People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is a far-Left "animal rights" organization focusing on what it calls the four main areas of animal suffering (factory farms, animal testing, clothing trade, and the entertainment industry), as well as other individual issues.[1] It was founded in 1981 by Ingrid Newkirk.






Many prominent celebrities support PETA, such as Bill Maher, Richard Gere, Alec Baldwin and Paul McCartney.

Controversy and odd statements


Critics also chastise PETA for some of its methods of action, including stalking, attacking and harassing those in the food or medical research industries[10] and supporting violent far-Left animal rights and environmental terrorist groups such as the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front.[11] Many of PETA's advertisements also contain nudity or other shock tactics.


PETA only adopted a mere 24 animals in 2011, as opposed to 1,911 that were euthanized. This is a euthanization rate of over 95%.[13] It could be deemed illogical that a group calling for "ethical treatment" would be so quick to euthanize animals rather than giving them adoptive owners.

PETA promotes the welfare of animals and insects yet is silent on the question of protecting children in the womb.[14] It has stated that humans are equivalent to animals as obscure as flies:[15]

Under the theory of evolution, this appears certainly the case, as humans supposedly evolved from lower life forms and are thus related to them. It is interesting that atheistic "animal rights" activists strongly oppose any violence against animals but have no problem with the murder of millions of unborn human beings through the type of murder called "abortion."[16]

PETA has demanded that the Boy Scouts of America retire the "Fishing" and "Fish and Wildlife Management" merit badges. "Promoting fishing teaches young people that hooking, maiming, suffocating, and killing is acceptable.”.[17] This is highly ironic due to their belief that humans are nothing but animals. Essentially, they are saying that one "animal" should not hunt another even though meat is a natural part of a human's diet (given that humans are omnivores). As such, this message is hypocritical.


PETA often shows that for them, animals have more worth than humans. After "Palestinian" terrorists have detonated a bomb-laden donkey next to a bus with Israelis, PETA´s chairman Ingrid Newkirk wrote a letter to Yassir Arafat, in which they ask him to leave the animals out of this conflict. Newkirk does not criticize the murdering of people. She said: "It’s not my business to inject myself into human wars."[18]

PETA has also descended into racism by provocatively claiming that milk is a "symbol of white supremacy,"[19] ignoring the irony that the majority of its members are themselves white.

Further reading


  1. 1.0 1.1 PeTA's Mission Statement
  3. Animal Rights Uncompromised: PETA on 'Pets'
  5. PETA: Dominique Swain is a Class Act for Animals, [1] (contains risque image)
  10. 10.0 10.1
  12., PETA's Dirty Secret
  15. Ham, Ken; Foley, Avery (June 7, 2016). Should Animals Have Equal Rights as Humans? Answers in Genesis. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  16. Ertelt, Steve (July 8, 2009). PETA: Upset President Obama Would Hurt a Fly, But Abortion Another Story. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  17. Ask The Boy Scouts To De-Merit Fishing,
  19. Cheong, Ian Miles (March 31, 2017). PETA Says Milk is a ‘Symbol of White Supremacy’. Retrieved April 1, 2017.

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