An Idea to Let FWS Know How We Really Feel.

[Kinra]

While I do agree that PETA is a radical group with mixed up priorities, I don't think that the spay/neuter movement is an attempt to eradicate domesticated animals. As someone who volunteers at local animal shelters, I am also strongly against breeding cats and dogs (with a few exceptions). Of course with snakes there is still a higher demand than supply, so that's a different matter, though they may not see it that way. All I'm saying is that while I think PETA takes things way too far, their claims are not necessarily unfounded.

I wasn't trying to say that people shouldn't spay and neuter their pets. Both my dog and cat are adopted and I try to support local shelters, so I can understand their point of view, but I also support responsible breeders. If you read the first part of the link I posted you can clearly see that PETA does not approve of "companion animals".

"we believe 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 selfish desire to possess animals and receive love from them causes immeasurable suffering"

Neither my dog or my cat suffer. They are both spoiled rotten so I disagree with PETA on this. I also disagree with their stance on Zoos, how they try to get their message across, the pointless lawsuits they pursue (the one where they were suing SeaWorld or something similar because keeping wild caught Orac was a violation of the Orac's civil rights and they were basically slaves comes to mind here), and many other issues. I may stretch what they are saying by interpreting their message in a way that supports my arguments, but they are clearly against keeping pets and kill way too many every year.