My Nonprofit Reviews
Karen Horning
Review for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Norfolk, VA, USA
Once upon a time I had a great deal of respect for PETA. I now am appalled by their support of BSL and attempts to ban and annhilate pit bulls. Punish the deed, not the breed and hold the irresponsible, cruel and abusive owners accountable for what they do.
Eradicating a breed doesn't do anything. Those horrific individuals who abuse the bullies would then only find another breed to expolit. One would assume the folks at PETA would understand this.
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Their participation in backing BSL in my state and city.
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Re=open thier minds. We are all opposed to animal cruelty. Holding the dog responsible for what a human does to it is not the correct way to stop it.
Please see PETA's annual review at peta.org/annualreview or on Guidestar to note the number of free spay and neuter surgeries provided to pit bulls (which is key to helping this most abused of all breeds), as well as information on PETA's free doghouse program (many of the recipients are pit bulls) and anti-cruelty (including dogfighting) work.
