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You’re wrong about PETA | The nonprofit is a punchline. It’s also forced the world to face factory farming, animal cruelty, and our own hypocrisy (www.vox.com)

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[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Actual answer: because they feel pet ownership and domestication is less moral than euthanasia. I don't think they actually care about individual animals or harm reduction as much as they hate the idea of animal husbandry.

To be clear, factory farming and almost any commercial industry involving animals is nightmarishly evil. It'd just be nice to have a better advocate against it.

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You're parroting meat industry talking points. PETA's behaviour clearly indicates this is not the case, as they help substantially more animals than they euthanize. In a given year the vast majority of their interactions are spaying/neutering, providing other free or low cost medical services, and helping unhoused backyard dogs.

They even adopt some of these animals themselves. Why would they adopt them if they were ideologically opposed to adoption. Simple answer: they aren't.

They're likely ideologically opposed to the concept of animals as property, as opposed to companions, which is why they use terminology like "guardian/companion" instead of "owner/pet".