*Virginia Asked to Classify PETA as a Slaughterhouse
> Thursday, January 17, 2008
> The Center for Consumer Freedom, a non-profit trade group representing the
> interests of manufacturers and retailers, formally petitioned the
> Commonwealth of Virginia to reclassify PETA as a “slaughterhouse”.
>
> An official report filed by PETA itself shows that the animal rights group
> put to death nearly every dog, cat, and other pet it took in for adoption
in
> 2006. During that year, the well-known animal rights group managed to find
> adoptive homes for just 12 animals. The organization killed 2,981 of the
> 3,061 “companion animals” it took in.
>
> According to David Martosko, Research Director for CCF… “It is absurd to
> classify PETA as a ‘humane society’ when its employees are slaughtering
> nearly every companion animal they bring in. PETA has killed over 17,000
> pets since 1998. Given the group’s astonishing habit of killing adoptable
> dogs and cats with such ruthless efficiency, it’s only fair that the state
> of Virginia refer to PETA as a slaughterhouse.”
> CCF’s petition was directed to Virginia’s Department of Agriculture and
> Consumer Services. If approved, the new classification would force PETA to
> abide an entirely new set of laws and regulations.
>
> The Center of Consumer Freedom has set PETA in its sights because PETA has
> targeted the companies that CCF represents, such as food makers,
department
> stores, and textile companies.
> PETA’s most successful publicity campaigns have been those against the fur
> industry, arguing that killing animals for fur is akin to cruelty. Yet
> ironically, PETA itself is killing thousands perfectly healthy and
adoptable
> animals for no better reason than just ideology.
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