In 2023, PETA staff killed, on average, more than 7 animals a day, every day for the entire year. That is not only thousands of animals (2,559) but it is a significant increase from the year before. They killed 153 more cats than the year before and 226 more dogs. All told, PETA put to…
Every year at the end of January — as surely as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west — the following events occur: PETA will start putting out the same videos and blogs they always do — spay/neuter, how many dog houses they gave out (to people who would not surrender…
The Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, which oversees animal “shelters” in the state, released PETA statistics for 2021. While communities across Virginia and the country are reporting placement rates as high as 99% in municipal shelters, PETA continues to kill the majority of animals it takes in. In 2021, PETA put to death…
The Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, which oversees animal “shelters” in the state, released PETA statistics for 2020. While communities across Virginia and the country are reporting placement rates that are higher than ever — in some cases, the highest in their history (as high as 99% in municipal shelters) and, given the demand…
PETA’s Death Toll Surpasses 40,000 The Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, which oversees animal “shelters” in the state, released PETA statistics for 2019. While communities across Virginia and the country are reporting placement rates that are higher than ever – in some cases, the highest in their history (as high as 99% in…
I responded to a call from a concerned woman who’d found an abandoned days-old kitten under her porch. When I came to pick up the kitten, I had her sign a generic give-up form that spelled out that euthanasia was a possibility. But I was instructed to repeatedly convey that we would do our absolute…
Dear Friends and Colleagues: PETA demanded in court that I reveal the names of PETA employees who spoke to me on condition of anonymity about PETA’s killing of animals. The information they provided was used to corroborate newspaper articles, on the record sources, government documents received under the Public Records Act, testimony and information from civil…
January 31 marked the last day “shelters” in Virginia could submit statistics for 2018 to the Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services. And PETA’s statistics, as they often are, were posted on the last possible day. It should come as no surprise. In 2018, PETA once again continued to act as the functional equivalent of…
PETA donations were used to kill kittens in 2017. Among the dead are 9-week old kittens, 10-week old kittens, 4-month old kittens, and young, healthy cats, some killed in minutes. In 2017, PETA continued to act as the functional equivalent of a slaughterhouse, with more than 1,800 defenseless animals dying at the hands of their…
PETA is using donations given to them under the mistaken belief that the organization will use those donations to save lives to have healthy cats and kittens poisoned, instead. Among the dead are unweaned neonatal kittens, six week old kittens with no health problems, eight week old kittens, four month old kittens, seven month old…