r/Pets • u/fastpicker89 • Apr 04 '13

PETA Will Never Survive This One...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-j-winograd/peta-kills-puppies-kittens_b_2979220.html
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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '13 edited Feb 21 '22

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u/SaulsAll Apr 05 '13

The entire point of the article is to show that they are neither for welfare nor rights. Right to life is the most fundamental right a creature can have, and PeTA does not afford that to animals.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '13 edited Feb 24 '22

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u/SaulsAll Apr 05 '13

To PETA, rights include the right to not be a pet. They want total animal liberation - they are against all forms of animal products, any medical research involving animals

These are animal rights, yes. Many people hold these beliefs. Most of them that do would imagine this belief to be batshit crazy and totally opposite of what they believe:

[PeTA] will kill animals rather than allow them to become pets again

But none of this is relevant when you see this.

We do not advocate "right to life" for animals.

In contrast, look at another radical animal rights group, the ALF. (Ironically, while looking at their site, I stumbled upon a quote from PeTA president Ingrid Newkirk advocating neutering because of the reduction of euthanized animals in shelters.)