Some people believe animal rights supersede human rights. Some believe
that there is no moral difference between the life of a whooping crane
and the life of a human. Only a few decades ago, people with such
irrational beliefs would have been institutionalized for
their own protection. Many other people at this end of the social spectrum
refuse to eat meat. They won't eat "anything that used to have a face." No
matter how you slice it, [that's a pun] these
people are just plain abnormal.
Man was given
dominion over the earth a long, long time ago.
Many animal rights lunatics resort
to eco-terrorism, but this page is primarily
about the harmless but terribly misguided people who consider humans to be animals that are no more or
less valuable than any other.
Consider this also: Many of the people who are active in PETA simultaneoulsy argue in favor
of abortion. So they don't
mind doing something to a baby boy or girl that they would never do to a dog or a chicken.
Lawsuit chips away at fish research.
Fisheries scientists are continuing an experiment with fish that respond to a dinner bell like Pavlov's dogs,
despite a pending US court order that could stop the study. Food & Water Watch, a non-profit
organization in Washington DC, is suing to halt research by scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory in
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, until further environmental analysis is completed.
Militants pushing meatless,
petless society, seminar told. Militant animal rights groups are using children to push their
agenda of a meatless, petless society, a seminar on the growth of the animal rights movement was told this
morning [8/8/2008].
PETA wants to advertise
vegan message on border fence. "We think that Mexicans and other immigrants should be
warned if they cross into the U.S. they are putting their health at risk by leaving behind a healthier,
staple diet of corn tortillas, beans, rice, fruits and vegetables," said Lindsay Rajt, assistant manager
of PETA's vegan campaigns.
The Editor says...
If the PETA people think life is so bad here, maybe they should all go to Mexico.
Report
claims experiments on monkeys are vital. Vaccines for polio, life-support systems for premature
babies, kidney dialysis treatments and stroke rehabilitation techniques have all come about as a result of testing
on primates, as have treatments for Parkinson's disease and measures to prevent blindness in the elderly.
The U.N. Monkeys
Around. There is a concerted advocacy campaign underway across several disciplines aimed at
knocking human beings off our pedestal of moral exceptionalism and redefining us as merely another animal
in the forest. … The point of this ideological drive is to degrade our perceived self-worth so much
that we will readily sacrifice human prosperity and welfare "to save the planet" or "for the animals," while
undercutting the power of theistic religion in general, and Judeo-Christian moral teaching in particular, to
influence public policies.
"Even If Animal Research
Resulted In A Cure For AIDS, We'd Be Against It". Most Americans would do anything in their
power to save the life of a loved one diagnosed with a terminal illness. But most Americans aren't
members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The radical group dedicated to "total
animal liberation" has made it clear that given the choice between saving the lives of sick people and
lab rats, rodents should win every time.
Human vs Animal Rights. It
is an indisputable fact that many thousands of lives are saved by medical research on animals. But
animal rightists don't care. PETA makes this frighteningly clear: "Even if animal tests produced
a cure for AIDS, we'd be against it." Such is the "humanitarianism" of animal rights activists.
PETA Wants To Buy SeaWorld And Free Shamu.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants to buy a SeaWorld park, possibly the one in San Diego, free the
animals inside and replace them with virtual reality exhibits, it was reported today. Officials with the
animal rights group say they have an anonymous donor willing to shell out big money to purchase at least one of
SeaWorld's three parks, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
The Editor says...
Oh, yeah, that'll be a hot tourist destination after PETA takes over.
When animal rights
go wrong: They oppose kids keeping goldfish. They oppose people riding horses. They
even oppose blind people using guide dogs. But who would have thought that some so-called animal rights
groups would end up promoting animal cruelty? That is exactly what has happened with the People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animal (PETA) protests calling for an immediate ban to mulesing.
PETA kills animals... by the thousands. Hypocrisy
is the mother of all credibility problems, and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has it in
spades. While loudly complaining about the "unethical" treatment of animals by restaurant owners, grocers,
farmers, scientists, anglers, and countless other Americans, the group has its own dirty little secret.
PETA Kills Pets. The organization has practiced euthanasia for
years. Since 1998 PETA has killed more than 17,000 animals, nearly 85 percent of all those it has rescued.
Dalmatians may no longer be the breed of the day, but the problem of unwanted and abandoned pets is as urgent as ever.
Shelters around the country kill 4 million animals every year; by some estimates, more than 80 percent of them
are healthy.
The Truth about PETA: The more I learn about
PETA, the less I think of them. The story of them killing animals isn't even unusual. According
to PETA's own filings, in 2004 PETA killed 86.3 percent of the animals entrusted to its
care — a number that's rising, not falling. Meanwhile, the SPCA in PETA's home
town (Norfolk, Va.) was able to find loving homes for 73 percent of the animals
put in its care. A shortage of funds? Nope: last year PETA took in $29 million
in tax-exempt donations.
