Animal Right vs. Animal Welfare : There is a big difference between animal rights activists and caring about animal welfare Animal right people feel we have no right to own an animal ,whether it be a dog a fish or a chicken or even a hamster...

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7 Things You Didn't Know About PETA :

1. PETA has stated repeatedly that their goal is "total animal liberation." This means no pets, no meat, no milk,no eggs, no zoos, no circuses, no fishing, no hunting, no leather, and no animal testing for lifesaving medicines.

2. PETA has given tens of thousands of dollars to convicted arsonists and other violent criminals.

3. PETA funds the misnamed Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine , an animal-rights organization that presents itself as an unbiased source for nutritional information and has links to a violent animal-rights group called SHAC. 4

4. PETA has used their contributors’ tax-exempt donations to fund the North American Earth Liberation front, an FBI-certified “domestic terrorist” group responsible for fire bombs and death threats.

5. PETA regularly targets kids as early as elementary school with anti-meat and anti-milk propaganda.

6. PETA spends less than one percent of its $13 million budget actually caring for animals.

7. PETA has repeatedly attacked groups like the March of Dimes, the Pediatric AIDS Foundation, and the American Cancer Society, for conducting animal testing to find cures for birth defects and life-threatening diseases.

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1. Ingrid Newkirk, "Animal Rights 2002" convention keynote speech, to hear wave file click here
2. Analysis of PETA's publicly available annual tax returns, click here for source 1, source 2, source 3, source 4
3. Analysis of PETA's publicly available annual tax returns, click here for source
4. Letter to Japan Nippon Kayaku Corporation dated 9/20/2001, co-signed by PCRM president Neal Barnard and SHAC leader Kevin Jonas, click here to see letter
5. PETA's publicly available annual tax return, fiscal year ending 7/31/2001, click here for source
6. PETA web site, click here for source
7. Analysis of PETA's publicly available annual tax returns
8. PETA web site, click here for source