Peta: The UNethical Treatment of Animals?

Peta would have you believe that stars like Jennifer Lopez and Beyonce are evil for their affinity for all things fur. Peta would also have you believe that KFC grows their chickens under circumstances where they become so large, their legs snap out from underneath them. Peta would also have you believe that they are committed to the ethical treatment of animals. In reality folks, PETA is an organization committed to using sensational tactics to draw attention to their organization. Question is, does PETA truly support the ethical treatment of animals?

For years, I boycotted KFC, having been convinced by PETA that they were evil. For a long time, as a person who does not believe in animal waste, I naively assumed that PETA was committed to animal rights. When my support for PETA was challenged, I began to take a closer look a the organization. Sadly, the more I dug, the more I learned that PETA is not the benevolent organization that I once thought they were.

In June of 2005, "two PETA employees were charged with 31 felony counts of animal cruelty each, after authorities found them dumping the dead bodies of 18 animals they had just picked up from a North Carolina animal shelter into a Dumpster. According to the Associated Press, 13 more dead animals were found in a van registered to PETA."

Hmm, that doesn't sound like ethical treatment. Well, we can't let two people represent an entire organization, right? After all, surely PETA does not condone such behavior? Unfortunately, PETA fans, it gets uglier. "In 1991, PETA killed 18 rabbits and 14 roosters it had previously "rescued" from a research facility. "We just don't have the money" to care for them, then PETA-Chairman Alex Pacheco told the Washington Times. The PETA animal shelter had run out of room."