Goals
Purpose
Mission

To end all human "exploitation" of animals -
this includes, but is not limited to, raising
and slaughtering of livestock for human or
animal consumption, eating meat, hunting,
using animals for any medical or veterinary
research, zoos (regardless of how well
managed), circuses, rodeos, horseshows,
dogshows, animals performing in TV
commercials, shows or movies (regardless
of how well treated any of the above are),
guide-dogs for the blind, police dogs, search
& rescue dogs, and the practice of owning pets.

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Last year, PETA made a financial donation to the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), a shadowy organization that the FBI has labeled "the largest and most active U.S.-based terror group." Since 1996, ELF and its sister group, the Animal Liberation Front, have caused more than $43 million in property damage resulting from over 600 attacks including arson, assault and property destruction on a massive scale. source: The Center for Consumer Freedom

"I openly hope that it comes here." Ingrid Newkirk, PETA Co-Founder, on her desire for a USA hoof-and-mouth epidemic. Quotation from:
"Hoping for Disease: PETA Hopes Foot-And-Mouth Strikes in the United States by Alan Elsner, Reuters, Norfolk VA
4/2/01

"It would be great if all the fast-food outlets,
slaughterhouses, these laboratories and the banks who fund them exploded tomorrow... Hallelujah to the people who are willing to do it."
Quote from Bruce Friedrich, PETA Spokesperson at the "Animal Rights 2001" convention.


2002 - PETA's tax exempt status is currently under scrutiny by the IRS, due to their history of criminal activity
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They Speak For Themselves
The following are quotes from PETA's own
materials:

"We are not especially 'interested in'
animals. Neither of us had ever been
inordinately fond of dogs, cats, or
horses in the way that many people are.
We didn't 'love' animals." --Peter
Singer, Animal Liberation: A New
Ethic for Our Treatment of Animals,
2nd ed. (New York Review of Books,
1990),Preface, p. ii.

"Pet ownership is an absolutely
abysmal situation brought
about by human manipulation."
-- Ingrid Newkirk, national director,
People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals (PeTA), Just Like Us?
Toward a Nation of Animal Rights"
(symposium), Harper's, August 1988,
p. 50.

"The cat, like the dog, must disappear
... We should cut the domestic cat free
from our dominance by neutering,
neutering, and more neutering, until our
pathetic version of the cat ceases to
exist." --John Bryant, Fettered
Kingdoms: An Examination of A
Changing Ethic
(Washington, DC: People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals (PeTA),
1982), p. 15.

"Arson, property destruction, burglary
and theft are 'acceptable crimes'
when used for the animal cause."
-Alex Pacheco, Director, PeTA

"...the animal rights movement is not
concerned about species extinction.
An elephant is no more or less
important than a cow, just as a
dolphin is no more important than a
tuna...(In fact, many animal rights
advocates would argue that it is
better for the chimpanzee to become
extinct than to be exploited
continually in laboratories, zoos
and circuses." (Barbara Biel,
The Animals' Agenda, Vol 15 #3.

Torturing a human being is almost
always wrong, but it is not absolutely
wrong." --Peter Singer, as quoted in
Josephine Donovan, "Animal Rights
and Feminist Theory, " Signs: Journal
of Women in Culture and
Society, Winter 1990, p. 357.

"As long as humans have rights and
nonhumans do not, as is the case in
the welfarist (animal welfare) framework,
then nonhumans will virtually always
lose when their interests conflict with
human interests. Thus welfare reforms,
by their very nature, can only serve to
retard the pace at which animal rights
goals are achieved." (Francione &
Regan, "A Movement's Means Create
Its Ends," Animals' Agenda,
Jan.-Feb., 1992).

