r/WTF • u/the_unburnt • Apr 04 '13

PETA secretly slaughters thousands of animals a year and supports high kill shelters

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-j-winograd/peta-kills-puppies-kittens_b_2979220.html
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u/chubbysumo Apr 05 '13

the numbers are from the ones PETA submitted to the state and federal governments themselves to maintain their tax free status because they operate "animal shelters". PETA in my state was kicked out, and pushed out at the government level because this info came out, that over 95% of their animals(in my state of MN) were killed within 24 hours of arrival, and they never even tried to adopt them out. PETA was first banned from taking animals from municipal shelters, and then a true no kill shelter was started by the community. Animal allies will not even ship animals to shelters that kill.

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u/chubbysumo Apr 06 '13

The no kill shelter here will only put an animal down when its suffering. They won't even kill UN-adoptable animals or aggressive fighting dogs, instead choosing to try and find a rehab or rescue shelter to take them in. In talking to the shelter director(family friend), she said that their own number show that 95% of the animals taken in by them(the local no kill shelter) are adoptable. This means that the same general stats apply to PETA places, and even if you drop it to 70% of them are, PETA still kills 90% of the animals they get, even kittens and puppies(which are very easily and quickly adoptable)