Ingrid's reply to the billboard slamming PETA

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(AAA) Fw: Ingrid's reply

to the billboard slamming PETA

 

 

Carolyn, Mon, 20 Jun 2005

16:45:17 -0700

 

Thank you for contacting PETA about the " PETA

Kills Animals " billboard

and the

accompanying promotions for it.

 

We believe a lot of good will come from

this shabby attempt to undermine PETA's efforts to

help animals. This

campaign,

as you may know, is the work of the deceitfully

named Center for

Consumer

Freedom (CCF), a front group for Philip Morris,

Outback Steakhouse, KFC,

logging

interests, cattle ranchers, and other animal

exploiters who kill

millions of

animals every year, not out of pity, but out of

greed. These companies

are

concerned about the strides that PETA is making

that are changing their

industries and compelling them to take animal

welfare concerns

seriously, so

they hope to scare people away from caring about

animals by spending

millions on

ads like this. To learn more about CCF-which USA

Today recently opined

should

rename itself FatforProfit.com-please see the

following Web sites:

 

http://www.ConsumerDeception.com

[http://www.ConsumerDeception.com]

 

http://www.CitizensForEthics.org/activities/campaign.php?view=3

 

[http://www.CitizensForEthics.org/activities/campaign.php?view=3]

 

http://www.Prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root & name=ViewWeb & articleId=8984

 

[http://www.Prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root & name=ViewWeb & articleId=8984]

 

<http://www.Prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root & name=ViewWeb & articleId=8984

 

[http://www.Prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root & name=ViewWeb & articleId=8984]>

 

PETA

can't afford billboards in Times Square, so we're grateful

for the

opportunity

that this one provides to discuss the animal

overpopulation crisis. We

are on

the front lines of the battle to turn back the

tide of unwanted dogs and

cats,

and we need you to help.

 

Our caseworkers tirelessly rescue homeless

animals from environmental dangers, as well as

cruelty and neglect

 

http://www.PETA.org/mc/factsheet_display.asp?ID=39

 

[http://www.PETA.org/mc/factsheet_display.asp?ID=39]

 

To

cite a local instance, our caseworkers were able

to gain custody of a

dog-locked

to a 15 pound chain-who was starved until she was

severely emaciated. We

had to

carry her into the emergency clinic because she

could barely walk. On

the

doctor's advice, we gave her food and water in a

comfortable room and

monitored

her progress overnight but, by the next morning,

she couldn't keep the

food

down, so we rushed her again to see a

veterinarian. He recommended

euthanasia

due to the severity of her condition, she was in a

lot of pain and faced

an

agonizing, lingering death otherwise. The most

humane option for her was

a

peaceful and dignified release from her suffering.

We are pursuing

criminal

charges against the person responsible for her

condition.

 

On another

occasion, when a power-line transformer explosion

burned a flock of

starlings,

PETA was the only agency to come to the birds'

aid; if our trained

technicians

had not been ready to end these starlings' misery,

the injured birds

would have

suffered in agony for days before finally

succumbing to a painful death.

We also

provide free euthanasia services for local

residents who have very

sick,

critically injured, or geriatric companions but

can't afford to take

them to a

veterinarian. One family, lacking money for vet

care and transportation,

turned

to us for help for their cat, who had barely

crawled back home after

being

mauled by a pack of dogs. We were able to help by

giving the cat a

peaceful end

to her intense pain.

 

The best way to save the lives of homeless animals

is to reduce their numbers through spay/neuter

programs, such as PETA's

mobile

SNIP (Spay and Neuter Immediately, Please) clinic,

which brings low-cost

and

free alterations and other procedures to

low-income neighborhoods

 

http://www.HelpingAnimals.com/i-nobirth-snip.html

 

[http://www.HelpingAnimals.com/i-nobirth-snip.html]

 

Since every animal purchased from a pet store or

breeder means that

another homeless animal must die, adopting an

animal from a shelter or

rescue

group is the only responsible way to bring a furry

friend into your

life

 

http://www.PETA.org/factsheetFactsheetDisplay.asp?ID=29

 

[http://www.PETA.org/factsheetFactsheetDisplay.asp?ID=29]

 

To

learn more about what PETA is doing for companion

animals and how you

can help,

please see the following Web sites:

 

Save homeless animals:

 

http://www.HelpingAnimals.com/i-nobirth.html

 

[http://www.HelpingAnimals.com/i-nobirth.html]

 

More

ways to help dogs and cats:

 

http://www.HelpingAnimals.com

[http://www.HelpingAnimals.com]

 

Become an activist

for animals:

 

http://www.AnimalActivist.com

[http://www.AnimalActivist.com]

 

Thanks again for writing

and for your compassion for animals. We hope this

information is

helpful, and we

look forward to working with you to save animals'

lives!

 

Sincerely,

 

The PETA Staff

http://www.PETA.org

[http://www.PETA.org]

 

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Please look at http://www.helpinganimals.com

[http://www.helpinganimals.com]

 

Thanks

 

Ingrid E.

Newkirk

President

PETA

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