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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

2009-03-15T15:53:15Z

Burgermon21:

'''People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals''' ('''PETA''') is a liberal [[animal rights]] organization focusing on what it calls the four main areas of [[animal]] suffering ([[factory farms]], [[animal testing]], [[clothing]] trade, and the [[entertainment]] industry), as well as other individual issues<ref name="petafaq">''PeTA's Mission Statement'' [http://www.peta.org/about/]</ref>. It was founded in 1981 by [[Ingrid Newkirk]].

PETA essentially believes that human beings are animals, and that (non-human) animals should have most of the same rights as [[human beings]].<ref>
PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk has said, “When it comes to pain, love, joy, loneliness, and fear, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. Each one values his or her life and fights the knife.” [http://www.peta.org/about/WhyAnimalRights.asp PETA: Why Animal Rights?]</ref>
While not proposing a ban on keeping pets, PETA believes:
:that it would have been in the animals' best interests if the institution of "pet keeping"—i.e., breeding animals to be kept and regarded as "pets"—never existed. This is not to be taken s a criticism of the ownership of pets however. PETA's president and founder Ingrid Newkirk owns a pet dog herself. <ref> [http://www.peta.org/campaigns/ar-petaonpets.asp Animal Rights Uncompromised:
PETA on 'Pets']</ref>
PETA opposes the human ownership of animals as [[work animal]]s.<ref>On Newkirk's view of Seeing Eye dogs
"She regards the use of Seeing Eye dogs as an abdication of human responsibility and, because they live as 'servants' and are denied the companionship of other dogs, she is wholly opposed to their use."</ref> It proposes that people stop eating [[meat]]; see [[vegetarianism]].

==Activism==
PETA achieves its goals through "public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns,"<ref name="petafaq" /> but they are best known for their provocative advertising and protests. For example, they often use nude women to protest the wearing of fur.<ref>''PETA: Dominique Swain is a Class Act for Animals'', [http://www.peta.org/feat/swain/] (contains risque image)</ref> They have also had controversial public education campaigns, including comparing [[Jewish]] ritual slaughter to the [[Holocaust]]. <ref>[http://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id=3021 PETA'S "HOLOCAUST ON YOUR PLATE" NATIONAL TOUR COMES TO NEW YORK], PETA Media Center, October 9, 2003</ref> <ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43035 PETA's dirty war against Jewish ritual slaughter], Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, [[WorldNetDaily]], February 25, 2005</ref> "On May 5, 2005, however, PETA issued an apology for its "Holocaust on Your Plate" exhibit, which traveled to more than 100 American and foreign cities. The exhibit compared the treatment of farm animals to the victims of the Nazi concentration camps. PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said she realized that the campaign had caused pain: 'This was never our intention, and we are deeply sorry.'" <ref>[http://www.adl.org/Anti_semitism/holocaust_imagery.asp Holocaust Imagery and Animal Rights], [[Anti-Defamation League]], August 2, 2005</ref>

Many prominent celebrities support PETA, such as [[Bill Maher]], [[Richard Gere]], [[Alec Baldwin]], [[Paul McCartney]], and [[Russell Simmons]].

==Controversy==
PETA receives criticism from many different groups, including researchers, consumer advocates and others who claim that PETA's goals are not animal rights, but total animal liberation,<ref name="acmain">ActivistCash.com [http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/21]</ref> which would mean no meat, dairy, hunting, fishing, circus animals, aquariums, or even pets.

Critics also chastise PETA for some of its methods of action, including stalking, attacking and harassing those in the food or medical research industries<ref name="acmain" /> and supporting violent animal rights and environmental groups such as the [[Earth Liberation Front]] and the [[Animal Liberation Front]]<ref>ActivistCash.com [http://www.activistcash.com/organization_blackeye.cfm/oid/21]</ref>.

