Dolphin Saves Whales

[soylent]

Maybe I am not up to speed on the current animal rights activism, but what is it about PETA's tactics that you don't like?

Pressumably it's the funding and condoning of illegal activities like ELF's Rodney Coronado who burned down the Michigan state research lab, destroying 32 years of research data.(For which he only recieved 57 months in prison instead of a punish more fit to the crime, like a bullet to the head).

He received 70 000$ tax free from PETA around that time and they tried to slither out from having to denounce the bastard as best they could.

 

[EyeOn]

Pressumably it's the funding and condoning of illegal activities like ELF's Rodney Coronado who burned down the Michigan state research lab, destroying 32 years of research data.(For which he only recieved 57 months in prison instead of a punish more fit to the crime, like a bullet to the head).

He received 70 000$ tax free from PETA around that time and they tried to slither out from having to denounce the bastard as best they could.

I'll add to this...

At one point in time PETA use to be a respectable organization and I'm talking a long time ago...like when Betty White use to endorse them. Now? Because of all their illegalities and extremism, they make it hard for anyone else in animal rights to be respected. PETA is now part of the problem. What really disgusted many was when they took a bunch of animals from a pound just to kill them and they threw the bodies into a dumpster. How in the world does that help the cause against animal abuse??? That's sick. They took away whatever chance those animals had in being adopted and disposing them the way they did is a health threat to people and other animals.

I'll go on their website for information and that's it. At least their info. is right on, but their actions are disgraceful.

And the one thing that bothers me the most about PETA...Don't hound me about eating meat. Don't hound me how meat is 'murder'. Don't throw a bunch of sick pictures in my face while I am eating. I've been visited by PETA people while on campus doing just that.

I am an omnivore as any other human. Omnivores need both meat and plant proteins for the best optimal health. It's how the biology works in omnivores. To call meat murder, you might as well call eating anything organic murder considering all those fruits and veggies are alive too before we eat them.

It's one thing to bring attention to farms that abuse food animals. Yes, there is a problem with farms abusing food animals. IMO, a healthy animal will produce healthy food...a sick animal will produce unhealthy food, but is that problem really because I'm eating them??? They should be spending their time targeting the farms themselves rather than innocent people and that's where PETA really screws up.

Just my opinion on PETA.

 

[jimbob]

Matt Ridley: The origin of virtue.

I'd recommend it.



There are several species that seem to demonstrate altruism towards humans (on occasion). Most of these look cute to us, especially their young, I suspect that we, and our young especially could look cute to them too...

 

[quarky]

I've heard reports of nurse sharks helping swimmers to shore. No links; this was from researchers at a shark institute in the Florida Keys.