I have no idea why I am posting this but

[davet]

it just seems kinda intersting to me...there is lots more but I suspect this is enough to classify me as a kook...kinda in Kevins range....This is a statement made by Ingrid Newkirk, the President of PETA: "

I don't use the word 'pet'. I think it's speciesist language. I
prefer 'companion animal' For one thing, we would no longer allow breeding.
People could not create different breeds. There would be no pet shops. If
people had companion animals in their homes, those animals would have to be
refugees from animal shelters and the streets. You would have a protective
relationship with them just as you would with an orphaned child. But
as the surplus 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 symb iotic relationship - enjoyment at a

It is interesting that Ms. Newkirk used the word "speciesist"
Allwords.com defines that word as follows: 1. The discrimination against, and
exploitation of, animals by humans in the belief that humans are
superior to all other species of animals and can therefore justify putting them
to their own use. One of the animal rights mantras is that all animals are
created to be equal to all humans, and should have the same rights as humans.

Just in case it still isn't clear what their agenda is, here are a few more
quotes from Ingrid Newkirk:
"One day, we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of
animals. (Dogs) would pursue their natural lives in the wild... they would
have full lives, not wasting at home for someone to come home in the evening
and pet them and then sit there and watch TV." - The Chicago Herald,
3/1/05
" In the end, I think it would be lovel y if we stopped this whole
notion of pets altogether." Newsday, 2/21/07
Ms. Newkirk has very close ties with several groups identified by the
FBI as known terrorist groups, such as Animal Liberation Front (ALF). The
animal rights group are very well organized, and when you check closely, you
will see many of the same names sitting on the boards of these radical
groups. They are intertwined and closely linked through their finances, and
the work that they do.
PETA operates on an annual budget of $29,000,000 Most of this is
through donations made by ordinary citizens that don't know the real work of
PETA. Many people think that they are out to save the lives of animals after
seeing all of their ads on TV and the newspapers. That is why
millions are donated to them each year.

[Traci]

Well, some of the sentiments are fine, and shared, but Ingrid doesn't live on planet earth anymore. Had she not strayed into the radical, and terrorist behavior, she might have kept a good thing going.

As for the term speciesist, I'd have to agree to some extent. Who gave humans the right to do as they wish to and against animals, (I'm not talking about god), who decided we were superior beings above all (yeah, a HUMAN did)? If anything, we are the lesser species, we destroy everything in our path and everyone/everything in that path, human and animal and environment alike. Humans are self-destructing and animals are just trying to survive.

[davet]

Sheesh Traci/ we finally agree

[mamabear]

I agree! God gave humans dominion over animals. We WERE supposed to protect them and keep the Sabbath holy for them as well. We were entrusted to give them food and shelter and be kind. They were for food and protection and companionship and we as humankind took advantage of that or at least many did and now it's the good people who are trying to clean it up. Although some have definitely shown to not be from planet earth anymore.

Treat animals with respect and kindness and give them rest. Wow is that too hard to ask of humans. Oh boy!

i read the deep pile of doo doo that PETA is in as well over the abuse wow!!!

[Vicki]

Animals were not originally given to us for food.....yes, God gave us dominion over them but they were not used as food until sin came into the world. In the Garden of Eden, before the fall, animals were not eaten. They were named by Adam and taken care of, but not eaten.