Where do they really stand?

Here's a topical question: how well do the actions of these employees reflect the ideology of their employer?

• Next month two PETA employees will go on trial for killing over 30 animals and dumping most of them in a dumpster behind a store. The animals had been collected from veterinarians and animal shelters under the premise they would be 'rehomed' by PETA.

• Earlier this week, two more PETA employees were caught doing wrong. This time pending charges are for grand larceny (theft of a hunting dog) and petit larceny (for removing and dumping its' radio tracking collar on the street). Ironically, the Animal Control officer who stopped the PETA-owned vehicle and recovered the dog was also its' owner.

A couple months ago I read a commentary which stated PETA killed more than 90% of the animals taken in by its' only shelter in 2005. Another, non-PETA shelter several miles away adopted out over 70% of its' inmates in the same time period.

From PETA.com I found this statement:

• "We at PETA very much love the animal companions who share our homes, but we believe that it would have been in the animals' best interests if the institution of "pet keeping"—i.e., breeding animals to be kept and regarded as "pets"—never existed....This selfish desire to possess animals and receive love from them causes immeasurable suffering"

So, what do you think? What is PETA's true agenda? What is the true agenda of HSUS, a deep pockets organization which doesn't operate a single animal shelter? What is the true agenda of the animal rights movement? How do animal rightists hope to influence American politics and pet ownership? How have they influenced our society to date?

Do you think that a group which believes it would be best if "... the institution of "pet keeping ... never existed" can be trusted to guide the development of local, state and national animal control ordinances?