It’s been almost a month since my last post. To make up for that, I’ll quote an article that’s over nine months old.
The Center for Consumer Freedom has been a consistent critic of extremist animal rights organizations and has been a valuable source of information regarding not only the terrorist measures to which these groups will resort, but also regarding their financial gains from donations by an unwitting, uninformed public.
A press release from March 3, 2006, states that, in 2005, as reported by PETA to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), PETA killed over 90% of the animals that they received at their Norfolk headquarters.
According to a statistics table on a related site, that’s 1,946 killed, 146 adopted, and 69 transferred to other shelters.
| Year | 2005 |
| Received | 2,145 |
| Adopted | 146 |
| Killed | 1,946 |
| Transferred | 69 |
| % Killed | 90.7% |
| % Adopted | 6.8% |
If you’re a little skeptical, you may want to view earlier original reports (from 1998 to 2004) submitted to the VDACS. This is a PDF file, so you’ll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it.
Given PETA President Ingrid Newkirk’s unequivocal support, not only of “pit bull” bans, but also of the automatic destruction of “pit bulls” entering shelters, I wonder how many big-headed dogs with silly grins ended up on the killing floor?