"To those people who say, `My father
is alive because of animal
experimentation,' I say `Yeah, well,
good for you. This dog died so your
father could live.' Sorry, but I am just
not behind that kind of trade off."
- Bill Maher, PeTA celebrity spokesman

(It bears noting here that
advances in human medicine arrived at
through animal research, usually carry an
equivalent benefit to veterinary medicine -
ASPCA and other Animal Welfare groups
monitor conditions in laboratories and
support legislation for humane conditions,
but do not call for an end to laboratory
research on animals---
webmaster's observation)

"If the death of one rat cured all diseases,
it wouldn't make any difference to me."
--Chris DeRose, director, Last Chance
for Animals, as quoted in Elizabeth Venant
and David Treadwell, "Biting Back," Los
Angeles Times, April 12, 1990, p. E12.

"Even if animal tests produced a cure
[for AIDS], 'we'd be against it.'" --Ingrid
Newkirk, national director, People for
the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PeTA),
as quoted in Fred Barnes, "Politics,"
Vogue, September 1989, p. 542.

"If it [abolition of animal research] means
there are some things we cannot learn,
then so be it. We have no basic right
not to be harmed by those natural
diseases we are heir to."
--Tom Regan, as quoted in David T.
Hardy, "America's New Extremists:
What You Need to Know About the
Animal Rights Movement." (Washington,
DC: Washington Legal Foundation,
1990), p. 8.

"Even granting that we [humans] face
greater harm than laboratory animals
presently endure if ... research on these
animals is stopped, the animal rights
view will not be satisfied with anything
less than total abolition." (Tom Regan,
The Case for Animal Rights, 1983).

"If my father had a heart attack, it
would give me no solace at all to know
his treatment was first tried on a dog,"
Ingrid Newkirk, national director for
People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals, (PeTA), Washington Post,
Nov. 13, 1983.

"Not only are the philosophies of
animal rights and animal welfare
separated by irreconcilable differences...
the enactment of animal welfare
measures actually impedes the
achievement of animal rights...
Welfare reforms, by their very nature,
can only serve to retard the pace
at which animal rights goals are
achieved." --Gary Francione and
Tom Regan, "A Movement's
Means Create Its Ends," The
Animals' Agenda,
January/February 1992, pp. 40-42.

"I'm an insulin-dependent diabetic.
Twice a day I take synthetically
manufactured insulin that still contains
some animal products--and I have no
qualms about it." Sweetland adds,
"I don't see myself as a hypocrite.
I need my life to fight for the rights
of animals." -Mary Beth Sweetland,
PETA

"Liberating our language by eliminating
the word 'pet' is the first step...In an
ideal society where all exploitation
and oppression has been eliminated,
it will be NJARA's policy to oppose the
keeping of animals as 'pets.'" --New
Jersey Animal Rights Alliance, "Should
Dogs Be Kept As Pets? NO!"
Good Dog! February 1991, p. 20.

"Let us allow the dog to disappear from
our brick and concrete jungles--from our
firesides, from the leather
nooses and chains by which we
enslave it." --John Bryant, Fettered
Kingdoms: An Examination of A
Changing Ethic (Washington,
DC: People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals (PeTA), 1982), p. 15.

"[A]s the surplus of cats and dogs
{artificially engineered by centuries
of forced breeding) declined, eventually
companion animals would be phased
out, and we would return to a more
symbiotic relationship--enjoyment at
a distance." --Ingrid Newkirk, "Just Like
Us? Toward a Notion of Animal Rights"
(symposium), Harper's, August 1988, p. 50.

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FAQ (about the Animal Rights
Movement) ANIMAL RIGHTS MYTHS
by Kevin O'Donnell

MYTH 2.15: "Animal rights groups should
be supported by animal lovers." In fact
AR groups such as PETA have many
extreme proposals that pet-lovers in
particular should be shocked by:

"Pet ownership is an abysmal situation
brought about by human manipulation"
(Ingrid Newkirk, PETA founder
Washingtonian Aug. 1986) "In the end
I think it would be lovely if we stopped
this whole notion of pets altogether"
(Ingrid Newkirk Newsday, Feb. 21 1988)

