Just wondering about PETA

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> > 1)PETA says animals should be treated the same as humans
>
> That is false.

Unfortunately, it is true:
http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000054FF.htm

says this:

"US director of PETA Ingrid Newkirk put it more bluntly in 1983 when
she asserted 'animal liberationists do not separate out the human
animal, so there is no rational basis for saying that a human being has
special rights. A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. They're all
mammals'."

> > 2)In conditions where animals in shelters are overpopulated, PETA
> > recommends euthanasia as the most merciful solution
>
> Under certain conditions, it may be. The question is: what is in
> the best interests of the animals themselves? Is their
> suffering (mental and physical) so great, death would be their
> preference in the situation, assuming they cannot escape from it?

This is the policy of PETA on euthanasia:
http://www.peta.org/MC/factsheet_display.asp?ID=39

> That we consider the best interests of the individuals involved,
> and their preferences. In some cases, that preference may be
> for a voluntary end to the person's suffering.
>

The crucial difference here is that humans can express a preference.
Whether cats and dogs (or other animals for that matter) express it or
not, our understanding of this expression is at best anecdotal.

However, I believe these few URLs speak for themselves:

http://www.virginia.gov/vdacs_ar/cgi-bin/Vdacs_search.cgi?
link_select=facility&form=fac_select&fac_num=157&year=2005

http://www.petrescueonline.org/newsinfo/petaeu.htm

http://www.lincolntribune.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1420
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