"The entire way back to PETA’s Norfolk, Virginia, headquarters, I sobbed, petting the infant cat in my lap, telling her things would all be OK, even though in my gut I knew it wouldn’t, that she never really had a chance. I even began plotting out how I might take a detour and deliver her to a rehabber instead. But how could I explain a missing kitten to the woman waiting with the needle? I couldn’t, so I complied without a word."
If it were me, the woman waiting with the needle would have been waiting until h*** froze over and that little one was still cozy in my lap. At my house. PETA is evil. Would this employee be just as obedient to a ridiculous organization if it were a human child? Sometimes you just have to stop and think for yourself. And then refuse to do the job.
You complied to kill an innocent kitten? There is NO ONE on this planet other than the law and my God, who could ever compel me to do something that I was NOT comfortable doing. You madam have allowed the worst of the worst to make your decision for you, you gave over control of your thinking to PETA? You owed PETA ZERO explanation! You should have looked for a NO KILL shelter or set the kitten free. It would have been more humane. PETA IS evil and you were complicit.
Also please note that I’m quoting a copy-paste in the original article and responding to that individual’s confession of cruelty. Kim, the quote marks are rather small on the screen and easy to miss but they are in the first paragraph.
My take on how I would have handled the situation follows in my second paragraph.
No worries! We may never know the back story to the PETA employee quoted here... did this individual take the job because they truly needed the income and there was nothing else available for them, was it a labor of love gone horribly wrong, etc, etc? A follow-up interview might be very interesting...
It may have been one of Nathan's articles, I did read somewhere that PETA is a killing machine to animals. I stopped a long time ago donating to PETA and I criticize them on social media whenever I can to inform the public how evil and fraudulent they are. As far as the person not saying "no" and taking the kitty home, some people can't think for themselves sadly, they don't know how to stand up to, (if you'll excuse the expression and in no way do I mean PETA has power), power or an organizations.
Will share and share -- I was hoping PETA changed for the better -- clearly, the opposite is true -- they're still a slaughterhouse -- what's wrong with PETA?
Ugh I know. My late mother of blessed memory was a big fan of them. PETA magazines everywhere. When I started telling her what they were really about (she died of Alzheimer's in 2020), she was shocked and just couldn't accept it. How could these nice people who care so much about animals actually do things like that?? But my late father was not fooled. However, he wisely kept silent around mom... But he didn't donate to them either. He just took care of our kitties and adopted needy kitties... My cats are now 15 years old and they used to be my late parents' cats. There are three of them: Daisy, Toni and Willow (all healthy!) and they live with my 16 year old Jasmine Kitty (also very healthy!)
I try where I can to dispel beliefs on social media and elsewhere, wherever I can. Today I am doing a conference with Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) advocating for death row animals. I am on social media nightly advocating on kill shelters. I believe networking for these animals helps and I have interceded where I can and contact shelters directly to beg for more time when there is an interest in an animal. I would like to believe this helps.
I have three cat's, female Spring 9, and a bonded pair I adopted in 2022, Liam, male and Bonnie 2 female. I am at this moment trying to adopt a Beagle named Sadie. I love that name.
Bless you for trying! I hope you get the beagle. My husband and I have wanted to adopt a companion dog for our senior kitties and we get turned down due to ageism. They are elderly and so is he. And yet... he is active music faculty at two area universities, with his contract recently extended by the college president another five years! But shelters just look at my husband and think oh, elderly, can't adopt to him. Active concert schedule, we're both running (classical) series for other artists and yet he gets turned down as "too old to adopt". We're still looking for a kitty friendly dog but outside the shelter system.
Let us know when you bring your Sadie home!! Celebration time!!!
When Hubby goes to adopt, maybe someone younger can accompany him allowing Shelter to see the COMPLETE household -- notwithstanding Hubby has busy schedule outside of home, he still has People AT HOME to help care for Animals.
That worked for my boss. His mother (80 yo) wanted to adopt and because of her age he went with his other and adopted 4 pups! One for him, his mother, his brother and sister! A whole family unit seems to be a key, I guess.
Ageism! That’s absolutely wrong! Rescues want adopters and yet reject on the bases of stupid thinking! That is outrageous. Not all shelters are like that. I’m happy to help you if you like and offer some really awesome resources.
I’ll let you know about the Beagle, and I wish you luck on a companion pup and kitty. 🩷
I’m considerably younger than my husband. He’s said to me, “don’t take me with you if you want to adopt a dog. One look at me and it’s not going to happen. You go alone.” And he really loves dogs!
Thanks so much! We live in Vermont, Champlain Valley area. Very few dogs available here that are seniors themselves and/or known to be good with cats, especially old ones. Our horrible experience occurred at the Brattleboro shelter. Complaining to the shelter director did no good. Rutland County Humane has good people but in two years we’ve yet to see a dog that will fit with geriatric cats. Lots of high energy, behavioral issues, etc. Addison County gets in a lot of the same: great for young families without cats. We would love an old, slow mutt!
"The entire way back to PETA’s Norfolk, Virginia, headquarters, I sobbed, petting the infant cat in my lap, telling her things would all be OK, even though in my gut I knew it wouldn’t, that she never really had a chance. I even began plotting out how I might take a detour and deliver her to a rehabber instead. But how could I explain a missing kitten to the woman waiting with the needle? I couldn’t, so I complied without a word."