"One day we would like an end to pet
shops and breeding animals [Dogs] would
pursue their natural lives in the wild"
(Ingrid Newkirk, Chicago Daily Herald
Mar 1, 1990) "Eventually companion
animals will be phased out...." (Ingrid
Newkirk, "Just Like Us? Toward a
Notion of Animal Right" (symposium),
Harper's, August 1988) "Let us allow
the dog to disappear from our brick
and concrete jungles- from our
firesides, from the leather nooses and
chains by which we enslave it." (John
Bryant, _Fettered Kingdoms: An
Examination of A Changing Ethic_
(Washington D C, PeTA, 1982). p. 15)

"The cat, like the dog, must
disappear..... We should cut the
domestic cat free from our dominance
by neutering, neutering, and more
neutering, until our pathetic version
of the cat ceases to exist." (John
Bryant, _Fettered Kingdoms: An
Examination of a Changing Ethic_
(Washington, D.C.: People
for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals, 1982), p.15)

From the above, it is clear that
pet-lovers have a great
deal to fear from the AR movement.

People who describe themselves
as supporters of 'animal rights' are often
shocked to discover the real agenda of
the AR organizations. This is because
being an animal lover is not the same
as supporting animal rights. Most people
who describe themselves as animal
lovers, including most scientists, are in
fact supporters of _animal welfare
_ rather than animal rights

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To prevent suffering and cruelty to animals. And to
provide care and good homes for pets in need. This
often includes, but is not limited to, the funding and
running of animal shelters (to provide a sanctuary for
abandoned, abused, homeless, or unwanted pets, and
to place them in good homes where possible, provide
painless euthanasia for those that cannot be adopted,
and to educate the public about the need for
spaying/neutering their pets to prevent more surplus
animals ending up in shelters), enforcement of
anti-cruelty statutes (where their authority permits),
initiating, lobbying for, and monitoring enforcement
of legislation to ensure more humane standards of
care for livestock, laboratory animals, performing
animals, and pets.

I am most distressed by this misuse of donations to
fund this Animal Rights style campaign. I am not yet
ready to discontinue my membership to this group, in
light of the overwhelming positive accomplishments to
their credit. However I am going to qualify that no portion
of my donations are to be used for this misguided lawsuit,
and I plan to watch their future activities carefully.

On a positive note, in the wake of the World Trade Ctr
disaster, ASPCA conducted an awe-inspiring endeavor of
rescuing and reuniting pets with displaced owners
who resided in evacuated buildings near the World Trade
Center in NYC. Because ASPCA is, among other
things, a law enforcement agency, their officers were
permitted to escort pet-owners back into their apartment
buildings, or to go on their own, to retrieve abandoned
pets. ASPCA set up their mobile unit on a nearby site
where all rescued pets were given a thorough check-up
by a veterinarian, and in some cases held until they were
deemed well enough to be released to their owners. Eye
infections from the soot were treated; oxygen was given to
pets with respiratory troubles, and IV fluids were
administered to dehydrated animals. The percentage of successful rescues versus the very few animals lost was astounding.

Also AHA was on the scene with a similar set-up to
provide veterinary support for the search and rescue dogs.
AHA's performance on behalf of these hard-working dogs
was worthy of monumental praise.

ASPCA operates a poison hotline/control center at
888-426-4435.

Founded by Henry Bergh in 1866, the ASPCA is the
oldest humane organization in America, and one of
the largest hands-on animal welfare organizations in
the world. The Society also prompted the New York
State legislature to pass the country's first effective
anti-cruelty law.
The ASPCA headquarters in New York City houses
one of the area's largest full service animal hospitals,
an adoption facility, and the Humane Law Enforcement Department, which is responsible for enforcing New
York's animal cruelty laws.

The History of ASPCA
In 1867 ASPCA operated the first ambulance
anywhere for injured horses, two years before New
York's Bellevue Hospital put into service the first
ambulance for humans.

In 1874 Bergh helped organize the first Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (SPCC) on
behalf of an abused 9-year-old girl named Mary Ellen.

In 1875 Bergh invented a canvas sling for rescuing
horses that got stuck in the mud or fell into the river.

In 1894 ASPCA assumed the job of caring for New
York City's stray and unwanted animals, a function
previously performed by New York City government.

In 1902 ASPCA put a motorized horse ambulance
into service.

