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PETA killed 90% of cats and dogs at VA facility
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Date: March 21, 2013 04:02PM
PETA killed more than 1,600 cats and dogs at its Virginia headquarters last year - almost 90% of the animals handed over to the charity's American shelter
By KATIE DAVIES
PUBLISHED: 15:57 EST, 20 March 2013 | UPDATED: 20:01 EST, 20 March 2013
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Animal rights charity PETA killed almost 90 per cent of dogs and cats placed in the care of the shelter at its Virginia headquarters last year, it has been revealed today.
The charity, well-known for attention grabbing publicity campaigns such as the 'I'd rather go naked' anti-fur campaign, euthanized 1,647 cats and dogs last year and only placed 19 in new homes according to the data submitted to the Virginia Department for Agriculture and Consumer Services.
PETA told Mail Online that the animals they take in at the center are 'unadoptable', however 89.4 per cent of pets is much higher than their own approximation that half of animals taken to shelters end up being euthanized.
According to the statistics 1,110 cats and 733 dogs were handed in to the charity in 2012.
22 cats and 108 dogs were transferred to another shelter, two cats and three dogs were reclaimed by their owner while 1,045 cats and 602 dogs were euthanized.
34 cats and 7 dogs were placed under a category entitled 'Miscellaneous'.
By KATIE DAVIES
PUBLISHED: 15:57 EST, 20 March 2013 | UPDATED: 20:01 EST, 20 March 2013
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Animal rights charity PETA killed almost 90 per cent of dogs and cats placed in the care of the shelter at its Virginia headquarters last year, it has been revealed today.
The charity, well-known for attention grabbing publicity campaigns such as the 'I'd rather go naked' anti-fur campaign, euthanized 1,647 cats and dogs last year and only placed 19 in new homes according to the data submitted to the Virginia Department for Agriculture and Consumer Services.
PETA told Mail Online that the animals they take in at the center are 'unadoptable', however 89.4 per cent of pets is much higher than their own approximation that half of animals taken to shelters end up being euthanized.
According to the statistics 1,110 cats and 733 dogs were handed in to the charity in 2012.
22 cats and 108 dogs were transferred to another shelter, two cats and three dogs were reclaimed by their owner while 1,045 cats and 602 dogs were euthanized.
34 cats and 7 dogs were placed under a category entitled 'Miscellaneous'.
Re: PETA killed 90% of cats and dogs at VA facility
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Date: March 21, 2013 09:08PM
It's probably worth nothing that in 2012, PETA employees in a Maryland shelter are known to have killed at least four cats and a dog on various dates in April and October of that year as part of a little known christian ritual wherein the animals were offered to God limb by limb. The animals ultimately perished from blood loss at which point PETA staff cooked their flesh, stuffed it into pita bread, and consumed these vulgar sandwiches while wearing fur coats (obtained by making false claims of ownership from a nearby municipal lost-and-found) and dancing around a large fire fueled by diesel, styrene plastic, and old phone books stolen from a recycling center.
Re: PETA killed 90% of cats and dogs at VA facility
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Priapus
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Date: March 21, 2013 09:18PM
fugid... Wrote:
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> It's probably worth nothing that in 2012, PETA
> employees in a Maryland shelter are known to have
> killed at least four cats and a dog on various
> dates in April and October of that year as part of
> a little known christian ritual wherein the
> animals were offered to God limb by limb. The
> animals ultimately perished from blood loss at
> which point PETA staff cooked their flesh, stuffed
> it into pita bread, and consumed these vulgar
> sandwiches while wearing fur coats (obtained by
> making false claims of ownership from a nearby
> municipal lost-and-found) and dancing around a
> large fire fueled by diesel, styrene plastic, and
> old phone books stolen from a recycling center.
Wow. i'm taking Fluffy there tonite. Sounds like fun.
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> It's probably worth nothing that in 2012, PETA
> employees in a Maryland shelter are known to have
> killed at least four cats and a dog on various
> dates in April and October of that year as part of
> a little known christian ritual wherein the
> animals were offered to God limb by limb. The
> animals ultimately perished from blood loss at
> which point PETA staff cooked their flesh, stuffed
> it into pita bread, and consumed these vulgar
> sandwiches while wearing fur coats (obtained by
> making false claims of ownership from a nearby
> municipal lost-and-found) and dancing around a
> large fire fueled by diesel, styrene plastic, and
> old phone books stolen from a recycling center.
Wow. i'm taking Fluffy there tonite. Sounds like fun.
Re: PETA killed 90% of cats and dogs at VA facility
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Priapus
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Date: March 21, 2013 09:20PM
Re: PETA killed 90% of cats and dogs at VA facility
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Date: March 21, 2013 09:25PM
People Eating Tasty Animals
Re: PETA killed 90% of cats and dogs at VA facility
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Yummm
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Date: March 21, 2013 09:50PM
Priapus Wrote:
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> dog stew
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NTXoO00phw
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> dog stew
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NTXoO00phw
Re: PETA killed 90% of cats and dogs at VA facility
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Date: March 21, 2013 11:24PM