There have also been accusations of PETA killing animals when they could not find homes for them. According to these accusations, from July 1998 through December 2005, PETA killed over 14,400 dogs, cats, and other "companion animals." That's more than five creatures every day. And supposedly PETA has a walk-in freezer to store the dead bodies. However, these accusations have been concluded as false, being no more credible than the 9/11 conspiracy theories.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category: Organizations]]
[[Category:PETA]]
[[Category:Vegetarianism]]

==See Also==
*[[Previous Breaking News/PETA|Articles about '''PETA''' from previous "Breaking News"]]
*[[Alex Pacheco]]

==External Links==
*PETA Website [http://www.peta.org]
*[[Center for Consumer Freedom]] [http://www.consumerfreedom.com/issuepage.cfm/topic/8], a consumer advocate group
*[http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/21 ActivistCash.com]
*[http://www.petakillsanimals.com PetaKillsAnimals.com]

Animal Liberation Front

2009-03-15T15:45:25Z

Burgermon21:

The '''Animal Liberation Front''' ([[ALF]]) is a militaristic [[interest group]] which protests [[vivisection]] and the [[agribusiness]] production of [[meat]] as well as animal testing. They believe in rights for animals.

The Animal Liberation Front is considered to be a terrorist organization by the United States Department of Homeland Security.<ref>[http://www.cq.com/public/20050325_homeland.html Animal Rights Groups and Ecology Militants Make DHS Terrorist List, Right-Wing Vigilantes Omitted]</ref> The ALF is considered to be terrorist threat by both the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) and [[Scotland Yard]]. The tactics used by the ALF include vandalism, economic damage, arson and burglary. In the [[United Kingdom]], the ALF used mail bombs and car bombs. In [[North America]], the ALF activities resulted in millions of dollars of damage.<ref>Harvey W. Kushner, Encyclopedia of Terrorism, pp 32, SAGE, 2003, ISBN 9780761924081</ref> However, the ALF never physically hurt anyone, and the only targets are the doctors who perform cruel animal testing.

==References==
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[[Category:Political Organizations]]
[[Category:Terrorism]]

Ingrid Newkirk

2009-03-15T15:43:35Z

Burgermon21: /* Controversial Statements */

'''Ingrid Newkirk''' is the co-founder and [[president]] of [[PETA|People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]]. She is also a strong supporter of the controversial animal rights group [[Animal Liberation Front]] (ALF). <ref name="ActivistCashBio">[http://www.activistcash.com/biography.cfm/bid/456]</ref>

==Connection to ALF==
Newkirk is closely linked to ALF, a controversial ecoterrorist group. She uses PETA money to support the legal defenses of ALF criminals. She also gives interviews for ALF publications. She has also been subpoenaed multiple times in regard to her ALF connections and was accused in court documents of participating in the ALF arson of the Michigan State University research lab.<ref name="ActivistCashBio">

==Newkirk's Will==
Upon her death, Newkirk wishes that her body be donated to PETA for activist purposes. More specifically, she wants her "meat" to be barbecued, her skin to be made into leather products, and her feet turned into umbrella stands. She also wants one of her eyes to be given to the administrator of the EPA, her pointing finger to be given to Kenneth Feld (the owner of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus), and an ear to be given to the Canadian Parliament.<ref>http://www.peta.org/feat/newkirk/will.html</ref>

==Controversial Statements==
“Even if [[animal]] tests produced a cure for [[AIDS]], we’d be against it.”<ref name="ActivistCash">[http://www.activistcash.com/biography_quotes.cfm/bid/456]</ref>

“[[Humans]] have grown like a [[cancer]]. We're the biggest blight on the face of the [[earth]].”<ref name="ActivistCash"/>

“I will be the last person to condemn ALF [the [[Animal Liberation Front]]].”<ref name="ActivistCash"/>

“I wish we all would get up and go into the [[Laboratory|labs]] and take the animals out or burn them down.”<ref name="ActivistCash"/>

==Published Works==
*''One Can Make a Difference: How Simple Actions Can Change the World''<ref name="NewkirkWorks">[http://www.ingridnewkirk.com/works.asp]</ref>
*''Let's Have a Dog Party!''<ref name="NewkirkWorks" />
*''50 Awesome Ways Kids Can Help Animals''<ref name="NewkirkWorks" />
*''Making Kind Choices''<ref name="NewkirkWorks" />
*''250 Things You Can Do to Make Your Cat Adore You''<ref name="NewkirkWorks" />
*''You Can Save the Animals! 251 Ways to Stop Thoughtless Cruelty''<ref name="NewkirkWorks" />
*''Free the Animals!''<ref name="NewkirkWorks" />
*''The Compassionate Cook''<ref name="NewkirkWorks" />
*''Cooking with PETA''<ref name="NewkirkWorks" />
*''A Perfect World: Words and Paintings From Over 50 of America’s Most Powerful People''<ref name="NewkirkWorks" />

