I know a guy who can barely feed himself and his kids, let alone his plain old normal but much loved male ball python. I've told a white lie or two and convinced him that my snakes won't eat f/t rats that are kept for more than a month and that he's doing me a favor by taking my surplus so that it's not wasted. To my skewed way of thinking that's a kinder thing than killing healthy critters so that they don't "suffer" because they're someone's pet.
After all, what really helps animals? I know that there are a lot of different ways of looking at things, but to me PETA's way of looking at things is downright cockeyed. I read about all of the bizarre stunts that PETA has pulled with paint and vandalism and billboards aimed to shock and appall and I've got to wonder if any animals have ever been helped by all of that stupidity. And I know of many animals that could have been helped if PETA spent the money they wasted on raising a stink to help some owners get the things they need to care for their animals.
