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PETA = People for the Ethical treatment of Animals!
Betty Alfred wrote:
> In a message dated 02/12/2000 6:20:02 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
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> << Kyle,
> Would love to read your article! By the way, what is PETA? And is that
> really their moto that a dog is a rat is a boy??? >>
>
> Cindy -- With Kyle's kind permission (which I didn't even ask for), I'll go
> ahead and answer your question. PETA stands for "People for the Ethical
> Treatment of Animals." PETA is an animal rights organization that focus on
> concerns about the way laboratory animals are treated; whether there are
> unnecessarily duplicated experiments; or just plain unnecessary experiments,
> on animals in laboratory settings; vivisection; and issues of that general
> nature.
>
> PETA's approach to addressing some of the things they think are problems
> seems similar to the way Greenpeace operates with respect to environmental
> concerns.
>
> Since the Peter Singer flap started, I read that PETA based their
> organizational principles on his book,"Animal Liberation." I don't know if
> that is an accurate statement or not -- so please don't quote me. I can't
> remember the source.
>
> If they did base their organizational principles on "Animal Liberation," then
> the "dog is a rat is a boy" premise would stand, probably with the unspoken
> understanding that the boy has a less respected status than the dog and the
> rat.
>
> Hope this answers your question Cindy. Kyle (or anyone), if I've said
> anything that sounds inaccurate, please correct me.
>
> Betty
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