Food (meat, actually) for thought.

It's time to play "Who's Getting Fired Over This Screwup?!" Yeesh, PETA's really stuck their foot in it this time. This article is from Penton Media Group:
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"According to public records from the Virginia Department of Ag and Consumer Services, a total of 21,339 dogs and cats have been euthanized since 1998 by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) workers. In fact, last year, PETA killed 2,124 pets and placed only seven in adoptive homes. It’s for that reason that the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) – www.consumerfreedom.com – has petitioned the Commonwealth of Virginia to classify PETA as a slaughterhouse. You can read the article at: consumerfreedom.com/.

“PETA has a $32-million annual budget. But instead of investing in the lives of the thousands of flesh and blood creatures in its care, the group spends millions on media campaigns telling Americans that eating meat, drinking milk, fishing, hunting, wearing leather shoes, and benefiting from medical research performed on lab rats are all ‘unethical’,” CCF says.
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They killed more than 2,000 dogs and cats last year?? Maybe they're on a kick to feed the local buzzards? Maybe somebody didn't read the PETA Employee Handbook down at the shelter?

In my very humble opinion, animals are to be respected. Treated as well as possible, and allowed to fulfill their purpose while living. Then, when it is appropriate for them to be useful in dying, they need to be dispatched humanely. And that is what an animal is for - to be purposeful in both life and death. I believe that what groups like PETA are trying to do is make animals exist without a purpose. And even humans like to live their lives with purpose.