==References==
<small><references/></small>

[[Category:People]][[Category:Activists]][[Category:Liberals]]

Ingrid Newkirk

2009-03-15T15:42:42Z

Burgermon21:

'''Ingrid Newkirk''' is the co-founder and [[president]] of [[PETA|People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]]. She is also a strong supporter of the controversial animal rights group [[Animal Liberation Front]] (ALF). <ref name="ActivistCashBio">[http://www.activistcash.com/biography.cfm/bid/456]</ref>

==Connection to ALF==
Newkirk is closely linked to ALF, a controversial ecoterrorist group. She uses PETA money to support the legal defenses of ALF criminals. She also gives interviews for ALF publications. She has also been subpoenaed multiple times in regard to her ALF connections and was accused in court documents of participating in the ALF arson of the Michigan State University research lab.<ref name="ActivistCashBio">

==Newkirk's Will==
Upon her death, Newkirk wishes that her body be donated to PETA for activist purposes. More specifically, she wants her "meat" to be barbecued, her skin to be made into leather products, and her feet turned into umbrella stands. She also wants one of her eyes to be given to the administrator of the EPA, her pointing finger to be given to Kenneth Feld (the owner of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus), and an ear to be given to the Canadian Parliament.<ref>http://www.peta.org/feat/newkirk/will.html</ref>

==Controversial Statements==
“Even if [[animal]] tests produced a cure for [[AIDS]], we’d be against it.”<ref name="ActivistCash">[http://www.activistcash.com/biography_quotes.cfm/bid/456]</ref>

“In the end, I think it would be lovely if we stopped this whole notion of pets altogether.”<ref name="ActivistCash"/>

“[[Humans]] have grown like a [[cancer]]. We're the biggest blight on the face of the [[earth]].”<ref name="ActivistCash"/>

“I will be the last person to condemn ALF [the [[Animal Liberation Front]]].”<ref name="ActivistCash"/>

“I wish we all would get up and go into the [[Laboratory|labs]] and take the animals out or burn them down.”<ref name="ActivistCash"/>

==Published Works==
*''One Can Make a Difference: How Simple Actions Can Change the World''<ref name="NewkirkWorks">[http://www.ingridnewkirk.com/works.asp]</ref>
*''Let's Have a Dog Party!''<ref name="NewkirkWorks" />
*''50 Awesome Ways Kids Can Help Animals''<ref name="NewkirkWorks" />
*''Making Kind Choices''<ref name="NewkirkWorks" />
*''250 Things You Can Do to Make Your Cat Adore You''<ref name="NewkirkWorks" />
*''You Can Save the Animals! 251 Ways to Stop Thoughtless Cruelty''<ref name="NewkirkWorks" />
*''Free the Animals!''<ref name="NewkirkWorks" />
*''The Compassionate Cook''<ref name="NewkirkWorks" />
*''Cooking with PETA''<ref name="NewkirkWorks" />
*''A Perfect World: Words and Paintings From Over 50 of America’s Most Powerful People''<ref name="NewkirkWorks" />

==References==
<small><references/></small>

[[Category:People]][[Category:Activists]][[Category:Liberals]]

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

2009-03-15T15:40:13Z

Burgermon21: /* Controversy */

'''People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals''' ('''PETA''') is a liberal [[animal rights]] organization focusing on what it calls the four main areas of [[animal]] suffering ([[factory farms]], [[animal testing]], [[clothing]] trade, and the [[entertainment]] industry), as well as other individual issues<ref name="petafaq">''PeTA's Mission Statement'' [http://www.peta.org/about/]</ref>. It was founded in 1981 by [[Ingrid Newkirk]].

