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My friend Kikioblack has been sending me a lot of information she has found out about Animal Rights groups. She has been working with a dog rescue and has found out some pretty interesting things from it.

The ARL (Animal Rescue Liege) kills 85% of adoptible animals that come into their rescue. The animals they kill only have minor behavior problems and could be adopted to a loving family but they don't give them a chance to live. Any kind of pit bull breed will be put down because they are known for fighting, along with most German Shepard's and Rottweilers. Old animals and sick ones that come into the ARL are also put down with no treatment. People all but throw money at them to help animals but what they are really doing is using the money to euthanize.

PETA- Is known all throughout the America for being an extremist animal rights but in all reality a lot of them could care less about animals. They use animals as excuses to close down things they don't like and say it's in the name of animals. PETA has also made certain animals illegal to own unless you have a permit. Such as Bangle cats, partial wolve mixes, and others I can't think of off at the moment. Because of the laws now in place Bangle Cats and over half wolves are put down if confiscated or found.

They also make it hard for any animal lover to make a rescue to help animals from being put down. They through huge legal battle and even sue privet groups for trying to make a difference in the animal world.

PETA was first intended to help and save animals from being treated curly and to not be tested on but as the many years when on the new leaders of the group have corrupted the irrational intent.

Hmmmm PETA are more a business than an animal rights group. They use their funds to pay a full staff while most animal rights groups are volunteer run. Am a lil unsure on the league as they kinda don't operate in my country. But most ANY activist or will tell ya PETA do more harm than good to the reputation of animal rights worldwide.

I'm in agreement with most folks here. I'm not fond of PETA at all. Any good ends they reach are not justified by their means or other ends to otehr projects... I've never heard of the other one.

I actually just read an article about a zoo (in Alabama or something, I think?) that just lost their newborn African elephant calf. Total accident. The baby stumbled and fell over. Mother tried to turn around and help and accidentally ran into it instead. Unfortunate crap like that happens in nature, too, and human mothers can accidentally trip over or drop their children. It sucks, but it's a possibility and part of being a living creature. Apparently, there's some "animal rights" group stating that it's "yet another example" or how horrible it is to breed elephants in captivity. That the mother doesn't have proper time watching other mothers raise calves.

Ugh, you're right about PETA. I've never heard of the ARL, though. It's so disgusting how they claim to "protect" animals when they just slaughter them! scream