Examining PETA’s Prez

The times of idyllic small farms where animals are treated humanely is long gone. Hens are being kept in tiny cages, sows are kept in enclosures only about 2 feet wider than their body (they look like cars parked in a parking lot and so they exist until they are slaughtered), calves are torn from their mother and fed an iron deficient substitute to provide veal and humans can "harvest" the milk that nature intended for the calf.

What we humans do to "food animals" is outright disgusting and most people would be outraged to find out how exactly these poor creatures are raised and slaughtered. But, ignorance is bliss and as long people don't know and they don't want to know, so they can still demand their cheap meats with a "healthy"conscience.

Do plants suffer? We know for a fact that animals do! Biology 101: Plans don't have a brain and nervous system and so are incapable of feeling the same degree of suffering as animals.

@t9900: ....Why is it that humans can't kill and eat animals but other animals can?.... Are you really trying to compare natural predation vs. factory farming and assembly-line mass slaughter?

No act of kindness, however small it may be, is ever wasted.

I do not always agree with Peta's beliefs or actions, however, whether you are for them or against them, I think it's undeniable to argue that harming animals is NOT okay. Violence is violence. Therefore its not okay to demonstrate violence on children, women, races, men or animals. There is no peace until there is total peace.

Why people listen to that Nazi Ingrid is beyond me.She like Peta are out only to misinform and brain wash people and their good nature.Thats it.She gets rich while Peta kills thousands of animals a yrs for no reason what so ever then has the nerve to turn around and harrasse meat eaters and animal farmers trying to make a living and support their families.Plus I've yet to see one single credible video or statistic by Peta.

I didn't see one example of Newkirk "demand" people not care for other issues. Pets and animals DO get abused and treated inhumanely, therefore Ms. Newkirk and others who try to bring it out into the open and stop it are not wrong or "crazy"..

Diannnari wants to violate human rights instead of using animals for medical testing.
How is that "equal" treatment?

From the last paragraph of the article. "But no one has the right to impose his or her opinion of what's important on others. When people start trying to force their will on other creatures, whether man, fish or fowl, Newkirk's philosophy of humanity is affirmed anew." So by smearing paint in a store where people are attempting to make a living, destroying private property, thats NOT imposing opinion or will on other people. Pull your head out, read your own article before you print it.

PETA is a despicable, evil, and hypocritical organization. It's crazy enough that they demand that all of us not eat any kind of animals. But did you know that they also demand that we not use animals in ANY kind of medical work or research? Did you know that this includes vaccination work and research as well? Did you know that vaccinations and many medications, such as insulin, would simply not EXIST if it were not for medical research and usage of animals? How???s this for hypocrisy: it was discovered a couple years back that a senior VP at PETA was a diabetic, and she was daily taking insulin to survive. Insulin is derived from animals. When confronted about this, and how her work and goals included stopping such usage of animals, and how it could affect diabetics access to insulin, she replied ???Well, I need MY life; I need to be here to help the animals.??? Unbelievable. If more people knew just how truly evil, how completely BAD PETA was, their donations would dry up tomorrow.

Animals are on this planet for our use, not abuse. What everyone needs to remember is the difference between "pets" and "livestock". Slaughter houses usually try to kill the animals as fast and painlessly as possible, and most will not put up with employees abusing them before the kill. It is saddening to hear that this kind of thing still takes place. Horses have to be broken before they can ridden. A dog has to be trained with some form of disipline and/or reward program. A cat is subjected to captivity and forced to crap in a box. Is this abuse? These are but a few examples of what I beleive are rational opinions of a meat eating, leather jacket wearing, fisherman that is still trying to get over having to put a dog down last week.

I wonder about the intelligence of Ms. Newkirk sometimes. I have seen and read a number of statements made by her, and something that continues to come up is that animals should not be killed for food. "Dolphin-safe tuna is not enough; we want tuna-safe tuna." All well and fine for human beings who can take supplements for their dietary needs (assuming that they can afford them and live in an area with a well-stocked GNC, of course).

But what about the ANIMALS that eat meat? Face it: cats and dogs are carnivores. They can eat vegitable matter, but their bodies are designed to deal with a diet that is mostly animal protein. Plant protein, like soy or nuts, doesn't digest the way it should. They need meat to survive, or else they expire from malnutrition. I'm sorry, I love animals and want to put an end to abuse and needless suffering, but I will be damned before I let my cats and dogs die slow, painful deaths just so PETA and the ALF can feel like they are doing something good in the world.

MURDER IS MURDER...pure and simple...and can anyone PROVE that plants DON'T feel? Just because we humans can not understand their "language" doesn't mean it does not exist...time to pull your head out Diannari and see that MURDER IS MURDER...regardless if a plant can grow anything back, yet another excuse to justify PETA'S actions...how sad...PS: I won nothing for the PETA crowd...apparently no one understands ludicrous sarcasm anymore....making the absurd understandable to people who are so one-track minded and wrapped up in themselves that they "take to the streets" and destroy other people's property...BOYCOTT if you like...but do not judge...as you are NOT worthy and left WANTING!!

You've got to be joking Blipvert23...if that's all you have then you pretty much won it for the PETA folks. That is so pathetic it doesn't event deserve a response but I'll give you one anyway - show me a cow that grows his or her limb back after it's chopped off (as in the way plants do) then maybe you'd have a case. Plants are not animals - we as humans fall under the category of animals. The question is if they can suffer and animals suffer and feel pain and emotion as WE do. Humans are the stupid ones, destroying our planet and each other.

Thousands of greyhounds are abused and killed every year. Thousands of puppies and young greyhounds are killed before they ever make it to race tracks. END GREYHOUND RACING NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PETA and the entire world need to take a look at the abuse and death of thousands of greyhounds every year. Greyhounds lost at the tracks, they usually die. Thousands of puppies and young greyhounds and killed before they ever make it to race tracks! END GREYHOUND RACING NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!