PETA Kills. With no
apparent sense of irony, they chose the dumpster of a Piggly Wiggly supermarket to drop off the carcasses,
wrapped in black plastic bags. Among them were a mother cat with her two very healthy kittens, and
seven little puppies -- dead by injection. Nor did either of them appear to evince the slightest
cognitive dissonance in acting as agents, and employees, of the very inaptly named "People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals". For at least two months they had been slaughtering and dumping animals that they
obtained under false pretenses from shelters: they assured the attendants they would find the adoptable
animals 'good homes.'
Update:
North Carolina PETA workers cleared of animal
cruelty, convicted of littering. A jury cleared two animal rights workers of animal cruelty
charges Friday for euthanizing cats and dogs they took from shelters, but both were convicted of littering
for dumping the carcasses in a trash bin.
[Since when is it considered "littering" to put trash in a trash bin? I guess the PETA people were
in no position to argue any further.]
PETA's Latest Tactic: $1
Million for Fake Meat. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants to pay a million dollars for fake
meat — even if it has caused a "near civil war" within the organization. … Lisa Lange, a vice president of the
organization, said she was part of the heated exchange. "My main concern is, as the largest animal rights
organization in the world, it's our job to introduce the philosophy and hammer it home that animals are not ours
to eat." Ms. Lange added, "I remember saying I would be much more comfortable promoting eating roadkill."
The Editor says...
For the benefit of those of you who are too cool to go to church, let me point out that
God himself made it clear (see quote from Genesis, Chapter 9, at the bottom of this page)
that the animals are "ours to eat." Ms. Lange apparently does not know or
believe that, which explains her misguided participation in PETA.
Semi-naked KFC protest.
Three woman have been arrested for a semi-naked protest over the treatment of chickens outside a KFC restaurant
in Sydney today. The topless women from animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PETA) were arrested this afternoon while protesting outside the CBD restaurant over KFC's alleged treatment
of chickens in factories and slaughterhouses.
PETA
Rival Howls. A consumer-rights group is happier than a pig in mud now that two PETA activists are
being tried for animal cruelty — and is crowing about the irony in a full-page newspaper ad. … According
to prosecutors, the two were arrested on felony charges during a June 2005 stakeout after they were caught
dumping bags filled with dead dogs and cats in a trash bin behind a Piggly Wiggly supermarket. The
van they emptied was registered to PETA.
Briefly Noted: Yum Brands, which owns
Kentucky Fried Chicken, offered $1 million for a site in Norfolk, Virginia, not knowing the identity of its owner, the
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Foundation. PETA said it would give the company the property for
free if KFC adopted new chicken treatment guidelines. Yum refused, the New York Times reported. "We don't do business
with corporate terrorists and, therefore, we no longer have any interest in this property," a KFC spokeswoman said.
I guess they changed their position.
'Kentucky Fried Cruelty' comes to an end.
Following a five-year roasting by animal-rights activists, KFC Canada is promising improved welfare for the chickens it buys
for its fast-food outlets in exchange for an end to a boycott campaign that will continue in the U.S. and elsewhere. … Among
other things, the deal obliges KFC Canada to begin buying from suppliers who use gas to kill their chickens painlessly,
considered to be the least cruel method of slaughter.
PETA
protests horse racing industry. Their cause fuelled by the tragic death of Eight Belles in the Kentucky
Derby, representatives from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protested outside Pimlico on Saturday before the
Preakness. The protesters handed out leaflets that suggested horses in the industry are "Racing to the Grave."
Texas appeals court: Monkeys
and chimps can't sue. A Texas appeals court has affirmed a lower court decision that nine
chimpanzees and monkeys that were brought to the Primarily Primates sanctuary in 2006 don't have a
legal right to sue. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals had sought to gain legal
standing for the primates transferred from Ohio State University to the sanctuary after they
were retired.
Who's the problem:
coyotes or humans? St. Helens city council chambers were so crowded June 18th that people
sat on the floor and were standing in the hall, eager to hear about Columbia County's local neighbor, the
coyote. "As pet owners we have to abide by all pet laws, but apparently we are once again living in the
dark ages of Europe, with wild dogs running around everywhere," said a frustrated man in the crowd. The
real problem is fear, said local a local tracker and wilderness survival expert Kellan Scáth. "People
live in ignorant fear of what they do not understand," said Scáth. "Coyote is our brother.
He is more connected to Mother Earth than we are."
The Editor says...
Here's a clue: Any time you hear people mention "Mother Earth" in an argument, they probably
will not participate in a rational debate.
Hunt
for "babies" (cats) endangers fire crew. [Tucson] firefighters
entered a burning house Monday [12/6/2004] looking for children after a woman
told them her three babies were inside. Officials later learned she was
referring to her pet cats.
Couple appealing 'farm animal'
ruling. To Stephen and Linda Voith, practitioners of the Krishna Consciousness branch of
Hinduism, their four cows and a goat are like members of their family and are afforded special, protected
status under their religion.
