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Last Wednesday, on Denver radio station KRFX, Colorado Governor Bill Owens leveled words like “losers” and “frauds” at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), an organization that’s no stranger to controversy. Owens told listeners: “What a bunch of losers. Don’t give your money to PETA.”
Why did the elected leader of the 8th-largest U.S. state unleash his feelings about the animal rights group? As many as 340,000 cows and steers were stranded by southeastern Colorado's latest snowstorm. National Guard units have been mounting a frantic bid to save the freezing animals. Faced with 15-foot snowdrifts, rescuers airlifted bales of hay and hoped for the best.
And when local media asked PETA for help … well … let’s just say the wealthy activist group wasn’t enthusiastic about “saving” future T-bones and rib roasts. On the air, a PETA spokeswoman sniffed: “I don't know that it's really the most noble cause.”
PETA, famous for lobbing rhetorical grenades at hunters, had no sympathy for Colorado’s wildlife either. Asked if her group would intervene to save deer, elk, and other wild animals, the PETA spokeswoman snapped that “there’s really nothing to be done.”
Does PETA care more about hurting ranchers and crippling the beef industry than about “saving” flesh and blood animals? Did Governor Owens finally say out loud what most Coloradans are thinking?
And at PetaKillsAnimals.com, you can also learn about two PETA employees who will face felony Animal Cruelty charges later this month (yes—you read that right) in North Carolina. They allegedly killed dozens of healthy, adoptable animals in the back of a PETA-owned van, and tossed the bodies into a rural trash dumpster. According to government records, PETA killed more than 14,000 dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens between 1998 and 2005.
Why did the elected leader of the 8th-largest U.S. state unleash his feelings about the animal rights group? As many as 340,000 cows and steers were stranded by southeastern Colorado's latest snowstorm. National Guard units have been mounting a frantic bid to save the freezing animals. Faced with 15-foot snowdrifts, rescuers airlifted bales of hay and hoped for the best.
And when local media asked PETA for help … well … let’s just say the wealthy activist group wasn’t enthusiastic about “saving” future T-bones and rib roasts. On the air, a PETA spokeswoman sniffed: “I don't know that it's really the most noble cause.”
PETA, famous for lobbing rhetorical grenades at hunters, had no sympathy for Colorado’s wildlife either. Asked if her group would intervene to save deer, elk, and other wild animals, the PETA spokeswoman snapped that “there’s really nothing to be done.”
Does PETA care more about hurting ranchers and crippling the beef industry than about “saving” flesh and blood animals? Did Governor Owens finally say out loud what most Coloradans are thinking?
And at PetaKillsAnimals.com, you can also learn about two PETA employees who will face felony Animal Cruelty charges later this month (yes—you read that right) in North Carolina. They allegedly killed dozens of healthy, adoptable animals in the back of a PETA-owned van, and tossed the bodies into a rural trash dumpster. According to government records, PETA killed more than 14,000 dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens between 1998 and 2005.