The Disturbing Link Between PETA and Domestic Terrorism
By
William John Hagan
Houston Home Journal
06/29/2005
This week the organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) came up on the national radar screen. Two PETA employees, one named Adria Joy Hinkle, were arrested for disposing of dead animals in a shopping center's dumpster. The animals had been killed by PETA, which was astonishing given their incessant rhetoric about being the guardians of America?s pets. Police discovered 18 dead animals in the dumpster and 13 more in a PETA-owned van. It turns out that, unbeknownst to most Americans and PETA?s charitable donors, it is a common practice for PETA to euthanize healthy companion animals. In fact, it was discovered that over a six year period, of the 12,735 animals obtained by PETA?s Virginia headquarters only 2540 had actually been adopted out while the remaining 10,195 were destroyed. Daphna Nachminovitch, Director for PETA's Domestic Animal and Wildlife Department, conceded the following in an interview with Fox News: ?Did we euthanize some animals who could have been adopted? Maybe.?
When contacted about this matter PETA assured me that it was definitely against their policy ?to put the bodies of animals in dumpsters?. They further described the offending Ms. Hinkle as, ?a caring soul?. Really? It seemed to me this was quite possibly an example of the fox guarding the chicken coop, and I had to wonder what other types of good works PETA might be doing to our communities.
I interviewed Jen McClure, PETA?s Media Liaison, and concluded it would have been easier to get a straight answer out of Al-Qaeda. When questioned about certain facts, I was struck by her stark evasiveness. For example, it had been rumored that PETA had contributed defense money to the notorious domestic terrorist group ELF. The Earth Liberation Front is known for blowing up buildings, medical research labs and budding development communities. The FBI has estimated that ELF has committed more than 600 criminal acts in the United States since 1996, resulting in damages in excess of 43 million dollars. Naturally, it would be unthinkable to assume that PETA money was going to finance domestic terrorism, however, when asked if ?PETA directly or indirectly donated money to the Earth Liberation Front (ELF)? McClure, at first, refused to answer. Later, after checking with her superiors she stated, ?PETA has no involvement with alleged ELF actions.? Then, in a propaganda spiel worthy of Baghdad Bob, she went on to define terrorism as the ?violence inflicted on billions of animals annually in the meat, dairy, experimentation, tobacco, fur, leather, and circus industries.? Or, some would say, in PETA?s animal shelters.
As it turns out, McClure later admitted that PETA did give a grant of $1500 to Craig Rosebraugh, a leading member of ELF and their self-declared spokesman. Mr. Rosebraugh stated goals are to: ?Attack the financial centers of the country. Physically shut down financial centers which regulate and assist the functioning of U.S. economy.? Further it?s been reported that PETA gave $45,000 to the defense of Rod Coronado, an Animal Liberation Front (ALF) member who was convicted of a fire bombing at Michigan State University.
For years, PETA has duped good people into donating their hard earned money to this organization under its claim of helping animals. The truth is that PETA kills thousands of pets each year and financially supports domestic terrorists. The time has come for the IRS to revoke PETA?s tax free status and for the FBI to begin an investigation into their possible fraudulent and criminal conduct.
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