If it were me, the woman waiting with the needle would have been waiting until h*** froze over and that little one was still cozy in my lap. At my house. PETA is evil. Would this employee be just as obedient to a ridiculous organization if it were a human child? Sometimes you just have to stop and think for yourself. And then refuse to do the job.
You complied to kill an innocent kitten? There is NO ONE on this planet other than the law and my God, who could ever compel me to do something that I was NOT comfortable doing. You madam have allowed the worst of the worst to make your decision for you, you gave over control of your thinking to PETA? You owed PETA ZERO explanation! You should have looked for a NO KILL shelter or set the kitten free. It would have been more humane. PETA IS evil and you were complicit.
Also please note that I’m quoting a copy-paste in the original article and responding to that individual’s confession of cruelty. Kim, the quote marks are rather small on the screen and easy to miss but they are in the first paragraph.
My take on how I would have handled the situation follows in my second paragraph.
Understood, my apologies, yes, the quote marks are small. Thank you for your clarification.
No worries! We may never know the back story to the PETA employee quoted here... did this individual take the job because they truly needed the income and there was nothing else available for them, was it a labor of love gone horribly wrong, etc, etc? A follow-up interview might be very interesting...
Kim -- not even the LAW would obligate me to KILL innocent and vulnerable Animals -- more like CUCKOO law.
Does make me wonder why she didn’t say no and take kitty home. Agreed.
And yet people continue to give $$$ to this outfit.
It may have been one of Nathan's articles, I did read somewhere that PETA is a killing machine to animals. I stopped a long time ago donating to PETA and I criticize them on social media whenever I can to inform the public how evil and fraudulent they are. As far as the person not saying "no" and taking the kitty home, some people can't think for themselves sadly, they don't know how to stand up to, (if you'll excuse the expression and in no way do I mean PETA has power), power or an organizations.
Here is the employee's original article: https://medium.com/@lauraleecascada/when-the-crusade-for-animals-falls-victim-to-oppression-dc137d08a09b
Will share and share -- I was hoping PETA changed for the better -- clearly, the opposite is true -- they're still a slaughterhouse -- what's wrong with PETA?
Ugh I know. My late mother of blessed memory was a big fan of them. PETA magazines everywhere. When I started telling her what they were really about (she died of Alzheimer's in 2020), she was shocked and just couldn't accept it. How could these nice people who care so much about animals actually do things like that?? But my late father was not fooled. However, he wisely kept silent around mom... But he didn't donate to them either. He just took care of our kitties and adopted needy kitties... My cats are now 15 years old and they used to be my late parents' cats. There are three of them: Daisy, Toni and Willow (all healthy!) and they live with my 16 year old Jasmine Kitty (also very healthy!)
I try where I can to dispel beliefs on social media and elsewhere, wherever I can. Today I am doing a conference with Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) advocating for death row animals. I am on social media nightly advocating on kill shelters. I believe networking for these animals helps and I have interceded where I can and contact shelters directly to beg for more time when there is an interest in an animal. I would like to believe this helps.
I have three cat's, female Spring 9, and a bonded pair I adopted in 2022, Liam, male and Bonnie 2 female. I am at this moment trying to adopt a Beagle named Sadie. I love that name.
Bless you for trying! I hope you get the beagle. My husband and I have wanted to adopt a companion dog for our senior kitties and we get turned down due to ageism. They are elderly and so is he. And yet... he is active music faculty at two area universities, with his contract recently extended by the college president another five years! But shelters just look at my husband and think oh, elderly, can't adopt to him. Active concert schedule, we're both running (classical) series for other artists and yet he gets turned down as "too old to adopt". We're still looking for a kitty friendly dog but outside the shelter system.
Let us know when you bring your Sadie home!! Celebration time!!!
When Hubby goes to adopt, maybe someone younger can accompany him allowing Shelter to see the COMPLETE household -- notwithstanding Hubby has busy schedule outside of home, he still has People AT HOME to help care for Animals.
That worked for my boss. His mother (80 yo) wanted to adopt and because of her age he went with his other and adopted 4 pups! One for him, his mother, his brother and sister! A whole family unit seems to be a key, I guess.
Wonderful -- common sense.
Ageism! That’s absolutely wrong! Rescues want adopters and yet reject on the bases of stupid thinking! That is outrageous. Not all shelters are like that. I’m happy to help you if you like and offer some really awesome resources.
I’ll let you know about the Beagle, and I wish you luck on a companion pup and kitty. 🩷
I’m considerably younger than my husband. He’s said to me, “don’t take me with you if you want to adopt a dog. One look at me and it’s not going to happen. You go alone.” And he really loves dogs!
Hi Kim!
Thanks so much! We live in Vermont, Champlain Valley area. Very few dogs available here that are seniors themselves and/or known to be good with cats, especially old ones. Our horrible experience occurred at the Brattleboro shelter. Complaining to the shelter director did no good. Rutland County Humane has good people but in two years we’ve yet to see a dog that will fit with geriatric cats. Lots of high energy, behavioral issues, etc. Addison County gets in a lot of the same: great for young families without cats. We would love an old, slow mutt!