To Katie-
PETA is NOT an "animal welfare" organization, as per Gary Francione, Ingrid Newkirk's good pal:
"Not only are the philosophies of animal rights and animal welfare separated by irreconcilable differences... the enactment of animal welfare measures actually impedes the achievement of animal rights... Welfare reforms, by their very nature, can only serve to retard the pace at which animal rights goals are achieved."
Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare
In the end, I think it would be lovely if we stopped this whole notion of pets altogether."
Ingrid Newkirk, President of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PeTA), Newsday, February 21, 1988
Eventually companion animals would be phased out."
-- (Harper's Magazine, Aug. 1988)
What a yucky den of imperious know-nothings this little corner of the internet is.....don't worry, I won't be back to try and enlighten you, you can all sit here and stroke each other till maybe, someday, you'll wake up.
What's wrong with animal rights: Of hounds, horses, and Jeffersonian happiness—By Vicki Hearne (Harper's Magazine)