7 Things You Didn't Know About PETA
- PETA has stated repeatedly that their goal is "total animal liberation." This means no pets, no meat, no milk, no zoos, no circuses, no fishing, no leather, and no animal testing for lifesaving medicines. 1
- PETA has given tens of thousands of dollars to convicted arsonists and other violent criminals. 2
- PETA funds the misnamed Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine 3, an animal-rights organization that presents itself as an unbiased source for nutritional information and has links to a violent animal-rights group called SHAC. 4
- PETA has used their contributors’ tax-exempt donations to fund the North American Earth Liberation front, an FBI-certified “domestic terrorist” group responsible for fire bombs and death threats. 5
- PETA regularly targets kids as early as elementary school with anti-meat and anti-milk propaganda. 6
- PETA spends less than one percent of its $13 million budget actually caring for animals. 7
- PETA has repeatedly attacked groups like the March of Dimes, the Pediatric AIDS Foundation, and the American Cancer Society, for conducting animal testing to find cures for birth defects and life-threatening diseases. 8
Footnotes
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- Ingrid Newkirk, "Animal Rights 2002" convention keynote speech.
- Analysis of PETA's publicly available annual tax returns.
- Analysis of PETA's publicly available annual tax returns.
- Letter to Japan Nippon Kayaku Corporation dated 9/20/2001, co-signed by PCRM president Neal Barnard and SHAC leader Kevin Jonas.
- PETA's publicly available annual tax return, fiscal year ending 7/31/2001.
- PETA web site.
- Analysis of PETA's publicly available annual tax returns
- PETA web site, click here for source
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