Elephant killed in crash is 'on par'
with human. A court [in India] has awarded £6,850 in compensation for an elephant that was
killed in a road accident, on the ground that it was a "living being at par with a human being".
Court
Won't Declare Chimp a Person. Animal rights activists campaigning to get Pan, a 26-year-old
chimpanzee, legally declared a person vowed Thursday [9/27/2007] to take their challenge to Austria's Supreme
Court after a lower court threw out their latest appeal.
Idiot Compassion: One of the most
important developments in the West has been the study and practice of Eastern religions and "ways." Zen Buddhism, for
instance, is thought of by those who practice it, as a way rather than a religion. These religions and ways,
particularly Buddhism, are thought of as the fonts of compassion. Buddhists are thought to be unwilling to harm even
a mosquito. Hence the occasional story about a temple over-run with rats or monkeys because the attendant monks are
unwilling to harm these creatures. They believe that the rodents or simians have as much right to their sacred spaces
as any other being.
The human
zoo? If the humans were just another primate, other primates — like
monkeys — would make zoos. Ditto gorillas. Fact is, humans are the
only primates that create zoos, which means humans are not just another primate.
In the UK:
Animal
law will give pets their own 'bill of rights'. Pets are to be given five "freedoms"
under new legislation before Parliament that aims to raise the standards of welfare by fining or
jailing owners who neglect their animals. The freedoms include appropriate diet, suitable
living conditions, companionship or solitude as appropriate, monitoring for abnormal behaviour
and protection from pain, suffering, injury and disease.
Animal-rights group barks back with
civil rights claim. An animal rights group charged with terrorizing municipal
employees has filed a $3 million civil rights claim against the city of Los Angeles.
Hunters,
Anti-Hunters Duke It Out Over Doves. A Michigan ballot initiative on dove hunting is pitting
hunters against animal "rights" activists — and people against politicians. Two years ago,
the Michigan Legislature passed a bill allowing dove hunting in the state for the first time
in 99 years. But critics accused state lawmakers of bowing to the will of hunters
and pro-gun groups.
Dog-fur coats make comeback at
J.C. Penney. J.C. Penney Co. removed some fur-trimmed coats from its racks around Christmas
after animal-rights activists objected that the fur came from wild dogs in China. Last week, the
department-store company put the coats back on the racks — but only after directing employees to use
marker pens to blot out the line on the label that identified the trim as raccoon fur.
Fur
flies as Elle tries to escape contract. Elle Macpherson is trying to
get out of a $2.3 million contract to promote fur after receiving a threat from
animal rights activists. The 42-year-old model, who signed on as the new "face" of
Blackglama mink in July, believes she will be terrorised by anti-fur extremists.
Animal Scam: The modern animal rights
movement is not what it seems. Today's activists have perverted once-sensible animal
welfare goals by putting animals ahead of human beings and employing a "by any means
necessary" philosophy to achieve their goals of "total animal liberation." Led by
PETA, the Humane Society of the United States, and other activist groups, the animal liberation
movement does not seek to improve animals' lives. Its goal is to place unnecessary
restrictions on ordinary people like you.
Anglers attacked by
animal extremists. A gang of masked animal rights activists has attacked a group of anglers,
prompting fears that extremists are determined to widen the scope of their campaign of intimidation. The
35 masked extremists had earlier disrupted a grouse shoot before being moved on by police. A handful of
people, some of them families, was enjoying a day out at the Bank House fly fishery, at Caton, near Lancaster,
when the saboteurs arrived.
Nature
must not be worshipped. If you care about good and evil, you cannot worship
nature. And since that is what God most cares about, nature worship is antithetical
to Judeo-Christian values. Nature surely reflects the divine. It is in no way
divine. Only nature's Creator is.
Eco-misanthropes want
better living through mass death. Most ecologists want to make life easy for butterflies and
waterfalls. Who can argue with that? Some environmental extremists, however, think what Earth
really needs is fewer people. In some cases, billions fewer.
If Minneapolis denounces Dumbo,
could Sparky the Seal or Shamu be next? [Minneapolis City] Council members Cam Gordon
and Ralph Remington want to change city laws to bar circuses from bringing exotic animals like
elephants and tigers into the city. … Animal rights activists often claim that elephants
walk 25 miles a day in the wild, and are unduly confined in circuses.
PETA Argued That Elephants
Were Better Off Dead Than In U.S. Zoos. In an effort to force passage of a city-wide ordinance
that would effectively ban elephants from zoos and circuses, People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals (PETA) is parading a steady stream of elephant "experts" in front of Chicago reporters. What the
media won't hear, however, is PETA's own dismal record regarding the welfare of elephants and other animals.
What Do
Alec Baldwin the "Physicians Committee" Have in Common? Despite its
attempt to portray itself as a mainstream medical charity, the animal-rights-oriented
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) acknowledges that its membership
is almost completely comprised of individuals who don't hold medical degrees. … PETA
and PCRM are so closely connected that they should be considered "a single fundraising unit."
