"Free of Human Interference"

"In a perfect world, all other than human
animals would be free of human interference,
and dogs and cats would be part of the
ecological scheme." -- Peat's Statement on
Companion Animals.
Sounds good at first, doesn't it. Everything living in harmony and we're all so happy that everything's just "skippy".

PeTA's puts allot of emphasis on their anti-fur campaigns, hunt sabotage plans, medical experimentation rallies and the sort. But, have you read the long range goals? Let's take a look at their statement above as we let their goal run it's course.
  • California 1997, a man traps a rat that is damaging items in and around his house in a live cage. The man calls Animal Control to come and pick up the animal. The animal tries to escape from the living cage and gets entangled. the homeowner beat the rat with a broom. The rat dies. The owner is arrested for cruelty. A man who has never served a day in jail, a man who is a tax paying citizen and a benefit to his community is now arrested for the death of a Warf Rat!

Should he have let the rat run free? Ever heard of the Bubonic plague? Facts:

  1. Lifecycle:
    • Flea drinks infected rat blood
    • Bacteria multiplies in fleas gut
    • Flea's digestive tract infested with bacteria
    • Flea bites human & regurgitates into the wound
    • Human is infected with bacteria
  2. Mortality is 75% - There is NO vaccine in North America - Vaccine only lasts 6 months.
  • PeTA is against wearing of silk.
    • Why? Because silk is made from cocoons of the silk worm. If allowed to metamorphosize silk is ruined if the moth eats it's way out of the cocoon.
  • PeTA is against you plowing in your garden.
    • Why? Your rotor tiller will kill earthworms, and your pesticides will kill insects.
  • PeTA is against "Seeing Eye Dogs" for the blind.
    • Why? The animal is being sequestered in a un-natural state. Actually they would like to see all breeding of pets be stopped immediately and let them return to their natural state.
  • PeTA is against "Search & Rescue Dogs".
    • Why? See the above section on "Seeing Eye Dogs" and then apply it to any trained animal (Lassie, Free Willy, Flipper, Secretariat, Punxsutawney Phil, you get the idea...
  • PeTA wants to force your cat/dog to eat non natural foods.
    • Why? Since your pet is held against it's will in your domain, you should not force it to eat animal by-products but give it a vegetarian diet instead.

Is PeTA really serious? Well it can be hard to tell. It would seem that it depends on WHO YOU ARE.

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