PETA Action Alert 2: Tell the Girl Scouts to Stop Torturing and Killing Animals

November 23, 2003

Thanks again to Elizabeth again for this one. What sort of supposedly

civilized organisation would encourage young girls to kill living

creatures in this way? It beggars belief. - Paul.

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When you think of the Girl Scouts, do you think of trapping and

killing innocent animals, or do you think cookies and good deeds?

Think again. In a shocking article in the September 2003 issues of

Alaska Magazine, Girl Scout Troop 34's participation in a beaver-

killing program conducted by the Alaska Department of Fish & Game was

featured. It described how the Girl Scouts learned to trap and kill

these ingenious animals using cruel body-gripping traps-traps so

cruel that their use is banned or restricted in many states.

Often the traps don't kill the beavers immediately and they drown. It

can take a beaver up to 20 minutes to drown! The American Veterinary

Medical Association (AVMA) condemns drowning it in its 2000 Report of

the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia.

PETA wrote to Connie Matsui, the president of Girl Scouts of the USA,

offering to work with the organization to develop a program that

would teach Girl Scouts to be kind to their wild neighbors and

promote stewardship and compassion rather than violence. Instead of

accepting our offer, Girl Scout officials responded that they believe

it's OK to teach young women how to torture and kill animals as long

as the activity is considered " commonplace in that area of the

country. "

Please send a polite, but firm letter to Connie Matsui asking her to

please adopt strict policies that prohibit Girl Scouts from engaging

in activities that require troop members to torture and kill animals:

Connie L. Matsui, President

Girl Scouts of the USA

420 Fifth Ave.

New York, NY 10018-2798

212-852-5004

212-852-6517 (fax)

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