While I am not a huge supporter of PETA (a bit too extreme for my taste) I do appreciate their org. for the simple fact that most people don't look into the deeper stories and it may raise the awareness of fur, factory farming, etc. As for them killing animals, I do believe that they might get many more injured/unadoptable animals than the local shelter. Local shelters do not investigate cruelty/abandonment etc. cases and PETA does. Animals brought out of such a background are much more likely to have behavioral/aggression problems than say a dog taken to the local shelter b/c it got too big.
As for animal euthanasia, did anyone ever see the HBO documentary that played last year sometime??? I think it was called "shelter dogs"? It was absolutely heartbreaking, but personally I would much rather have an animal put to sleep than confined for years to a 2x2 cell b/c it happened to land in a "no kill" shelter. I used to feel differently, but the show really opened my eyes to the suffering that these animals endure while in a shelter. The sad fact is there is a terrible pet overpopulation problem, and just not enough homes for them all. Thousands of thousands of animals are put down every year and I would much rather it be the unadoptable animals to go first. That being said, I can't wait till I have even more property and can go adopt lots of animals!! I want to have a big barn for cats, and a huge yard with shelter for old dogs to live out their last few years :clap:
