Some parents question PETA protest at Pa. school
- The Associated Press
October 13, 2010 9:32am EDT
• PITTSBURGH — Some parents are questioning a protest by People for the Ethical Treatment for Animals outside a Pittsburgh public school.
A person in an elephant costume with a bloody forehead bandage handed out coloring books as students left Colfax Elementary School on Tuesday. The protest targets the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus coming to town next month.
Parent Sabrina Weihrauch says she generally supports PETA, but doesn't believe in demonstrating outside a school.
PETA spokeswoman Virginia Fort says the stunt "gently let children know" how circus animals are treated. The circus says its animals aren't mistreated.
Seventy-two-year-old Anne Myrick tried to shoo students away from the protest, telling the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, "They're hustling little kids." Link
This is pretty standard fare for PETA but I thought I’d let all of you know a little more about Virginia Fort. She is PETA’s full time paid protester. She travels across the country setting up these demonstrations. I was able to visit with her when they were in Rapid City last November. At that protest they were trying to convince people that all dairy cows are abused by the farmers that own them. In part of our discussions with Ms. Fort we asked her what should be done with all of the pasture land that cows are grazing on since they want animal agriculture eliminated. Her response was that we should farm it. Another rancher standing nearby asked if she really thought ripping up native prairie in a semi-arid climate was a good idea. She said we might as well since the cows are out there pooping on it anyhow. WHAT?? I asked her if I could video her saying that response again and she refused. Obviously this wouldn’t be the best use of the land but her idea is that if anything is “pooping” on the land it is being destroyed. That’s PETA mentality for you.
The other main point to take home from this is that there aren’t protests from local people taking place. PETA has to hire employees to do this for them. For the most part it’s the same few people at every PETA protest.
4 comments:
I guess ignorance is bliss... the sad thing is that these people have more money than brains n there opinions are everywhere... we need to educate people where our food comes from. Kids these days think eggs n meat come from the store.
I detest Animal Rights' activists. I think it is absolutely loathsome to abuse an animal, for ANY reason, but I do not agree with the position that "animals have rights, too"... Since when has any animal, other than the human animal, shown societal tendencies?
I think that Americans have gone from one extreme to another & neither one is good for us, OR the animals. I wish we could see some moderation on this issue.
One of the issues that agriculture must face is mudslinging. Confronting a PETA protest about a circus with dairy/Midwest farming issues does not facilitate an understanding or resolution.
Yeah Jen. Kids also think eggs and meat come from farms. Like, with animals scratching and rooting around and being the animals they are.
Ignorance is bliss, especially when it comes to battery cages and gestation crates.
Let's educate people where their food comes from.
Oh, and Anonymous:
Since when has any animal shown societal tendencies? Holy cr*p: do some research.
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