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Every year I cover People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)’s negative impact on society and it’s that time again. The government records the number of animals killed by rescue shelters. PETA is known for its lawsuits, protests, and hypocritical beliefs as well as poor judgement of finances.

Documents obtained from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services by the Center for Consumer Freedom show that the organization killed 1,911 (95.9% of) animals in their care in 2011 while adopting out only 24 pets. Source: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4

“PETA hasn’t slowed down its slaughterhouse operation,” said Rick Berman, CFF’s Executive Director. “It appears PETA is more concerned with funding its media and advertising antics than finding suitable homes for these dogs and cats.”

The organization is often looked down upon by local animal shelters. Despite their $34 million budget, PETA doesn’t own, operate, or fund a single rescue shelter on the world, nor do they provide services which greatly benefit animals in communities.

In addition, the FBI is often on their case for their terrorist acts. According to the FBI, PETA is “one of the most serious domestic terrorism threats in the U.S. today.” In fact, the organization spends four times as much money on criminals and their own legal defense than on shelters, spray-neuter programs, and other efforts that help animals.

Other government documents show that the government has plans to reclassify  PETA as an “euthanasia clinic” due to their high number of killings of healthy adoptable animals.

So what does PETA say about this? They never dispute their sky-high euthanasia rate, they actually admit to it, but rater insist that they are unable to find homes for their pets. They had no comment when the Daily Caller asked what sort of effort it routinely makes to find homes for adoptable animals. Dr. Patrick Proctor of the Ahoskie Animal Hospital compare’s 1.2 percent of animals that PETA adopts with other rescue shelters: “other animal societies in that area tend to find homes for 85, 75, or 65 percent of their animals.”

Documents from the Virginia Department of Agriculture show that the government is trying to reclassify People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) as an “euthanasia clinic” due to their high number of killings of healthy, adoptable animals compared to animal shelters in the area. The organization doesn’t own or operate a single rescue shelter in the world, nor do they provide services which greatly benefit animals in communities.

Since 1998, PETA has killed more than 25,840 animals, while adopting only 3,135, or 85.9%. Within the past few years, they have been known to murder 90-98% of animals in their care.

The organization has also been criticized for their funding. The organization spends less than one percent of it’s multi-million dollar budget on efforts that help animals, but rather:

• $50,000,000 to terrorist group ELF in 2003 for a firebombing that, according to a San Diego Fire Captain, “could have killed someone.”
• $2000 to ALF’s David Wilson “to support their program activities”. According to the FBI, ALF is a “serious domestic terrorist group.” PETA’s president/founder Ingrid Newkirk publicly admits, “I will be the last person to condemn ALF.”
• $27,000 to Roger Troen for the burglary and arson of the University of Oregon
• $7,500 to Fran Stephanie Trutt for the attempted murder of the president of a medical laboratory.
• $5,000 to Josh Harper, an advocate of arson, for attacking Native Americans on a whale hunt by throwing smoke bombs, shooting flares, and spraying their faces with chemical fire extinguishers.
• $45,200 to Rodney Coronado for the firebombing of Michigan State University, and as evidence found by police show planned break ins and burglaries with PETA’s co-founder Alex Pacheco. After being released from jail, he taught young students of schools how to make a bomb from a milk jug. A few days later, ALF criminals tried to burn down a McDonald’s restaurant in Chico, California, using a firebomb that matched Coronado’s recipe. A month later, PETA’s founder Ingrid Newkirk referred to him as “a fine young man.” Late last year, he was caught urging terrorists to burn buildings down.
• $25,000 to Coronado’s father.
• $1,500 to the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) in 2001 for the legal defense of Craig Rosebraugh, an ELF spokesman.

One of the biggest criticism PETA faces is their funding of terrorist groups. The FBI even refers to PETA as “one of the most serious domestic terrorism threats in the U.S. today” because of their promotion, funding, and support of crime and terrorism.

For an entire list of reasons not to support PETA, click here.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is mostly known for sexualizing women and hypocritically murdering nearly 100% of healthy animals in their care annually (link). Well, the organization is now working on a pornography website.

The future site that “draws attention to the plight of animals” will be located at peta.xxx, according to PETA spokeswoman Lindsay Rajt. The .xxx domain is not yet secured, but trademark holders can begin to pay money to protect their brands starting September 7th.

