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PETA Buys Shares of SeaWorld

PETA has done it again... they have put their money (money that people send in to protect animals) behind a company that harms them. In the past PETA has bought shares to restaurants and meat companies (I have blogged about it before). Now they have bought shares of SeaWorld.

They claim that they do it so they can attend board meetings and give their opinions. It's a complete waste of money that could be used to actually help animals. SeaWorld will pay no regard to their suggestions. Furthermore, PETA now stands to EARN money from those shares. So they will be earning money from animal cruelty. Why not invest the money in companies that create vegan products and support animals?

Woudln't that money be better spent educating the public on the cruelty of SeaWorld? Looks to me like PETA has a "can't beat them, join them" attitude. Bottom line is that PETA is part owner of many of the companies that we loath because they are filled with animal cruelty. 

You can read the news article on this here.

PETA kills animals again - 2012 report published - PETA kills animals

I have blogged several times before about how PETA actually kills animals. News regarding their 2012
record for killing animals has now come out. Here's PETA's animal kill record for 2012: 

"According to the published records, PETA euthanized 1,675 of the 1,877 animals in its care in 2012, including 602 dogs and 1,045 cats."

PETA is good at one thing, which is fundraising. They rake in around $30 million per year. They claim to be an animal rights organization, but would an animal rights organization kill thousands of animals per year? They make a lot of money and claim it is to help animals, yet they don't even use it to help the very animals that are at their doorstep.

If you want to support an animal rights group or help save animals think twice before giving your money to PETA. They kill thousands of animals every single year. Animals that they could find homes for and help provide care for, but they don't want to use any part of that $30 million yearly budget to do so. Instead they pay someone to kill all those animals. Consider giving your money to an animal sanctuary, rescue group, no-kill shelter, or an animal rights group that does not kill animals.

PETA kills animals. The proof has been out there for a long time. Many people don't want to believe it, but it is true. Look beyond their marketing tactics, which are successful at bringing in a lot of money, and look to what it is that they do with that money. They are not using it to save thousands of animals they come in contact with each year.

You can read the full news article about PETAs 2012 kill record here.

 

 

Share the World Event to Teach Kids About Compassion for Animals

As I've shared before, I help to run the Daytona Beach Vegetarian Society. We hold monthly events aimed at raising vegetarian awareness in the community. Yesterday we held a "Share the World" event for kids.

The event was a success! We had about 40 people come out, including quite a few kids, and even the photographer from a local paper to photograph the event (so we may have a picture in next week's paper).

The mission of the event was to teach kids about having compassion for animals. We showed the movie called "Share the World." The movie is put out by PETA (I'm not usually a PETA fan, but this is some good kid stuff), although their only mention is in the credits. It's a good movie for kids that is only about 28 minutes long and then has some spots where you pause for discussion. The pause areas gave us a chance to discuss animals, including things we can do make their life better, since we share the world with them (things such as being nice to them, helping them, and not eating them).

We also made sure we stocked the tables with all vegan treats that kids would love. There were vegan ice cream sandwiches, soy yogurt, Larabars, and Silk chocolate milk. We also had lots of vegan baked samples (brownies, cupcakes and cookies) from Sweetsies Specialty Bakery, which is a local vegan bakery.

We also had two full tables of literature to offer. One table was completely geared toward kids. We got lots of good stuff from PETA, such as their kid books, Animal Times, comic books, and stickers. We also had Tofurky buttons and tattoos, and some coloring books and other things from the Vegetarian Resource Group. On the adult table we a variety of brochures from the Vegetarian Resource Group and Vegan Outreach. We also had coupons and even some videos from PETA. Lots of good stuff!

The event was a success. People were interested, asked questions, took lots of literature, and enjoyed the food. Thank you to everyone who helped pull this event off, including VegFund, for paying for all the food samples, Sweetsies Specialty Bakery for the great vegan baked treats, PETA for supplying the movie and lots of literature, and the Vegetarian Resource Group and Vegan Outreach for additional literature. Also, thanks to all those who came and brought their children to learn about having compassion for animals. Hopefully we touched a lot of hearts and minds at this event and it will make a difference for the animals!

You can easily put on an event like this in your own area. All you need to do is contact the places to get the free movie, literature, and appy for a VegFund grant. It's an easy and good way to get kids involved in learning early on about having compassion for animals and making cruelty-free food choices.

Here are some pictures from the event: