Tuesday, 26 February 2019

A lengthy letter to PETA: I will never donate to an organisation that kills and robs the future.


Dear PETA,

It is with great interest I note that you continue to tap dance on the grave of the widely respected animal and environmental conservationist Steve Irwin and point out everything he did wrong so in this letter I am going to be brutally honest and point out why I don’t respect People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and why your behaviour on social media only serves to piss off those you need to come on board and give you money.

Oh yeah, that’s right…money….the money people think is going to go toward helping animals that need attention, love and care so I was very surprised to find out when I looked it up that only 1% of the money you receive is spent on actually acting on behalf of animals and working to save their lives. The rest of the money appears to go on fundraisers and campaigns including a boycotting a pet store that actively does more for animals than you do on a smaller budget? How the hell does that work.

Just to let you know, I will be actively ensuring that there are alternatives to you that use their money for actual animal care.

We also must confront that there’s the innocent healthy, adoptable dogs and cats than you take to your “shelter” in Norfolk, Virginia to kill and eventually dispose of the bodies in dumpsters or in the nearest supermarket bin and hope to god that nobody sees you do it and don’t deny it with your pap from your website, Nathan J Winograd, a man you guys tried to sue, has all the gory evidence of PETA’s killing spree of new born kittens, puppies, dogs and cats over the years, I sat there crying for those dogs and cats that you murdered – is buying the chemicals to kill these perfectly healthy animals apart of your budget? Why not spend some of that donor’s money on fostering programs that allow dogs and cats to be cared for until a furever home can be found for each dog and cat in PETA’s care rather than being put down 24 hours after PETA receives them, okay?

But then again, why am I not surprised the kill rates are so high when you believe no human should be allowed to have a pet/animal companion and that you eventually want to ensure that dogs and cats are spayed/neutered to the point where dogs and cats are a thing of the past. I want my children to experience the love, joy and affection dogs and cats bring to people so I really don’t understand why you want to take that away from me and future generations.

Then there’s the issues with your rantings and ravings on social media that actively talk down to your audience and I’m going beyond the whole Steve Irwin grave tap dancing here, there’s the politically correct bullshit like changing well known famous sayings that wouldn’t offend ANY animal to demanding Australian rock band Hunters and Collectors change their name because the name of a band that has been around since the early 80s is apparently offensive to ducks, honestly it was probably at that point I should have realized PETA had lost the plot. Also people lovingly refer to their animals as their pets not the rubbish you spouted on Twitter...yet again a waste of valuable time and money that could be spent finding homes for cats and kittens or stopping the Queensland Government's crocodile egg farming.

As for some of the nonsense on your website, a simple Google search can debunk most of the stuff you claim eg: sheep shearing is cruel etc. I mean please if you are going to write an article claiming something is wrong/cruel actually put facts not emotional touchy feely crap which ensures people are so horrified they think they are helping these animals by giving you money but they aren’t. Half the time I roll my eyes and call you Chicken Little

As for this whole vegan crusade you are on, you are not going to convince people to go vegan with scaring people like you did on Australia Day by roasting a fake dog in Sydney making children cry and revolting people who may have supported you before. Nor are you going to convince people to go vegan by making up bullshit like linking milk to autism or to white supremacy or using a man in an adult diaper that just looks like you are ridiculing people with incontinence issues. It’s laughable, you can’t force people to go with your ideologies that need more research from reputable organisations especially considering the alleged “vegan frappucinos” that Starbucks are going to be selling have been found to not actually be vegan and that Starbucks has also been caught out not doing enough to ensure the health and welfare of chickens.

If people want to go vegan, its up to them as individuals, you can’t use shock tactics and publicity stunts to make people think going vegan is a good idea.

I guess what I am saying is PETA needs to fundamentally change, it needs to be a organisation that works for the welfare of the animals, stop it with the shock tactics and the lame stunts that are borderline embarrassing and use donors money to set up programs that do help animals.

Right now, when I look at organisations that call themselves “animal lovers”, PETA will not get a cent from me, I know that out there are organisations like the RSPCA and Wildlife Warriors who ensure any money donated actually goes toward helping keep animals alive and have a philosophy that isn’t extreme political correctness gone mad or robbing the future generations of having a dog or cat sleep in their lap. 

Have a good day.

Julie Keast

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