"Colorado Republican Governor Bill Owens says the People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals is
"a bunch of losers."
He is reacting to PETA's refusal to help some of the 340,000 cows and
steers left stranded by southeastern Colorado's most recent snowstorm.
A PETA spokesman told a Denver radio station that the group would not
spend money to save the animals because, "In six months they're going to
be killed and end up on someone's plate."
Governor Owens told the station he was amazed that PETA "doesn't want us
to feed freezing cattle" and said "it's symbolic of what PETA stands
for." Owens also called PETA "a strange group of people" and told
listeners, "don't send money to PETA." - Fox News
As you all know we here in the western part of the USA are having the
blizzard season from Hell. Colorado and a few other western states are
literally buried under over 5 feet of snow in some rural places.
Billions of dollars of livestock are stranded in fields without food and
water. We have the national guard flying and dropping down hay for them.
Farmers helping each other out and getting things done.
People are donating money and food to those in need. We help each other
here and we help our animals as well.
Well, the governor of one state (I forget which one) was in contact with
PeTA and asked if they were willing to help in some way.
THEY OUTRIGHT REFUSED! He said they told him that the cows were going to
be eaten anyway and there is no reason for them to help.
What a bunch of hypocrites and a load of garbage!
I urge EVERYONE to look them up, send a letter and tell them what total
morons and hypocrites they are. How can they say they love animals and
then outright refuse to help when help is so desperately needed?
I am now going to post my PeTA article on here and on the main site.
People need to know what they really are about.
Written by D.L. McCracken
Friday, 05 January 2007
A spokeswoman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
told Denver-based radio station KRFX that PETA would not be interested
in assisting the Colorado National Guard with food drops in Colorado's
continuing effort to feed and rescue over 300,000 cattle that have been
stranded throughout a large part of that state due to several serious
blizzards.
PETA spokesperson Reannon Peterson who was being interviewed by KRFX
morning show hosts Rick Lewis and Michael Floorwax via telephone, when
asked if PETA would help in the massive rescue effort avoided the
question by criticizing the cattle ranchers for not providing 340,000
cattle with shelters and stated that "the situation could have been
avoided". Peterson continued with her criticism of the ranchers who,
according to her, mistreat their cattle on a continuous basis.
Several times throughout the interview Lewis and Floorwax asked Peterson
repeatedly if PETA would join the rescue efforts but could not get a
'yes' or 'no' response. Instead the spokesperson found herself mired in
a tirade against the ranchers and their tactics. She finally told the
morning hosts that a rescue effort of this "tragic situation" is "not
the most noble cause" and was not practical for "this specific situation".
Finally the truth spilled out when Peterson asked, "Why are we so
worried about keeping them [the cattle] just so we can kill them in six
months so they can become a steak dinner?"
At the time of Peterson's telephone interview, the hosts were also
talking to Colorado Governor Bill Owens in studio who sat through the
entire PETA interview speechless. Finally the governor, out of sheer
frustration called the organization "frauds" and "losers".
This isn't the first time that PETA has been in the news for exhibiting
less than compassionate emotion toward the very creatures they profess
to protect. As reported on HalifaxLive. com
<http://www.halifaxl ive.com/artman/ publish/peta_ 230605_881. shtml> in the
summer of 2005, two PETA employees were arrested and charged with 22
counts of Cruelty to Animals. Andrew Benjamin Cook and Adria Joy Hinkle
were taking possession of 22 animals including puppies and kittens from
a local animal hospital on behalf of PETA and the promise to re-home the
strays. The two however are accused of allegedly killing the animals,
stuffing them in trash bags and disposing 18 of the bodies in a
dumpster. Thirteen more dead animals were found in a PETA-owned van.
Cook and Hinkle are scheduled for trial later this month.
