People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) prides itself on its honorable handling of animals. Recently, however, The Huffington Post released information to the public sharing in the beginning of 2013, that PETA harms more animals than the organization helps.
PETA makes an annual income of more than $35,000,000 from donations. However, annually, nearly $10,000 goes to the maintenance of PETA’s large walk-in freezer where slaughtered animals are held until the Pet Cremation Services of Tidewater can retrieve the carcasses. The remainder of the money donated to PETA is spent on expensive poisons used to kill animals as well as for the production of commercials containing well-known celebrities.
Each year an average of 2,000 animals enter PETA’s care, but the majority do not leave the facility alive. In 2011, 96 percent of the animals that entered PETA’s main facility left the building dead. As of 2012, PETA workers have accumulated the blood of 29,398 animals on their hands.
When the government released this information, it sparked the public’s desire for more details. In search of the truth, Nathan Winograd, animal advocate and director of the No Kill Advocacy Center in Oakland, Calif., discovered a postcard written in 1994 by the founder of PETA, Ingrid Newkirk. The postcard states she does not advocate the ‘right to life’ for animals. The corruption does not end there, however. The Pit Bull Policy, which advises the immediate termination of any dog that enters a shelter with resemblance to a pit bull, is another example of PETA’s hypocrisy.
“Nobody has succeeded in making PETA look more ridiculous than PETA,” said Louis Giovani, the director of communications for the New York City-based Catholic League. “Now it’s even more so for people to see that they’re off the rocker.”
When the Houston Health Department sent people to investigate PETA’s main facility, they found that PETA never follows through on its promises. Winograd also discovered that PETA does not even have adoption days that it advertises.
Even with all the physical proof, PETA continues to deny accusations but has yet to provide evidence that supports its claims.
