PETA Killed 95% of Their Pets Last Year

[dar512]

While I generally make fun of PETA along with almost everyone else, I'm going to reserve judgment on this one. Googling only found that one source, plus the math doesn't work out.

If I've done my algebra correctly there were originally ~2236 pets (2124 being ~ 95% of 2236). 2236 original pets - 2124 killed pets leaves 112 not 7. I guess it's possible that the rest are still in holding but not placed. But the difference made me suspicious.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by dar512

While I generally make fun of PETA along with almost everyone else, I'm going to reserve judgment on this one. Googling only found that one source, plus the math doesn't work out.

If I've done my algebra correctly there were originally ~2236 pets (2124 being ~ 95% of 2236). 2236 original pets - 2124 killed pets leaves 112 not 7. I guess it's possible that the rest are still in holding but not placed. But the difference made me suspicious.

But... but... How can you not believe it, it was on the innerwebz!

[glatt]

I didn't do the math, but the numbers seemed off to me too.

However, there was a similar story about PETA killing pets a few years ago. It's been going on for a while. There's a thread here somewhere...

[glatt]

On their own website, PETA explains why it euthanizes animals. Don't click this link unless you want to see disgusting pictures of abused animals.

So they admit they do it. They don't say how many.

According to a Newsweek article last year, they killed 85% of all the animals they took in.

[jinx]

wiki

Policy on euthanasia

Before founding PETA, Newkirk was chief of animal-disease control and director of the animal shelter in the District of Columbia.[56] She has said that she was shocked by the way the animals were treated in the shelter, and by the methods used to euthanize them.[57]
PETA is against the no kill movement and euthanizes most of the animals surrendered to them.[58] It recommends euthanasia for certain breeds of animals, such as pit bull terriers, and in certain situations for unwanted animals in shelters: for example, for those living for long periods in cramped cages.[59][60][61] It takes in feral cat colonies with diseases such as feline AIDS and leukemia, stray dogs, litters of parvo-infected puppies, and backyard dogs, and as such it would be unrealistic to operate a no-kill policy.[62] Newkirk has said: "It is a totally rotten business, but sometimes the only kind option for some animals is to put them to sleep forever."[63] PETA euthanized 1,946 companion animals in Virginia in 2005, out of 2,138 animals surrendered to them or picked up as strays.[64]
[edit] Criminal proceedings

PETA was criticized in 2005 when police discovered that over the course of a month, at least 80 animals had been euthanized and left in area dumpsters. Two PETA employees were seen approaching a dumpster in a van registered to PETA and leaving behind 18 dead animals; 13 more were found inside the van. The animals had been euthanized by the PETA employees immediately after taking them from shelters in Northampton and Bertie counties.[65] The group said it began euthanizing animals in some rural North Carolina shelters after it found the shelters were killing animals in ways PETA considered inhumane.[66] Police charged the two employees with 31 felony counts of animal cruelty and eight misdemeanor counts of illegal disposal of dead animals.[67] They were acquitted of all charges by April 2008.[68]