giving them achance<\/em> to be adopted, and then destroying the evidence by dumping the bodies in the trash, are those<\/em> deaths being reported? My guess: no. While 86.3 percent is awful, the actual number is probably much, much<\/em> higher. How dare<\/em> they lecture anyone <\/em>about the “ethical” treatment of animals!<\/p>\n

(This is True<\/em> is a weekly column featuring weird-but-true news<\/a>
\nstories from around the world, and has been published since 1994. Clickthe link for info about free subscriptions.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 receptaclebehind a … Continue reading “PETA Kills Animals”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shenanigans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}