20 Years of Animal Rights Propaganda Disguised as Medical
Advice. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
PCRM is a fanatical animal rights group that seeks to remove eggs, milk, meat and seafood from the American
diet, and to eliminate the use of animals in scientific research.
The Physicians Committee for Responsible
Medicine is an animal rights group. Less than 5 percent of its members are actual
physicians. The group's goals are to stop medical research that requires the use of animals, and to
remove meat and dairy foods from our diet by demonizing them as "unhealthy."
Better dead
than fed, PETA says. Last week, 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 in a
Dumpster. According to The Associated Press, 13 more dead animals were found
in a van registered to PETA.
PETA workers
face 25 felony counts in North Carolina. The cats and dogs two PETA employees have
been charged with euthanizing and dumping in an Ahoskie garbage bin were killed by injections of
pentobarbital, a barbiturate commonly used to put down animals, according to new warrants
issued and served on Friday [10/14/2005].
Behind
PETA's lettuce curtain: Here's what PETA didn't want you to see: two
PETA employees attending a court hearing Tuesday in North Carolina on
charges they killed and dumped 31 cats and dogs in a shopping center's trash
bins. While the court case is pending, the controversy swirling around PETA
and associated animal rights extremists, is again Page One news. Veterinarian
clinics and animal shelters turned the pets over to PETA in hopes they could be
adopted. Instead, they were killed by an organization dedicated
to "ethical" treatment of animals.
PETA Animal Shelter Contribution
Refused. "While construction of the county animal shelter is a priority, I cannot, in good faith,
accept an offer from a group like PETA when they support and finance groups that engage in arson, harassment
and vandalism in the name of their political agenda," [County Commissioner Brent] Hunter said.
PETA Kills Animals. We're
Serious. It's true. PETA has been running its own doggie death chamber since at least
July 1998. Through the end of 2003, PETA killed over 10,000 dogs, cats, puppies and kittens at its
Norfolk, Virginia headquarters. That's more than five animals every day. Instead of actually caring
for these thousands of pets (the same creatures PETA calls "companion animals"), the group killed
them. And PETA continues to lecture the rest of us.
Elsewhere in the world, animals are given no consideration at all.
Chinese county clubs to death 50,000 dogs. China
slaughtered 50,000 dogs in a government-ordered crackdown after three people died of rabies, sparking unusually
pointed criticism in state media Tuesday [8/1/2006] and an outcry from animal rights activists. … Dogs
being walked were seized from their owners and beaten to death on the spot, the Shanghai Daily newspaper
reported. Led by the county police chief, killing teams entered villages at night creating noise to
get dogs barking, then beat the animals to death, the reports said.
Aquarium
Shouldn't Serve Fish, PETA Says. An animal rights group wants the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long
Beach to gut its cafeteria menu of fish and seafood, arguing that "serving fish at an aquarium is like serving
poodle burgers at a dog show."
Commentary:
No, it's more like selling hot dogs and hamburgers at the Fort
Worth Stock Show. If the Aquarium is big enough to have a cafeteria, it's doing pretty
well. If people are buying seafood there, it benefits the Aquarium. Isn't that a good
thing?
Bear Lobby Mauls the First
Amendment. One of the arguments in favor of public broadcasting was that public TV would be
independent and willing to take risks. But New Jersey public television has yanked a documentary
because it upset the animal rights movement. The film, titled, "Bears: Too Close for Comfort,"
could possibly have saved lives by alerting people in New Jersey to the very real threat posed by black
bears, some weighing 500 pounds, on the prowl for food. Marauding black bears in the state are
attacking people, including young children.
Animal
rights extremists gone wild: [Animal rights terrorists] see the Hall family as
killers who must be stopped by any means necessary. And for six long years they tried. Death
threats, bomb threats, and vandalism were just a few of the tools the terrorists used to try and stop
the Halls from breeding their guinea pigs. Nothing worked. That's when the creeps
decided to dig up the Hall's grandmother.
Update:
Animal
rights gang jailed for 12 years to deter 'lunatics'. Four animal rights extremists who conducted
a six-year campaign of terror against the owners of a guinea pig breeding farm, which culminated in the theft
of a pensioner's body from her grave, were jailed yesterday [5/12/2006].
Town told to drop the dead fish
contest. There was outrage and sadness in a Dorset fishing town yesterday [7/29/2006] as locals
mourned the death of a cherished tradition, killed off after complaints from animal rights activists.
Since time immemorial, or at least since 1974, the denizens of Lyme Regis have gathered on the harbour
to indulge in the traditional sport of the conger: a game of skill and balance involving a
dead eel.
Animal "Rights"
and the New Man Haters. In the name of so-called "animal rights," terrorists have
committed hundreds of violent crimes. They have vandalized or fire bombed meat companies, fur stores,
fast-food restaurants, leather shops and medical research laboratories across
North America. The animal "rights" movement, however, is not about the humane
treatment of animals. Its goal is the animalistic treatment of human beings. According
to these terrorists, it is immoral to eat meat, to wear fur coats or leather shoes, and
to use animals in researchŅeven if it would lead to cures for deadly diseases. The terrorists
are unmoved by the indisputable fact that animal research saves human lives.
