Animal Rights Activists Suggest 'Eat the Whales'

[jadedskies]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - An animal rights group that got in hot water for planning ads that appeared to defend shark attacks has launched a new campaign that suggests people should eat whales.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) unveiled a billboard in downtown Vancouver this week that pictures a cartoon chicken and cow painting the sign with the message; "Eat the Whales."

The group said it opposes whale hunting but wanted to draw attention to the fact that many people get upset at the idea of killing whales but do not object to eating meat from chickens, cows and other land animals.

"Some people who blubber about harpooning whales don't hesitate to snag buckets of chicken wings," PETA's vegan campaign coordinator Andrew Butler said in a press release, which suggests whales are a more efficient food source.

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[meezercat]

Interesting...

I guess I'll never understand PETA's tactics...

I'm much more of an animal rights activist than most people (as a lot here have witnessed), but PETA is just way too extreme for me.

 

[jourgenson]

I love how they don't see the difference between abundant, domesticated animals and rare, wild, endangered animals (who are also quite a lot more intelligent).

 

[Squareball]

I think it's because they are not at all for the animals.. just as the radical environmentalists aren't for the environment. They are mearly for the destruction of capitalism.
NOT ALL of them, just the ones that run the show.

Also jourgenson you are absolutly correct.

I hate it how PETA will go and throw red paint on a jacket made of fur, worn by some model. The destruction of private property does not make them look very good at all. These people need to realise that all they are doing is pushing people further away from their opinions. People who are on the fence on issues don't want to see radicals telling them what to think. They are rational thought.

IMHO