Government Records Show PETA Killed Over 90 Percent of 'Companion Animals' in 2007

Government Records Show PETA Killed Over 90 Percent of 'Companion Animals' in
2007

Animal 'Rights' Group's Pet Death Toll Up To 19,200

WASHINGTON, May 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An official report filed by
People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) with the Virginia
government shows that the organization put to death more than 90 percent of
the dogs, cats, and other pets it took in for adoption during 2007. During
that year, the well-known animal rights group managed to find adoptive homes
for just 17 animals. In light of PETA's hypocritical angel-of-death program,
today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) called on PETA to stop
its routine condemnation of Americans who believe it's perfectly ethical to
use animals for food, clothing, and medical research.

This comes on the heels of last week's Newsweek report
(http://www.newsweek.com/id/134549), which revealed that since 1998 PETA had
killed, "more than 17,000 animals, nearly 85 percent of all those it has
rescued."

Not counting animals PETA held only temporarily in its spay-neuter program,
the organization took in 1,997 "companion animals" during 2007, of which it
killed 1,815. According to Virginia's Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services (VDACS), the average euthanasia rate for humane societies in the
state was just 36.2 percent in 2007. PETA killed 90.9 percent of the animals
it took in.

"Pet lovers should be outraged," said CCF Director of Research David Martosko.
"There are thousands of worthwhile animal-welfare organizations that deserve
the support of compassionate Americans. PETA is not one of them. This is the
kind of cold, heartless behavior that would draw a naked PETA protest if
anyone else were doing it."

In January, CCF petitioned VDACS to consider officially reclassifying PETA as
a "slaughterhouse" instead of a "humane society" and an animal "releasing
agency." VDACS Commissioner Todd Haymore responded in a January 25, 2008
letter that while PETA's rate of killing animals is "extremely high," the
state's laws "do not provide the authority for [VDACS] to 'strip' PETA of its
designation as a 'humane society' or 'releasing agency.'"

"It's horribly ironic that PETA kills so many animals" Martosko added. "PETA
raised over $30 million last year, and it's using that money to kill the only
flesh-and-blood animals its employees actually see. The scale of PETA's
hypocrisy is simply staggering."

For more information or to schedule an interview contact Tim Miller at
202-463-7112. Learn more about PETA's hypocrisy at www.petakillsanimals.com

SOURCE Center for Consumer Freedom

Tim Miller of Center for Consumer Freedom, +1-202-463-7112