PETA is neither kind nor
gentle. The modern animal rights movement parted ways with the warm and fuzzy kitten huggers years
ago. And with its long history of supporting animal-rights violence, PETA is the poster child for what's
wrong with the movement. In 2001, PETA actually wrote a check to the Earth Liberation Front, the
arson-happy ecoterrorists who frequently torch SUVs and construction sites.
It's
Us or Them: Deer on the Highway can be Deadly. Last year, more than
200 drivers in the nation were killed in motor vehicle accidents involving animals. About
75 percent of those accidents involved deer, according to a recent study released by the
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The numbers are from an Highway Safety
Administration database that tracked the fatalities from 1992-2003.
Too Many Deer in New Jersey. Why
not pass a statewide law that makes it a whole lot easier for deer removal town-by-town. This nuisance
species could be culled by animal control professionals without endless protests by a handful of people who
think that deer are cute. Raccoons are cute, too, but nobody weeps as they are trapped and removed.
The Myth of Animal Rights. Animals make good
companions, provide an endless source of entertainment, and make excellent research test subjects. They're
cute, cuddly, and often quite tasty. While one can truthfully say many wonderful things about animals, one
cannot truthfully say that animals have rights. Animals are property to be possessed, cultivated, or
disposed of as their human owners see fit.
Without man, the environment is
insignificant. Nature in and of itself has no purpose without the existence of human beings to
appreciate it.
The case for Judeo-Christian
values: Part IV. Would you first save the dog you love or a stranger if both were
drowning? The answer depends on your value system.
Whole Foods Bans the
Sale of Live Lobsters. Customers craving fresh crustaceans will have to look beyond Whole Foods
Market Inc. after the natural-foods grocery chain decided Thursday [6/15/2006] to stop selling live lobsters
and crabs on the grounds that it's inhumane. The Austin-based grocer spent seven months studying the
sale of live lobsters from ship to supermarket aisle, trying to determine whether the creatures suffer
along the way.
Lobsters
in the News. Getting boiled to death doesn't hurt, if you're a lobster. According
to a new Norweigian study, scientists at the University of Oslo conclude that a lobster's simple nervous
system and underdeveloped brain keep it from experiencing pain in the pot. What about all that
thrashing? Just an escape reflex. As biologist Mike Loughlin says, "It's a semantic
thing: No brain, no pain."
Editor's Note: I'm no
animal rights fanatic, and I don't eat lobsters, but I'm certainly not in favor of boiling
live animals, unless they're microscopic, and a health hazard.
The lobstermen are
steamed. Lobsters are not just "caught," after all. They're fed and ranched over a bay
floor nearly covered with traps. They walk in and out of the traps in search of their free lunch.
They are hauled up and thrown back for about seven years until they reach legal size and are sent to market.
Animal Rights Lunatic Is A Dog's Best
Friend. Last week, students at the University of Iowa participated in their school's annual Martin
Luther King, Jr. Human Rights Week. Despite the event's emphasis on human rights, Steven Best —
philosophy chair at the University of Texas El Paso and co-founder of the Animal Liberation Press Office along
with Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine spokesperson Jerry Vlasak — managed to worm his
way onto the speakers' list and make the case for his decidedly anti-human agenda. Speaking to over 100
horrified spectators, Best said he'd sacrifice the life of a stranger to save his dog.
New Voices For The "Leaderless"
Lunatic Fringe: When animal-rights hoodlums vandalized two McDonald's restaurants in the
Los Angeles area last month, neither the Associated Press nor the Los Angeles Times was able to find anyone
from the shadowy Animal Liberation Front (ALF) to comment on its crimes. … Speaking on behalf of the ALF
requires one to communicate detailed knowledge of violent crimes while claiming, straight-faced, to have no
clue who the perpetrators are.
Sharpton Joins With an Animal Rights
Group in Calling for a Boycott of KFC. The Rev. Al Sharpton will not eat at KFC and he doesn't
think you should either. Starting today [2/2/2005], Mr. Sharpton is joining forces with the animal rights
group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to urge a boycott of KFC, which is owned by Yum Brands of
Louisville, Ky.
[Hey, Al... Where do ribs come from?]
Coyotes Have Community
Howling Mad. Residents in a gated community just outside San Jose are howling
mad: They say they're being terrorized by a family of coyotes that has moved in, and
they're getting no support from the city to get rid of them. Neighbors said the
coyotes follow people home, skulk around garages and have even stalked local
children. ... But city council members voted against allowing residents
to trap the coyotes out of what one council member called his deep respect
for all life. [With the exception of human life.]
PETA Thug Arrested.
