Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:57 pm By Pam
WEBSITE PAGEConsumer Group Asks Virginia Government to Reclassify PETA as a Slaughterhouse
Posted : Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:00:57 GMT
Author : Center for Consumer Freedom
Category : PressRelease
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Yesterday the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom formally petitioned Virginia's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), requesting that the government agency officially reclassify People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (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. Not counting pets brought to PETA for spaying or neutering, the organization killed 2,981 of the 3,061 "companion animals" it took in. According to VDACS, the average euthanasia rate for humane societies in Virginia was 34.7 percent in 2006. PETA's "kill rate" was 97.4 percent.
"It is absurd to classify PETA as a 'humane society' when its employees are slaughtering nearly every companion animal they bring in," said CCF Director of Research David Martosko. "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 letter to VDACS Commissioner Todd Haymore reads as follows:
You can read the text of CCF's letter to VDACS at
http://consumerfreedom.com/downloads/re ... letter.pdf
To speak with a spokesman contact Tim Miller at 202-463-7112.
For more information about PETA's massive euthanasia program, visit
http://www.petakillsanimals.com/.
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