MtnBiker
01-14-2007, 01:13 PM
Who ReallyCares about Animals
01/12/2007
by Gary Truitt
A series of devastating winter storms have caused havoc in cattle country. As many as 340,000 cows and steers have been stranded in Colorado alone. The National Guard has been called out to help distribute emergency supplies of hay. Fences are buried or blown down, and herds are scattered across a wide area. So who, besides ranchers, is jumping in to help? Not the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
Last week a spokesman for PETA told Denver radio station KRFX that the organization was not interested in helping the Colorado National Guard rescue and care for animals stranded by the blizzard. PETA spokesperson Reannon Peterson then launched into a diatribe against ranching and the methods used by ranchers. She blamed the ranchers saying the situation could have been avoided if the animals would have been treated differently. After being repeatedly asked how an organization that was supposed to care about animals could let thousands of cattle starve to death she replied, “Why are we so worried about keeping them just so we can kill them in six months so they can become a steak dinner?”
At this point Colorado Governor Bill Owens, who was appearing on the same program, lashed out calling PETA “frauds and losers.” Needless to say, PETA is getting lots of bad press in cowboy country. Not that these nutcases are bothered by this. Yet, top Colorado officials and many high profile people are urging people not to give money to these losers. Hitting PETA in their overstuffed bank accounts may be the best tactic yet.
http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/wire/comments/00016_Who-ReallyCares-about-Animals_163302.php
01/12/2007
by Gary Truitt
A series of devastating winter storms have caused havoc in cattle country. As many as 340,000 cows and steers have been stranded in Colorado alone. The National Guard has been called out to help distribute emergency supplies of hay. Fences are buried or blown down, and herds are scattered across a wide area. So who, besides ranchers, is jumping in to help? Not the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
Last week a spokesman for PETA told Denver radio station KRFX that the organization was not interested in helping the Colorado National Guard rescue and care for animals stranded by the blizzard. PETA spokesperson Reannon Peterson then launched into a diatribe against ranching and the methods used by ranchers. She blamed the ranchers saying the situation could have been avoided if the animals would have been treated differently. After being repeatedly asked how an organization that was supposed to care about animals could let thousands of cattle starve to death she replied, “Why are we so worried about keeping them just so we can kill them in six months so they can become a steak dinner?”
At this point Colorado Governor Bill Owens, who was appearing on the same program, lashed out calling PETA “frauds and losers.” Needless to say, PETA is getting lots of bad press in cowboy country. Not that these nutcases are bothered by this. Yet, top Colorado officials and many high profile people are urging people not to give money to these losers. Hitting PETA in their overstuffed bank accounts may be the best tactic yet.
http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/wire/comments/00016_Who-ReallyCares-about-Animals_163302.php