Billy Prusinowski, a 19-year-old college student, was arraigned last week on second-degree assault charges in
Syracuse, NY. Police say Billy punched a fellow teenager in the face so hard that he needed to see an eye
surgeon. They also say he's "affiliated with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals," according to
the Syracuse Post Standard. When Billy arrived at his arraignment, the paper adds, "he had PETA
literature and what appeared to be a member card with him." Police Captain Tom Winn told the Post
Standard that this "vicious assault" was motivated by the victim's family business. The victim's father,
you see, owns a fur store.
[Sounds like a hate crime, but
are such charges pending? Probably not.]
Our land or theirs?
When Californians hunted lions, lions didn't hunt them. Now man and beast are switching roles. Nothing
more starkly exemplifies how environmentalist ideology has turned upside down the way man views his relationship
with nature. When Americans first went west, we unabashedly went to conquer the wild things and bring them
under our dominion. Now we aren't sure if this is our land or theirs.
Animal
rites: If you think there is a limit to how much childishness there is among
Californians, you may want to reconsider — especially for Californians in
academic communities.
Save the Whales, Save the Earth, or Save the
Humans? As the apex of God's creation, man was given dominion over the earth and the animal
kingdom (Genesis 1:29-30). If you are trying to use the Bible to support animal rights and
vegetarianism, friend you are barking up the wrong tree.
Editor's Note: The
scripture quoted at the bottom of this page indicates that people didn't eat meat
until Noah and his family survived the flood and left the ark. Prior to that
time, even if people were vegetarians, man still had dominion over the animals,
and still does.
Veganism Is
Murder. PETA — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — is at it
again. When actress Jessica Simpson recently wore a T-shirt bearing the words "Real Girls Eat Meat,"
the animal-rights zealots pounced. "Jessica Simpson might have a right to wear what she wants," a PETA
spokesperson said, "but she doesn't have a right to eat what she wants — eating meat is about
suffering and death."
The Editor says...
Fortunately PETA is neither the source nor the arbiter of our rights.
Human Rights vs. Animal Rights.
(Book review) Putting Humans First is the only book I have encountered that views today's
environmental movement from a historical and philosophical perspective and convincingly argues why we have been
on the wrong track. Putting Humans First should become the gold standard for warm and friendly
human beings endeavoring to understand and explain why, though we may love animals and nature, they are
intrinsically inferior to humans. They warrant "rights" only as we humans define them.
Animal
cracker: PETA activists are menacing children at performances of "The
Nutcracker" in 20 U.S. cities — giving them handouts that read, "Your Mommy Kills
Animals."
Individuals Involved with
Animal Rights Issues. [Peter Singer] deems it wrong to assign greater inherent value to human
beings than to any other form of animal life -- be it a bird, a fish, or a mouse. He rejects
the Biblical notion that mankind is nature's steward and master; that humans have souls and animals
do not; and that people are uniquely made in the image of God. ... Notwithstanding his
opposition to the killing of animals, Singer believes that human parents should be legally
permitted to kill a "severely disabled" infant up to 28 days after its birth if they
deem the baby's life not worth living.
Your Kids,
PETA's Pawns. PETA targets children as young as six years old for
indoctrination with violent and graphic propaganda, according to a new report from the
Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF). The $24 million animal rights group targets
kids at every age level, sidestepping parents and school authorities to lure young and
impressionable children into radical activism. Some of these same children mature
into hard-core animal rights criminals.
Get
ready for 'plant rights'. You just knew it was coming: At the request of the Swiss government, an ethics
panel has weighed in on the "dignity" of plants and opined that the arbitrary killing of flora is morally wrong. This
is no hoax. The concept of what could be called "plant rights" is being seriously debated.
PETA
Principles: An open letter to PETA which asks (among many other things),
"If PETA does launch a 'plant rights' campaign, will it include weeds? If so, does that
mean that your members will have to quit smoking weed? Do you know, roughly, what
percentage of the women in your organization have had abortions?"
Update:
PETA
responds! But unfortunately the abortion question was considered
"just too absurd to warrant an answer". (Translation: touché!)
Another update:
Noah
responds to PETA! PETA's members clearly see the human fetus as a lower form of
life than chickens, dogs, mice, and rabbits. This position is hard to comprehend as
you watch an unborn baby via ultrasound. To see them yawn and rub their eyes and
playfully move about in the womb is to see the work of God inside a human sanctuary. It
is a place that should be free from the abortionist's instruments. It is a place
where God's will, not the will of man, should be allowed to run its course.
The
PETA Principle: Lab Rats Over Sick Kids. The lunatics at PETA continue
to use their tax-exempt millions thwarting contributions to health charities like the
March of Dimes, the American Red Cross, and the American Heart Association.
They're
Coming After Your Milkshakes, Shoes, And Holiday Turkey. Genesis [1:26]
notwithstanding, will pigs soon be equal to people? Itīs not a silly idea to
animal rights activists. David Barbarash, spokesman for the violent Animal
Liberation Front, says: "We don't see the difference between the inherent
rights of a human and the inherent rights of an animal."
People
and Predation: The biocentric eco-activists who seek the removal of
industrial civilization from North America consider human life just another link
in the food chain.
