@DarkPhoenix #205992
PETA absolutely sucks as an organization. I am absolutely pro animal rights and against things like factory farming, animal testing for cosmetics, etc, and while PETA claims to be fighting for those things, a lot of animals of all kinds die on their watch. For instance, they were caught killing dogs that people had taken to their “shelters” thinking that they would be cared for and given to good homes. What PETA was actually doing was gassing them almost immediately after pick up/drop off.
There have been a number of times when they released animals from places like mink farms, laboratories, etc, but instead of making sure the animals go to somewhere safe, they are just released into the public wherever they were “set free”. For instance, PETA “liberated” a mink farm in Iowa and the minks all ended up dying because some had been born in captivity and didn’t know how to find food or water or get shelter on their own, some of them were killed by other wildlife, and others were killed for to protect children and pets who were being attacked since many of the minks tried to hide in people’s yards.
PETA has also created a number of racist, sexist, and ableist ads over the years. For instance, they evidently made an ad claiming cows milk is causing autism. They even claimed there was a study to back that up when there isn’t. I know I’ve got more examples, I just can’t think of any rn and will add that tomorrow.
Some people in the animal rights movement have even said they think PETA exists to sabotage it, and I can understand why they might believe that!