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Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008
PETA Killed 97 Percent of 'Companion Animals' in 2006, According to
 VDACS
Center for Consumer Freedom
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 - An official report from People for The Ethical
 Treatment of Animals (PETA), submitted nine months after a Virginia
 government agency's deadline, shows that the animal rights group put to
 death more than 97 percent of the dogs, cats, and other pets it took in for
 adoption in 2006. During that year, the well-known animal rights group
 managed to find adoptive homes for just 12 pets. The nonprofit Center
 for Consumer Freedom (CCF) is calling on PETA to either end its
 hypocritical angel-of-death program, or stop its senseless condemnation of
 Americans who believe it's perfectly ethical to use animals for food,
 clothing, and
 critical medical research.

Not counting animals PETA held only temporarily in its spay-neuter
 program, the organization took in 3,061 "companion animals" in 2006, of
 which it killed 2,981. According to Virginia's Department of Agriculture
 and Consumer Services (VDACS), the average euthanasia rate for humane
 societies in the state was just 34.7 percent in 2006. PETA killed 97.4
 percent of the animals it took in. The organization filed its 2006 report
 this month, nine months after the VDACS deadline of March 31, 2007.

"Pet lovers should be outraged," said CCF Director of Research David
 Martosko. "There are thousands of worthwhile animal shelters that deserve
 Americans' support. PETA is not one of them."

In courtroom testimony last year, a PETA manager acknowledged that her
 organization maintains a large walk-in freezer for storing dead
 animals, and that PETA contracts with a Virginia cremation service to
 dispose
 of the bodies. In that trial, two PETA employees were convicted of
 dumping dead animals in a rural North Carolina trash dumpster.

Today in Southampton County, Virginia, another PETA employee will face
 felony charges in a dog-napping case. Andrea Florence Benoit Harris was
 arrested in late 2006 for allegedly abducting a hunting dog and
 attempting to transport it to PETA's Norfolk headquarters. 

"PETA raised over $30 million last year," Martosko added, "and it's
 using that money to kill the only flesh-and-blood animals its employees
 actually see. The scale of PETA's hypocrisy is simply staggering."

To speak with a spokesman contact Tim Miller at 202-463-7112. 

For more information about PETA's massive euthanasia program, visit
 http://www.PetaKillsAnimals.com.

SOURCE Center for Consumer Freedom

Tim Miller of the Center for Consumer
 Freedom, 1-202-463-7112

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