On Sun, 04 May 2014 16:56:17 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:

>Jeßus wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On Sat, 03 May 2014 19:58:43 -0400, Travis McGee
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > On 5/3/2014 7:51 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 03 May 2014 19:41:06 -0400, Travis McGee
>> >> > wrote:
>> >>> PETA’s bid for turkey memorial in Utah denied
>> >>> Published Saturday, May 3, 2014 | 4:21 p.m.
>> >>> Updated 10 minutes ago
>> > > >
>> >>> SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An animal rights activist's request to
>> install a >>> roadside memorial at the site where hundreds of turkeys
>> died in a Utah >>> truck crash has been denied.
>> > >
>> >> This is surely a joke.
>> > >
>> >
>> > This has been going on for some time, and it isn't a joke.
>> >
>> > http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014...for-turkey-mem
>> > orial-in-utah-denied/
>>
>> It's hard to fathom how it's possible to be that insulated from
>> reality
>>
>> It's also a shame that PETA takes such extreme and unreasonable steps
>> such as the above, because it doesnt exactly help the cause of animal
>> welfare in general when they present an image of... well, complete
>> nutters really. All that time and effort could be put to so much
>> better use.
>
>Frankly most PETA folks are nutters.
>
>Sadly the worst part is they pretend to protect animals and take them
>into shelters yet have a 98% kill rate. They dont tell the locals they
>do not have a shelter. They put them down even if healthy.
>
>I'd not mind if they were honestly telling folks they will help those
>not pable to pay to have a loved pet put down but that is NOT what they
>tell them here.
>
>Never take a dog or cat to Peta unless you want them put to sleep
>forever. THat is all they do.

Yes, I have heard about the above before. We are fortunate here in Aus
because PETA don't seem to have much of a presence here.

Conversely, I do not like the RSPCA here either, because they have
become bureaucratic, corporate, money-hungry and frequently cause good
people unnecessary (and unwarranted) problems.
And, like PETA, the RSPCA is /very/ good at putting animals down.

Fortunately we have alternative organisations here more deserving of
support.