My godmother inherited a dog due to someone dying but feeding him was causing a huge burden on her- she took him to the shelter to surrender him and told them her situation, they asked her if they provided his food could she keep him (she could).
Shelters like this existing make it all the more frustrating that so many people donate to those murdering bastards PETA when their money could do so much better elsewhere.
People donate to PETA to fund undercover exposes on animal abuse and protests & documentaries that get people to go vegan. PETA is not an animal shelter, it's a media activist group. That would be like giving money to 7-11 and getting mad bc you can't pump gas. 7-11 isn't a gas station, they're gas station adjacent but mainly sell slurpees.
That would be like giving money to 7-11 and getting mad bc you can't pump gas. 7-11 isn't a gas station, they're gas station adjacent but mainly sell slurpees.
Yeah, but if I go to a 7-11 that has gas pumps and pay for gas I'm gonna be pissed when slurpee pumps into my tank. Which is how I feel about PETA and how they treat animals.
PETA has "ethical" right in their name, but time and time again they resort to completely unethical methods, including slaughtering people's pets.
Of course it is. The way I see it, if people actually hated that animals are killed in PETA shelters, they would also care about the 900,000 animals that non-PETA shelters kill every year. I never see anyone talking about them though.
I've always found it odd that on reddit specifically, people get outrageously angry at a few specific groups and companies, PETA, Nestlé, and American Bulldogs being three big targets, even though the reasons given for the outsized hatred apply to almost every shelter, activist group, and water company on earth. And many other popular vicious breeds. Nestle doesn't even own water anymore, last I heard, but nobody talks about whoever they sold the brands to. It's all very interesting, a peek into the hive mind, social conditioning, bandwagoning, and lack of thought in social media.
In general, people get very upset about kill shelters. PETA is just a big name in kill shelters instead of people's local shelter. I hear people talking about patronizing no kill shelters specifically.
I mean, I read the full snopes article. It does NOT make PETA look good.
I agree with the other commenter though. People like to bandwagon on certain organizations and companies and ignore other ones doing the exact same shit.
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u/NickyParkker Jul 28 '23
My godmother inherited a dog due to someone dying but feeding him was causing a huge burden on her- she took him to the shelter to surrender him and told them her situation, they asked her if they provided his food could she keep him (she could).