Comment by busterarm
4 years ago
PETA literally sued in federal court to try and get _all animals_ protected under the Thirteenth Amendment. That's the one abolishing slavery, in case you didn't know.
In the no-longer-circulating Statement on Companion Animals, PETA said: "As John Bryant has written in his book Fettered Kingdoms, they [pets] are like slaves, even if well-kept slaves."
John Byrant's book was published by PETA. He writes: "Let us allow the dog to disappear from our brick and concrete jungles--from our firesides, from the leather nooses and chains by which we enslave it."
PETA's cofounder, Ingrid Newkirk, states: "Although we have, in theory, abolished human slavery, recognized women's rights, and stopped child labor, we continue to enslave other species who, if we simply pay attention, show quite clearly that they experience parental love, pain, and the desire for freedom, just as we do."
You may agree with such positions, but please don't lie about it. I misrepresent nothing.
And if you think any of this is radical, you haven't even heard what they've had to say about human beings yet.
You are wrong once again. PETA sued to free 5 orcas in captivity at SeaWorld using the 13th amendment, not all animals/pets.
Also, John Bryant, while being an animal activist who you quote as opposed to animal domestication, was never a member of PETA. I also doubt his book was published by PETA as it predates their founding. It looks like the publisher is Fern House.
Your quote from Ingrid Newkirk, PETA's cofounder had nothing to do with pets. I agree that PETA does compare certain forms of animal captivity to slavery, for example circus animals, animals used for experimentation, those used for factory farming, but not pet ownership in general.