Lethally
Blonde: Taking young relatives to movies can be a dangerous thing. At
Legally Blonde 2, I wasn't expecting much beyond vapid dialogue, stylish clothes and
accessories, and a cute rat-sized Chihuahua thrown in for good measure. What I
got was a down and dirty indoctrination in PETA's animal rights ideology, along with
a subplot on the wonders of homosexual relationships.
Governments Sacrifice Humans for Bears. The
government has become an agent of nature-worshiping environmentalists who value pristine nature above human life.
For
the Birds: Most people agree with me that people are way more important
than chickens. But some people don't agree. And want to stop us from eating chicken,
believe it or not. And speak as if chickens are more important than people.
Animal Rights: In
the last 15 years, Americans have become increasingly aware of the animal rights
movement. Through demonstrations, boycotts, letter-writing campaigns, criminal and
terrorist acts, and lurid charges of animal abuse directed at animal researchers,
livestock and poultry farmers, and others who use animals, animal rights organizations
are challenging the traditional roles of animals in our lives.
Animal Rights and Ecoterrorism:
The Price We Pay. Chronologies of Animal Rights and Environmental Terrorism [PDF file]
Magistrate
clears activist who tried to save Channel Island rats: (AP)- A federal
magistrate has cleared an environmental activist who attempted to thwart government
efforts to rid the Channel Islands of black rats.
Political Radicalism and Animal Rights:
PETA. Compared to traditional humane societies, People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals is a
relative newcomer. Founded in 1980, PETA has quickly become one of the best-funded and most recognized
animal rights group in the nation. PETA targets corporations for alleged mistreatment of animals and
often succeeds even though its allegations lack merit.
Protecting
the environment: California's San Bernardino County was just about ready to
build a new hospital. That was until the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department discovered that
the endangered flower-loving Delhi Sands fly was found on the site. The county had to
spend $4.5 million to move the hospital 250 feet; it also had to divert funds from its
medical mission to pay for mandated Delhi Sands fly studies.
Christianity
Harmful to Animals, Says Animal Rights Godfather: Princeton University
Professor Peter Singer, dubbed the "godfather" of animal rights, says Christianity is
a "problem" for the animal rights movement. Singer, author of the book "Animal Liberation"
and a professor of bioethics at Princeton University's Center for Human Values, criticized
American Christianity for its fundamentalist strain that takes the Bible too "literally"
and promotes "speciesism." He defined speciesism as the belief that being a member of a
certain species "makes you superior to any other being that is not a member
of that species."
Toys
before swine: I didn't make this up: New European Commission regulations
require pig farmers to put "manipulable material" that provides "environmental
enrichment" in pigsties. By which, the Eurocrats apparently mean, even if it's
not set out explicitly in the new regs: Toys for pigs; it's the law.
PETA likens chickens to Holocaust
victims: Animal-rights activists launch a campaign against meat eaters.
Foie Gras, anyone?
Chicagoans Force-Fed Animal Rights
Nonsense. Ducking the opportunity to stand up to animal-rights extremists, the Chicago City
Council voted on Wednesday [4/26/2006] to outlaw the sale of the delicacy foie gras.
Update:
Suit cries foul over foie gras
ban. Four months ago, the City Council opened itself up to ridicule by banning foie gras, a
liver delicacy most Chicagoans have never tasted and cannot afford. Now, the ordinance that made
sarcastic headlines around the world will open Chicago taxpayers up to costly legal bills.
Busybody
politicians, get off our backs. If you want to buy or sell foie gras in a Chicago restaurant,
you'll have to break the law. … City officials say cracking down on foie gras pushers won't be a high
priority. But the law is on the books, ready whenever the authorities want to harass some troublesome
restaurateur. In this case the politicians are catering to the animal-rights lobby, which complains that
geese and ducks are force-fed to make the fattened-liver paste. (The American Veterinary Medical
Association investigated the process and has abstained from condemning it.)
The Editor says...
I had never heard of it. Apparently it's some kind of dish made from goose liver.
Au revoir to foie
gras. No more will foie gras in any of its lusciously fatty forms appear on menus in any of
Wolfgang Puck's restaurants. … Over the next few months, his restaurants will [also] stop buying eggs from
caged chickens and meat from animals raised in crates — including the veal for his signature Wiener
Schnitzel, served in all 14 of Puck's fine-dining restaurants. Seafood will come from certified
sustainable fisheries. More organic and local produce is also part of the plan.
Chicago Issues First $250 Fine to Hot Dog
Seller for Foie Gras. The city issued its first foie gras fine to a hot dog seller of all
people, accusing "Hot Doug's" of violating a Chicago ban by lacing its specialty dogs with the duck liver
delicacy.
Protecting Squid Before Sailors: Osama bin
Laden gets help from the strangest creatures. As America's military struggles to prepare its forces for
the War on Terror, radical environmentalists are using marine life — whales, dolphins, and even
squid — to try to block sea-based training exercises and technological innovations needed to ensure
combat readiness.
