I usually dislike groups that are radical whatever their cause yo...

While I am a pet owner and have a strong belief in the humane treatment of animals, I have heard and read far to many disturbing things about the activities of PETA and it's members to endorse their thinking or their methods. The terrorist organization that is supposed to be for the Ethical Treatment of Animals actually kills animals themselves by the thousands. In Norfolk, Virginia, from 1998 through the end of 2003, PETA killed over 10,000 dogs, cats and other pets that they were entrusted with saving. There's a lot of info on what PETA actually does out there, and they are not like the SPCA or the World Wildlife Fund as some people imagine. Here's a good place to start reading - http://www.targetofopportunity.com/PeTA.htm

I'm not against PETA itself. However, I'm against some people who represent PETA who don't know what they're talking about, and that just hurts their cause.

I love a good Peta. I REALLY love them with steak. Add some green peppers and onions and thats a good sandwich! ;^)

People Eating Tasty Animals...It's nice to be on top of the food chain...for now.

I do not like PETA. LINK http://www.petakillsanimals.com/

yes complely

I like most of what PETA does. They do go to extremes at times, and I am not in favor of the extemes. I am a member and have been a member for years, and will continue to be a member. However I am also a member and more active in groups that are less extreme. PAWS is a great example.

Gawd I love peta bread but I don't much care for those sour dough biscuts.

No I support PETA. I am thankful that there are organizations out there that are willing to bring some of the tough issues of animal cruelty, testing and factory farming into the light. We humans too easily follow "group think" and don't educate ourselves about where our meat comes from and what goes on behind the scenes in animal breeding, fur trade and just about everything else we take for granted every day. There are even better organizations than PETA on animals rights issues. The Humane Society of the United States is a great organization.

Yes, while I'm all for ethical treatment of domesticated animals, PETA is still enviromental terrorism and I can't support that.

I am a fan of peta, they can be extreme in order to evoke emotional responses from people, but they do a whole lot of good. Some people misrepresent them too. Now ALF and ELF on the other hand.... it's hard to defend them.

Not necessarily, however I think we should start worrying about the ethical treatment of Human beings before we start placing so much emphasis on animals.

No, but with every organization I don't believe in everything they say or do....

Mostly I'm for PETA if I bother to think about it at all.

so much of their stated values, are values that most of us agree with! i love animals and i hate to see them suffer, for any reason. i think that they ought to be treated with a certain dignity. i guess i'm also a bit of a pragmatist. if 10 animals' mild suffering will cure cancer, then i would come down on the side of saving millions of people the pain, suffering, indignity and death of cancer. if you're talking about 10 animals' severe suffering to make cosmetics, then i'd say no, i wouldn't want to see that. if you're asking about the organization itself, well, while the written goals are noble, sometimes the expression of those goals are more contentious and merit further examination by peta members themselves and americans.

Of course, they're overblown and should be stopped.

While posting an answer to another question with in the field of this post, I came across this post & now offer my opinion/answer. Personally, I do not harbor negative or repressive thoughts against ANY individual or organization that respects other individuals/organizations rights to individual freedoms/choices. The exception for me personally, is when an individual/organization uses personal or political motives to restrict another's freedoms. Being a "veteran" of many a poli/sci, sociology & psychology classes I am acutely aware of people's nature. Especially when in "group" & the political manipulation that can so easily be fostered upon the more naive by the "elitists" with in said particular organization. Saying this, I must profess that a heavy dose of pathos usually accompanies the elitists propaganda towards the more naive amongst his/her peers. In organizations such as PETA, NRA, Earth First, Evangelism & even political organizations such as the GOP/DNC, logos is applied much more stringently, though ethos is used at appropriate times. My conclusion is that ALL organizations have an agenda, & try to achieve an end to that agenda. It is literally the "groups" bloodline. How & why the agenda is pursued is an altogether different matter!

I don't know what to believe about them. I don't know what is fabricated by businesses that make money from exploiting animals (and humans) and what isn't. Their website appears to represent a sane organization.

I completely support peta and I have been an activist for two years.

Is this the group that stands for PEOPLE EATING TASTY ANIMALS?

I don't support PETA, I like the SPCA, much better.

People Eating Tasty Animals? I love those guys!!

yes. it's over doing it when you respect animals more than people.

I just think they should correct their name to PETAEH (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals at the Expense of Humans). Some of their propaganda and activities are a bit disturbing.

Meh, not really. Do I think sometimes they go a bit overboard? Yes.

I am against poor treatment of animals, but I do think they are delicious. I agree with raindancer about the name change.

I don't think animals should be hurt for cosmetic purposes, but if we can cure a chronic human desease by the use of animal lab testing, then by all means go for it. I eat meat, I won't stop, I also won't appologise for it. Do I think animals should be killed for their fur/hides, no, but if we're killing the cow for burgers why not use the hide? It seems wasteful not to. I am a Native American, and I approve this message.

No, I may not agree with everything that they stand for but I appreciate that they are so active in the fight for animals and that they spread awareness. It's unfortunate that some view them so badly because of a few of their extreme ideas and disregard all of the great work that they do because of it.

No, but I wish they would stop doing the attention grabbing extreme stuff.

Sort of. Many of their members clearly don't know anything about biology. For example, there are several mink farms in Denmark (because of their fur, obviously). I agree that these farms should be shut down as the animals live most miserable lives there. HOWEVER, PETA members have several times been releasing those minks into a nature where they don't belong, resulting in hundreds of endangered animals being eaten by the minks

I am rather against most of their ennemies. At least those who create the desinformation about PETA. PETA's Slogan: "Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment."

No, I think PETA is a fantastic organisation. Someone has to protect the animals.

