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: > > << 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