In 1912 ASPCA opened its first veterinary facility,
a free horse dispensary.

In 1916 ASPCA started a formal humane education
program for school children. Raised money to help
care for the 934,000 horses that served in World War I.

In 1920 ASPCA advanced the use of anesthesia in
animal surgery. First used radium to treat cancer in
animals.

In 1925 ASPCA began a weekly series of talks
over the new communications medium: radio.

In 1928 ASPCA expanded the humane education
program with classroom demonstrations in public
schools and summer playgrounds.

In 1939 ASPCA inspected the 2,000 animals on
exhibit at the New York World's Fair.

In 1942 ASPCA took wartime emergency
measures and conducted courses on care of
animals in the event of air raids.

In 1944 ASPCA inaugurated obedience training
classes for dogs and their owners.

In 1952 ASPCA began voluntary inspection of
laboratories in New York that use animals for
research -- the first program of its kind in the country.

In 1954 ASPCA expanded its animal hospital by
adding a contagious disease ward, pathology
laboratory, X-ray therapy laboratory and an
internship program.

In 1958 ASPCA opened the Animalport at
Kennedy International Airport to inspect and
care for animals entering or leaving the country
by plane. United States Department of Agriculture
takes over this work in 1994.

In 1961 ASPCA's animal hospital performed
its first open-heart surgery on a dog.

ASPCA acquired patents for pens for the
humane slaughter of food animals and offered
them royalty-free to meat packers throughout
the world in 1964. Began a course to train
animal handlers working for research institutions.

ASPCA celebrated 100th anniversary in 1966 by
renaming the hospital after Henry Bergh and
presenting a gold medallion to Walt Disney for
his positive depiction of animals.

In 1973 ASPCA adoptions department began
compulsory spay/neuter for all animals.

In 1976 Dr. Gordon Robinson developed
the Bergh bandage, a highly efficient design still
being adopted across the country.

In 1985 Government affairs office opened in
Washington, DC, to monitor, initiate and lobby
for legislation to protect animals. Advocated for
Animal Welfare Act revisions to include
provisions for the exercise of dogs and the
psychological welfare of primates used in
animal research.

In 1992 ASPCA began promoting the adoption
of retired greyhounds, administering a grant
from the American Greyhound Council to help
rescue groups across the country.

In 1993 ASPCA along with 10 other humane
organizations, initiated National Council on
Pet Population Study and Policy, the first
survey and census of shelter animals in the
United States.

In 1994 ASPCA helped to pass the 1994
New York State Animal Experimentation Bill
that allows students who object to dissection
to complete an alternative project without a
negative impact on their grade.

In 1995 after 100 years of providing animal
control services for New York City, ASPCA
declined to renew the contract in order to
focus on national education, information and
advocacy. Animated "Spokescritters" adopted
by ASPCA from the Walt Disney animation
studios.

In 1996 ASPCA acquired the National
Animal Poison Control Center, the only
veterinary toxicology telephone service
operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Henry Bergh Memorial Hospital inaugurated
the Care-A-Van, a mobile spay/neuter clinic
for the New York metropolitan area.

ASPCA offers new services: mobile
vet-clinic vans to bring medical care
to poor neighborhoods, as well as a
Companion Animal Services dept..

The mission of the ASPCA Massachusetts
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
is to protect animals, relieve their suffering,
advance their health and welfare, prevent cruelty,
and work for a just and compassionate society

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The MSPCA/AHES's seven shelters around the
state take in as many as 1,000 animals per
shelter per month during the busy summer
season. They provide vital services such as
adoptions, behavior training, humane-education
programs, and spay/neuter programs.

Each year more than 80,000 animals receive
outstanding routine and specialty care at the
MSPCA's three Massachusetts-based
state-of-the-art veterinary hospitals, including
Angell Memorial in Boston, one of the foremost
clinical veterinary institutions in the world.
In addition to investigating cruelty complaints,
MSPCA law enforcement officers inspect
facilities and events involving animals; testify
in court; work with police and social-service
agencies in animal-related cases; and speak
to school and community groups about animal
care and protection.