PETA essentially believes that human beings are animals, and that (non-human) animals should have most of the same rights as [[human beings]].<ref>
PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk has said, “When it comes to pain, love, joy, loneliness, and fear, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. Each one values his or her life and fights the knife.” [http://www.peta.org/about/WhyAnimalRights.asp PETA: Why Animal Rights?]</ref>
While not proposing a ban on keeping pets, PETA believes:
:that it would have been in the animals' best interests if the institution of "pet keeping"—i.e., breeding animals to be kept and regarded as "pets"—never existed.<ref> [http://www.peta.org/campaigns/ar-petaonpets.asp Animal Rights Uncompromised:
PETA on 'Pets']</ref>
PETA opposes the human ownership of animals as [[work animal]]s.<ref>On Newkirk's view of Seeing Eye dogs
"She regards the use of Seeing Eye dogs as an abdication of human responsibility and, because they live as 'servants' and are denied the companionship of other dogs, she is wholly opposed to their use."</ref> It proposes that people stop eating [[meat]]; see [[vegetarianism]].

==Activism==
PETA achieves its goals through "public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns,"<ref name="petafaq" /> but they are best known for their provocative advertising and protests. For example, they often use nude women to protest the wearing of fur.<ref>''PETA: Dominique Swain is a Class Act for Animals'', [http://www.peta.org/feat/swain/] (contains risque image)</ref> They have also had controversial public education campaigns, including comparing [[Jewish]] ritual slaughter to the [[Holocaust]]. <ref>[http://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id=3021 PETA'S "HOLOCAUST ON YOUR PLATE" NATIONAL TOUR COMES TO NEW YORK], PETA Media Center, October 9, 2003</ref> <ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43035 PETA's dirty war against Jewish ritual slaughter], Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, [[WorldNetDaily]], February 25, 2005</ref> "On May 5, 2005, however, PETA issued an apology for its "Holocaust on Your Plate" exhibit, which traveled to more than 100 American and foreign cities. The exhibit compared the treatment of farm animals to the victims of the Nazi concentration camps. PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said she realized that the campaign had caused pain: 'This was never our intention, and we are deeply sorry.'" <ref>[http://www.adl.org/Anti_semitism/holocaust_imagery.asp Holocaust Imagery and Animal Rights], [[Anti-Defamation League]], August 2, 2005</ref>

Many prominent celebrities support PETA, such as [[Bill Maher]], [[Richard Gere]], [[Alec Baldwin]], [[Paul McCartney]], and [[Russell Simmons]].

==Controversy==
PETA receives criticism from many different groups, including researchers, consumer advocates and others who claim that PETA's goals are not animal rights, but total animal liberation,<ref name="acmain">ActivistCash.com [http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/21]</ref> which would mean no meat, dairy, hunting, fishing, circus animals, aquariums, or even pets.

Critics also chastise PETA for some of its methods of action, including stalking, attacking and harassing those in the food or medical research industries<ref name="acmain" /> and supporting violent animal rights and environmental groups such as the [[Earth Liberation Front]] and the [[Animal Liberation Front]]<ref>ActivistCash.com [http://www.activistcash.com/organization_blackeye.cfm/oid/21]</ref>.

There have also been accusations of PETA killing animals when they could not find homes for them. According to these accusations, from July 1998 through December 2005, PETA killed over 14,400 dogs, cats, and other "companion animals." That's more than five creatures every day. And supposedly PETA has a walk-in freezer to store the dead bodies. However, these accusations have been concluded as false, being no more credible than the 9/11 conspiracy theories.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category: Organizations]]
[[Category:PETA]]
[[Category:Vegetarianism]]

==See Also==
*[[Previous Breaking News/PETA|Articles about '''PETA''' from previous "Breaking News"]]
*[[Alex Pacheco]]

==External Links==
*PETA Website [http://www.peta.org]
*[[Center for Consumer Freedom]] [http://www.consumerfreedom.com/issuepage.cfm/topic/8], a consumer advocate group
*[http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/21 ActivistCash.com]
*[http://www.petakillsanimals.com PetaKillsAnimals.com]

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

2009-03-15T15:39:17Z

Burgermon21: /* Controversy */

'''People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals''' ('''PETA''') is a liberal [[animal rights]] organization focusing on what it calls the four main areas of [[animal]] suffering ([[factory farms]], [[animal testing]], [[clothing]] trade, and the [[entertainment]] industry), as well as other individual issues<ref name="petafaq">''PeTA's Mission Statement'' [http://www.peta.org/about/]</ref>. It was founded in 1981 by [[Ingrid Newkirk]].

