Peta Planning To Open An Office In Australia Options

[poodlefan]

WnH:

Watching their promo video (kindly linked by kendall in OT) it is apparent that they use the worst footage and the worst practices to encourage people to take up vegetarianism, they leave no option for the humane treatment of food production animals, and they have no solutions further than the complete disengagement of humans from the animal world.

Interesting isn't it? While animal conservation organisations the world over are encouraging local people to learn to understand and view live wild animals as valuable resources (eco tourism assists here) PETA's solution to the human/animal issue is total disengagement.

Intensive animal farming disengages the farmer from the stock in a way no other system of animal raising ever has.

What we don't know we can't value. What we don't value we don't care for. What we don't care for, we don't preserve.

The animal welfare issue as I see it will only be resolved by people learning about and understanding animals, not ignoring and isolating them. That goes as much for dogs as it does for orangutans. There is a small proportion of damaged people who cannot care but for many others it is ignorance of the value that animals can have that stops them from caring.

Anyway I look at PETA I think they are deluded. I honestly wonder how many of their leadership even LIKE animals. Working on the "familiarity breeds contempt" adage, maybe its not a bad thing PETA are coming here. People can see their lunacy up close and personal.

This post has been edited by poodlefan: 9th Feb 2010 - 04:01 PM

[WoofnHoof]

WnH:

Watching their promo video (kindly linked by kendall in OT) it is apparent that they use the worst footage and the worst practices to encourage people to take up vegetarianism, they leave no option for the humane treatment of food production animals, and they have no solutions further than the complete disengagement of humans from the animal world.

Interesting isn't it? While animal conservation organisations the world over are encouraging local people to learn to understand and view live wild animals as valuable resources (eco tourism assists here) PETA's solution to the human/animal issue is total disengagement.

Intensive animal farming disengages the farmer from the stock in a way no other system of animal raising ever has.

What we don't know we can't value. What we don't value we don't care for. What we don't care for, we don't preserve.

The animal welfare issue as I see it will only be resolved by people learning about and understanding animals, not ignoring and isolating them. That goes as much for dogs as it does for orangutans. There is a small proportion of damaged people who cannot care but for many others it is ignorance of the value that animals can have that stops them from caring.

Anyway I look at PETA I think they are deluded. I honestly wonder how many of their leadership even LIKE animals. Working on the "familiarity breeds contempt" adage, maybe its not a bad thing PETA are coming here. People can see their lunacy up close and personal.

Yeah it was really interesting trying to dig up information on the issues that PETA campaigns on and they aren't big on education as long as you can rant and rave and post gory pictures that's enough for them. The funny thing is while traditional mulesing is quite traumatic for lambs, research has shown that clips are very effective in reducing the trauma and pain suffered and yet PETA are uncompromising and are against the use of clips as well. The negative aspects of their campaigns are so evident when you try to gather information as a student and no one wants to talk to you or help your research because of the fear these idiots have generated in the industries I heard Prof Clive Phillips speaking about his research around Australia talking to cattle and sheep producers and he commented about the difficulty in getting the farmers to trust him enough to talk about animal welfare, it really highlights the damage that has been done.