Faces Of Death - PETA & Ingrid Newkirk

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) kills thousands of defenseless pets each year at its Virginia headquarters. Since 1998, PETA has killed 31,190 adoptable dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens instead of trying to find them forever homes and loving families.

PETA's own records report for 2013 (filed with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services) shows that PETA employees killed 82 percent of the dogs and cats in their care last year. During all of 2013, PETA found adoptive homes for just 46 pets. In contrast to this the Norfolk SPCA, in the same city as Peta, euthanized 3% of the animals they took in. Why would PETA, a supposed "animal rights" group, kill so many animals at its headquarters? The answer is simple and disgusting: Killing adoptable cats and dogs—and storing the bodies in a walk-in freezer until they can be cremated - requires far less money and effort than caring for them until they are adopted.

PETA has a $33 million annual budget. But instead of investing in the lives of the thousands of animals in its care, the group spends millions on media campaigns telling Americans that eating meat, drinking milk, fishing, hunting, wearing leather shoes, and benefiting from medical research performed on lab rats are all "unethical". And yet PETA has no problem with the unethical practice of killing of killing 96 percent of the animals in their care.

Years of public outrage hasn't convinced PETA to eliminate its pet killing program. Now the death toll of animals in PETA's care has reached over 31,000, including 1,792 pets in 2013.

Who is the person behind this slaughter house? Her name is Ingrid Newkirk and she is, in my opinion, the most disgusting, unethical and evil person of them all. In 2003 it was learned for the first time that Ingrid Newkirk has another face. During the 1970's her chosen profession was "dog catcher" and killer. Newkirk describes her fondness for killing in her own words: "I'd go to work early, before anyone got there, and I would just kill the animals myself...I must have killed a thousand of them, sometimes dozens every day." She was so good at it she rose through the ranks to become director of District of Columbia's high-kill pound where she reigned for some years. There, under her rule, untold thousands more died.

Newkirk has never stopped killing. Not only is she non- apologetic about her murky past, she quietly continues her murderous ways. She has turned PETA's Norfolk, Virginia headquarters into her own personal killing field. There she has taken in more than 35,833 puppies, kittens, dogs and cats since 1998 and executed 31,190 of them. This does not include wild animals. In 2012 Newkirk killed 96% of her defenseless captives and adopted less than 1.5% - a ratio far worse than almost any pound in the country.

Pets Killed by PETA

Year	Received	Transferred	Adopted	% Adopted	Killed	% Killed
2013 2012  2011	2,175   1,877   2,050	311     130            34	46     23         28	2.1%      1.2%      1.2%	1,792    1,675    1,965	82.46%     89.2%     95.9%
2010	2,345	63	44	1.9%	2,200	93.8%
2009	2,366	31	8	0.3%	2,301	97.3%
2008	2,216	34	7	0.3%	2,124	95.8%
2007	1,997	35	17	0.9%	1,815	90.9%
2006	3,061	46	12	0.4%	2,981	97.4%
2005	2,165	69	146	6.7%	1,946	89.9%
2004	2,655	1	361	13.6%	2,278	85.8%
2003	2,224	1	312	14.0%	1,911	85.9%
2002	2,680	2	382	14.3%	2,298	85.7%
2001	2,685	14	703	26.2%	1,944	72.4%
2000	2,681	28	624	23.3%	2,029	75.7%
1999	1,805	91	386	21.4%	1,328	73.6%
1998*	943	125	133	14.1%	685	72.6%
TOTAL	35,833	1,015	3,224	9.0%	31,190	87.04%

*Figures represent the second half of 1998 only

Why do those in our government who say they are for the protection of animals and those in the animal protection movement not only tolerate this woman but also defend her? Nathan Winograd, the author of “Redemption:The Myth of Pet Overpopulation and the No Kill Revolution in America” and a former prosecuting attorney wrote:

"Engrave this in stone: As soon as Newkirk and her pro-killing cultish devotees are gone, PETA will immediately, completely, and without reservation embrace the No Kill philosophy and become one of its leading champions. When that happens; when her actions are thoroughly and completely seen by everyone for what they truly are; when she is condemned and finally, finally, thankfully, finally, we don’t have to hold our breath, clench our teeth, shake with rage, or cry at the thought of what PETA did to those poor animals, we will all be left wondering just what took us so damned long to rise up and stop this villain in our midst."

For those who support PETA and those who entrust the care of their animals to PETA, you are not only helping and supporting the slaughter of your own pet, but you are supporting the slaughter of many other defenseless animals as well. If you want to help homeless animals then support your local Shelter or Rescue Group. Ask them exactly how they use the money donated to them. Unlike PETA, most of them will talk to you and answer your questions and won't secretly go back to killing animals once you leave. And if you're not completely comfortable with their answers, there's probably a really good reason so you may want to move on to another.

On a personal note, I have said many times now and will say again in closing - The next time Ingrid, or anyone else at PETA, gets the urge to euthanize. I would suggest they put the needle in their own arms and do the animal community a huge favor.

For more information on PETA read:
The Butcher of Norfolk (6th Edition) by Nathan J. Winograd


Records are from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Revised 02/17/2014