PETA essentially believes that human beings are animals, and that (non-human) animals should have most of the same rights as [[human beings]].<ref>
PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk has said, “When it comes to pain, love, joy, loneliness, and fear, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. Each one values his or her life and fights the knife.” [http://www.peta.org/about/WhyAnimalRights.asp PETA: Why Animal Rights?]</ref>
While not proposing a ban on keeping pets, PETA believes:
:that it would have been in the animals' best interests if the institution of "pet keeping"—i.e., breeding animals to be kept and regarded as "pets"—never existed.<ref> [http://www.peta.org/campaigns/ar-petaonpets.asp Animal Rights Uncompromised:
PETA on 'Pets']</ref>
PETA opposes the human ownership of animals as [[work animal]]s.<ref>On Newkirk's view of Seeing Eye dogs
"She regards the use of Seeing Eye dogs as an abdication of human responsibility and, because they live as 'servants' and are denied the companionship of other dogs, she is wholly opposed to their use."</ref> It proposes that people stop eating [[meat]]; see [[vegetarianism]].

==Activism==
PETA achieves its goals through "public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns,"<ref name="petafaq" /> but they are best known for their provocative advertising and protests. For example, they often use nude women to protest the wearing of fur.<ref>''PETA: Dominique Swain is a Class Act for Animals'', [http://www.peta.org/feat/swain/] (contains risque image)</ref> They have also had controversial public education campaigns, including comparing [[Jewish]] ritual slaughter to the [[Holocaust]]. <ref>[http://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id=3021 PETA'S "HOLOCAUST ON YOUR PLATE" NATIONAL TOUR COMES TO NEW YORK], PETA Media Center, October 9, 2003</ref> <ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43035 PETA's dirty war against Jewish ritual slaughter], Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, [[WorldNetDaily]], February 25, 2005</ref> "On May 5, 2005, however, PETA issued an apology for its "Holocaust on Your Plate" exhibit, which traveled to more than 100 American and foreign cities. The exhibit compared the treatment of farm animals to the victims of the Nazi concentration camps. PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said she realized that the campaign had caused pain: 'This was never our intention, and we are deeply sorry.'" <ref>[http://www.adl.org/Anti_semitism/holocaust_imagery.asp Holocaust Imagery and Animal Rights], [[Anti-Defamation League]], August 2, 2005</ref>

Many prominent celebrities support PETA, such as [[Bill Maher]], [[Richard Gere]], [[Alec Baldwin]], [[Paul McCartney]], and [[Russell Simmons]].

==Controversy==
PETA receives criticism from many different groups, including researchers, consumer advocates and others who claim that PETA's goals are not animal rights, but total animal liberation,<ref name="acmain">ActivistCash.com [http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/21]</ref> which would mean no meat, dairy, hunting, fishing, circus animals, aquariums, or even pets.

Critics also chastise PETA for some of its methods of action, including stalking, attacking and harassing those in the food or medical research industries<ref name="acmain" /> and supporting violent animal rights and environmental groups such as the [[Earth Liberation Front]] and the [[Animal Liberation Front]]<ref>ActivistCash.com [http://www.activistcash.com/organization_blackeye.cfm/oid/21]</ref>.

There have also been accusations of PETA killing animals when they could not find homes for them. According to these accusations, from July 1998 through December 2005, PETA killed over 14,400 dogs, cats, and other "companion animals." That's more than five creatures every day. And supposedly PETA has a walk-in freezer to store the dead bodies. However, these accusations have been concluded as false, being no more credible than the 9/11 conspiracy theories. <ref>PetaKillsAnimals.com, ''PETA's Dirty Secret'' [http://www.petakillsanimals.com/petaKillsAnimals.cfm]</ref> The stated rationale is that a swift death is better than long suffering, but critics point out that PETA commands significant funds and presumably could have cared for the animals if they so chose.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category: Organizations]]
[[Category:PETA]]
[[Category:Vegetarianism]]

==See Also==
*[[Previous Breaking News/PETA|Articles about '''PETA''' from previous "Breaking News"]]
*[[Alex Pacheco]]

==External Links==
*PETA Website [http://www.peta.org]
*[[Center for Consumer Freedom]] [http://www.consumerfreedom.com/issuepage.cfm/topic/8], a consumer advocate group
*[http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/21 ActivistCash.com]
*[http://www.petakillsanimals.com PetaKillsAnimals.com]