Government
Helping Gaia Movement Take Land Away From Humans: While
the nation's attention is riveted on the war on terrorism, business
corruption, church scandals, and the kidnaping of children, another war to
subjugate American citizens goes unnoticed except by those in the cross-hairs. This
war is being waged inside our borders. The apostles of Gaia, with the help of
principle-less elected officials and Quisling Clerks, are advancing their agenda,
the depopulation of large areas of the country, a.k.a. The Wildlands Project.
Treading
new Turf: Animal activists invaded a 4-H livestock area at the California
state fair, urging the kids to let their prize animals live, rather than end up as
someone's dinner. A report in the Sacramento Bee said the activists were
not well-received.
Dead Snake Costs California $1
Million: When California officials found a garter snake lying dead at a construction site, alarm
bells rang and state officials scurried around while all work was shut down for over two weeks to unlock the
mystery surrounding the tiny serpent's death.
Words get pet lovers' hackles
up: A proposal by the city Animal Services Commission to officially replace the term "pet owners"
with "pet guardians" has sparked a cat fight among Los Angeles City Council members and some pet
lovers. The proposal has led to concerns that it could make the city vulnerable to lawsuits or change
the liability people have for their pets.
Just
How Crazy Are They?: In an "open letter" to Vegan Voice, a publication for vegetarians,
Karen Davis of United Poultry Concerns, compares the lives of more than 3,000 men and women who died
in the World Trade Center attack to the lives of CHICKENS.
PETA
Under Attack for Funding Alleged Eco-Terrorists: As concerns about eco-terrorism mount on Capitol
Hill, there is more finger-pointing aimed at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which admits
to having provided financial support to a group allegedly connected to the terrorism.
The Death Toll of Environmentalism: If we
accept the idea that there is a tradeoff between the lives of humans and the lives of fish, or birds, or bugs
-- where will that lead us? Are these four dead firefighters just the symptoms of a broader trend?
Green Bigots vs. Human
Beings: Nature worship is fine for those who want it. I have nothing against faith-based
organizations. A theocracy imposing its will on others is something else, even when it is a
theocracy of nature-worshippers.
The Earth is Mankind's Garden: If the
welfare of human life was the standard by which we judged industry and technology, there would be no
reason to have a day like "Earth Day." Rather than the environmentalists parading their assault on
anything and everything that is a mark of human existence on the planet, we would instead celebrate industry
and technology as the very means by which mankind has moved into an era of happiness, health and prosperity.
Windmills vs. Squirrels?
Ag Secretary
'Disturbed' By PETA Remarks on Foot-and-Mouth: Americans have watched as the disease has claimed
some two million head of livestock in the British Isles, and the U.S. government has stepped up efforts to
prevent the disease from making it across the Atlantic. So when an official with People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals (PETA) said foot-and-mouth disease might not be such a bad thing for America,
ears perked up.
PETA Targets
Boy Scouts Fishing Merit Badge: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is now
targeting the Boy Scouts of America because of a merit badge given to members who exhibit a mastery
of fishing, an activity PETA claims "[teaches] young people that hooking, maiming, suffocating, and
killing [fish] is acceptable."
Animal
Rights Activists Say Media Promotes 'Legalized Cruelty': The
Fund for Animals, an animal rights organization, is urging more than 2,000 newspapers nationwide
and several major sports networks to stop publishing outdoor columns and airing hunting programs
because of what it calls an "endorsement" of animal cruelty.
New Case Pits Fish vs. Farmers:
Nevada farmers are finding themselves caught in an increasingly familiar battle that pits their survival
against that of some favored fish.
Environmentalists
Square Off in Squirrel Squabble: When a Pacific Northwest utility company announced in
January [2001] it would build the world's largest wind power plant, it came at a moment when the West was
feeling the pinch of energy-starved California. But there's a problem: The Washington ground
squirrels, which are protected under the Oregon Endangered Species Act.
PETA
Protesters Storm Virginia Wendy's: Patrons at a Wendy's fast food restaurant in Vienna,
Virginia, were interrupted during the lunch hour Tuesday when three people posing as customers suddenly
blocked the counter and yelled, "This Wendy's is closed because of the unfair treatment of
animals. Please go home."
Sparrow death mars record
attempt. The shooting of a sparrow on the set of a Dutch world record
domino-toppling attempt sparked outrage among animal lovers and led to threats to staff.
Enemies here threaten
food: On the same day America was directly attacked for the first time in six decades, the
Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) were taking credit for the burning of a
McDonald's in Tucson. "Make no mistake about it," FBI special agent David Szady told 60 Minutes
this year, "by any sense or any definition, (ELF) is a true domestic-terrorism group."
Big government is still
the problem: Porpoises are protected from welfare dependency, but not people.
Leftists
Plan Protests Against NRA-H&R Block Promotion: An organization aligned with a left-wing
coalition of animal rights, homosexual and abortion advocacy groups is targeting one of the nation's
largest tax preparation services for its promotion with the National Rifle Association.
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