I thin some of the ideals are very good but they are too extreme. I've had friends that were very involved with PETA and they left the group because of those extremes, things like abolishing ALL animal ownership or 'restriction'. That's just too radical. And I don't agree with their methods, almost terrorist activities. But the idea of no domestic animals, no pets, no animal bothered anywhere in the world is not sanity or reasonableness. And that is what they are working towards.

I am against their violence and sabotage which sometimes borders on terroristic. On the other hand, I feel they have every right to express their concerns and issues and should do so.

Some of their campaigning tactics are unethical. I believe in their mission, but not in the way they inform the public.

Do some research, some of PETA's actions are worse than those they protest. If you can find the time, check out this episode of Penn and Teller's: Bullsh*t about PETA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ijLulwUTY

I'm against some of their methods, as I feel they make themselves look ridiculous, and therefore people don't take them seriously. However, I'm definitely all for animal rights.

I'd rather sourdough sandwiches! ;-)

No and ALF is even better!

I'm pro PETA and always will be!

Nope.

They have good ideas, but I think they're misguided.

I am against animal abuse but strongly support use of animal models for medical research. Many people confuse the term "animal welfare" with "animal rights" — even though there are vast differences between the two concepts. "Animal welfare" is defined as the responsibility we have to treat animals with compassion and provide them with humane and ethical care. Your local animal shelter, the Delta Society and the Animal Health Foundation are examples of animal welfare organizations. On the other hand, "animal rights" encompasses a philosophical view that puts animals on the same moral plane as humans, and rejects the use of animals for any reason: for clothing, food, entertainment, sport, companionship, transportation, rescue work or biomedical research. Organizations that embrace animal rights tenets include People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), In Defense of Animals, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and the Animal Legal Defense Fund. It’s sometimes difficult to distinguish between animal welfare and animal rights organizations. Animal rights groups often hide their radical agendas behind language that emphasizes animal welfare initiatives. This leads the unsuspecting to join or contribute without realizing the extreme views held by the leaders of these groups. Whether we are aware of it or not, we all benefit from animal-based research every day. Here are just a few examples of the medical care that animal research helped make possible: * Anesthesia * Antibiotics * Vaccines * Organ transplants use of animals in research has also led to many other vaccines for once-common diseases such as tuberculosis, measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox and meningitis. The late Dr. Maurice Hilleman of Merck & Co., who was responsible for developing three dozen vaccines, is credited with saving more lives than any other scientist in the past century.

i am against all acts of terrorism foreign and domestic peta has been responsible for some heinous criminal acts against people they don't agree with. follow the link below to inform yourself of the dark side of this organization. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/282260/peta_when_animal_rights_becomes_terrorism.html so to answer your question, yes, i am anti-peta for MANY reasons.

Yes, because I love animals. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a group that complains bitterly when animals die accidentally in horse races or intentionally in slaughterhouses, killed more than 90 percent of the adoptable animals in its care during 2007. Last year, PETA wrangled with the Virginia government for nine months before its 2006 records were finally made public. In a cynical bid to hide the outrageous percentage of animals that wind up in their giant walk-in freezer, PETA's leaders tried to lump the pets they spayed or neutered in with those they took in for more than an hour. That squabbling continues, but this year we decided not to wait for the dust to settle. Instead, with the help of Virginia's public records law, we did a little digging. Responding to our formal legal request, the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) has released PETA's 2007 "Animal Record" report. Although VDACS itself has still not relased this report, we're making it available to the general public. PETA claims to be dedicated to protecting animals and treating them "ethically"—it’s right there in the group’s name. But killing animals that could otherwise be placed in adoptive homes isn’t terribly ethical, especially for a group whose $30 million annual income is more than enough to do the right thing instead. In comparison, the Virginia Beach SPCA, right down the road from PETA’s Norfolk headquarters, managed to adopt out almost 70% of the animals in its care last year. And it did it on a relative shoestring budget. Adding PETA's 2007 numbers to the mix, we can now document that the group has put down over 19,200 dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens. While it's possible that some of these animals were too broken or sick to be rehabilitated, humane societies in Virginia managed to save an average of nearly 65 percent of their animals in 2007. PETA found adoptive homes for less than 1 percent. http://www.petakillsanimals.com/

most of the animal rights group, while good intentions, are so misguided.the pictures published use GELATON...what do u think that is made of? and i love when I see peta members or other animal rights acitivists smoking cigarettes.,....where do you think the ingredients for those are tested???? ppl need to do their freakin homework. ps i love big macs.

Yes I am against PETA. I am also against Green Peace, Earth First and all other such Urban Terrorists.

No, I think they do a wonderful job. The Animal Liberation Front are amazing as well.

No. When people are fanatic about their own kinds such as about stamping out pedophilia or child abuse, then it is fully acceptable by society no matter how extreme the law may be. But when an organisation takes animals rights a little bit too seriously to be comfortable for the mass population to accept, then it is considered "weird" or an outcast. Double standard is an evil that we as humans fully and blindly accept as human, natural and right.

Like most organizations Peta lost there direction now they seem to want to sacrafice human dignity for their cause. I think animals should have animal rights not human rights. In other words some species of animals have to be harvested to prevent them from killing themselves from over population but we don't do that with humans.No animal should be tortured in any way including dog fighting and things like that.

I value what PETA are trying to do & even though they go to extremes at times, in my opinion, sometimes extremes are needed. I'm not against them, they exist for a worthy cause.

I value what PETA are trying to do & even though they sometimes go to extremes to make their point, in my opinion, sometimes extremes are necessary to make people pay attention. PETA are for a worthy cause, there's no reason for me to be against them.

No. PETA are doers not talkers. They rock!

Yes, I am against PETA, not for what they started out trying to do, but what they have ended up doing just to make their point.