I’m no animal freak; I hunt, I fish, but please do not support PETA or the Humane Society of the United States, as both organizations are incredibly misleading. The best alternative is to support local rescue shelters that actually care for animals, and always research them, rather than blindly supporting. Here are 55 other reasons to hate PETA.

I get asked about this a lot, so rather than explaining it to everyone, I’ll just link them to this post. Much easier! Note: I will also be linking my sources to each of these points in the near future.

1. PETA writes disrespectful letters to Ben & Jerry’s saying they should only use human breast milk in their ice cream. Source.
2. PETA believes it is ethical for them to murder animals, but it is unethical for anybody else to.
3. PETA has killed more than 30,000 dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens since 1998, according to government documents. Source.
4. PETA says, “our country’s meat addiction is wrecking the earth.” Source.
5. PETA dresses up as slaughtered animals in front of elementary schools
6. PETA spends less than one percent of it’s multi-million dollar budget on helping animals. Source.
7. “PETA has a nasty track record. PETA is trying to exploit the issue for their own gain, they are not morally superior and they are not as credible as their name would suggest. They go around trying to judge people all the time for eating meat and wearing fur, they do this under the guise of protecting animals.” -Sarah Longwell, Center for Consumer Freedom Communications Director. Source.
8. PETA devalues and exploits women for their own selfishness. Source.
9. PETA has shown hundreds of young people how to turn a milk jug into a bomb, at a school in 2003. Source.
10. PETA claims drinking milk causes cancer. Source.
11. PETA is anti-U.S. military. Source.
12. PETA dresses up as the KKK. Source.
13. PETA openly claims their purpose is “not trying to remove meat from the menu.”Source.
14. PETA promotes stalking and harassing fast-food restaurants. Source.
15. PETA is against protecting animals and keeping them as pets. They say it would be better for animals if we would have never started keeping them as pets and the desire to own and receive love from animals is selfish, and that purchase of tem can cause immeasurable suffering. Source.
16. PETA murdered 2,301 animals (97.3% of the animals taken in) throughout the year 2009. Source.
17. PETA rescues only less than 10 animals each year. Source.
18. PETA is against life-saving medical research. Source.
19. PETA celebrity spokespersons don’t practice what they preach.
20. PETA devalues human life. Source.
21. PETA openly admits they are “the biggest blight on the face of the earth” Source.
22. PETA murders more than five adoptable animals per day. Source.
23. PETA was involved in the multi-million dollar arson of Michigan State University. Source.
24. PETA paid $45,200 to the MSU arsonist, who also happens to be a member of terrorist group ALF, and spent 5 years in prison. Source. They also paid his father $25,000. Source.
25. PETA sends convicted criminals into schools to support arson.
26. PETA has compared Jewish victims of the Holocaust to farm animals. Source.
27. PETA supports terrorist groups who are responsible for dozens of firebombs and death threats. Source.
28. “They will talk about ending suffering all the time; they will never talk about saving a life.” Christi Metropholel, President of Feral Cat Alliance.  Source.
29. They claim they kill animals to save them.
30. PETA claims it engages in outrageous media-seeking stunts “for the animals.” But which animals? The corpses they’re throwing in dumpsters? Killing puppies and kittens isn’t ethical, it’s hypocritical with a death toll that PETA would protest if it weren’t their own doing.
31. PETA has collected almost $24 million in donations in 2004 alone, but few donors understand where their money is going.
32. “Don’t talk to the cops, you don’t talk to nobody. You understand? Fuggedaboutit!” -Ingrid Newkirk, PETA  founder. Source.
33. PETA openly advocates violence, vandalism, terrorism, and public nudity.
34. PETA pays no federal taxes on it’s income. Source.
35. PETA had planned burglaries and break-ins, evidence obtained with a search warrant shows. Source (page 9).
36. PETA gives violent and gory pamphlets to children. Source.
37. “As regular animal shelters know, actually caring for animals doesn’t make you much money, but raising money saying we’re going to throw lawsuits at McDonald’s, for some reason people pay for that.”
38. We found out that PETA finds homes for about 13% of their animals when the other humane societies in that area tend to find homes for 85, 75, or 65% of their animals. So they’re finding homes for very few and then killing most of what they bring in.” -Dr. Patrick Proctor, Ahoskie Animal Hospital. Source.
39. PETA is against the use of seeing-eye dogs.
40. PETA’s founder, Ingrid Newkirk has told her members not to corporate with members of law enforcement, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security, etc. Source.
41. PETA paid Environmental Liberation Front to set fire to the University of Washington, costing $5 million in arson, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
42. PETA paid the terrorist group ELF to firebomb a ski resort, $12 million in damages. Source.
43. PETA has compared Jesus Christ to pigs and mocks him. Source.
44. PETA has spent 4 times as much money on criminals and their legal defense than on shelters, spray-neuter programs and other efforts that help animals.
45. PETA defends the killing of perfectly healthy animals.
46. “You can’t legally deface somebody’s property, but if you’re somewhere and no one’s looking, go ahead.” Ingrid Newkirk, PETA founder. Source.
47. PETA brags that it’s messages reach over 1.2 million minor children, including 30,000 kids between the ages of 6 and 12.
48. PETA plans to waste their money on pornography. Source.
49. PETA has given tens of thousands of dollars to convicted arsonists and other violent criminals.
50. PETA hands out buckets of blood to children. Source.
51. PETA supports criminal groups which the FBI categorizes as a “serious domestic terrorist threat” Source.
52. PETA believes eating meat is unnatural, but they aren’t protesting every time a fish eats another fish. Source.
53. “If we really believe that animals have the same right to be free from pain and suffering at our hands, then, of course we’re going to be, as a movement, blowing things up and smashing windows. I think it’s a great way to bring about animal liberation. I think it would be great if all of the fast-food outlets, slaughterhouses, these laboratories, and the banks that fund them exploded tomorrow. I think it’s perfectly appropriate for people to take bricks and toss them through the windows.” -Bruce Friedrich, Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs, PETA. Source.
54. PETA tells children that drinking milk will make them fat and sick. Source.
55. PETA advertises with the intention to make viewers feel bad and donate money, money that isn’t used for bettering anything.
56. PETA is bullshit. Source.

Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom published documents online showing that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) killed a staggering 94% of the adoptable pets in its care during 2010.

Despite years of public outrage over its euthanasia program, the terrorist organization has actually increased the number of adoptable animals it kills at it’s Norfolk, VA headquarters to an average of 42 pets every week.

According to public records from the Virigina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, PETA killed 2,200 cats and dogs in 2010, while placing only 44 in homes. Since 1998, a total of 25,840 pets have been murdered at the hands of PETA workers.

“PETA hasn’t slowed down its hypocritical killing machine, even as the group continues to lecture the American public with its phony ‘animal rights’ message,” said Rick Berman, CCF’s Executive Director. “It appears PETA is more concerned with funding it’s media and advertising antics than finding suitable homes for these dogs and cats.”

In fact, PETA has been known to fund criminals and terrorist organizations which the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) classify as a “serious domestic terrorist threat.” In another example, PETA has paid $42,200 to a violent criminal for the multi-million dollar arson of Michigan State University. The organization spends four times as much money on criminals and their own legal defense than on shelters, spray-neuter programs, and other efforts that help animals.

PETA’s Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs Bruce Friedrich (who appears on the FBI’s terrorist list) has stated, “Of course we’re going to be, as a movement, blowing things up and smashing windows. I think it’s a great way to bring about animal liberation. I think it would be great if all of the fast-food outlets, slaughterhouses, these laboratories, and the banks that fund then exploded tomorrow. I think its perfectly appropriate for people to take bricks and toss them through the windows.”

Despite its $33 million budge, PETA does not own, operate, or fund a single rescue shelter in the world. PETA employees make little effort to find homes for the thousands of animals they kill every year.

“For the 12th year in a row, PETA’s leaders have shown they don’t care about the unlucky dogs and cats that come to its Norfolk facility,” Berman continued. “It’s about time PETA’s ‘shelter’ is reclassified as a slaughterhouse.”

CCF has obtained PETA’s legal government “Animal Record” filings for every year since 1998 from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Memebrs of the public can see these documents at PETA Kills Animals.com.