Now now, that's a touch intellectually dishonest as not every charity can help every animal cause at once. Whats PETA doing to help tiger poaching in India or to help the ravaged, virus-ridden turtles of north queensland after the extreme weather events they've gone through in the last year? I'm not trying to score points I'm just saying that sure, those other charities may not be looking at the specific issue PETA have taken upon themselves to tackle at this point in time, but how does that make one better than the other? What we can judge them on tho, are their methods in reaching their higher goals. Here's where I happily make a personal judgement call.
Once again, I'm not saying PETA don't do some good, I just think it's mixed in with a lot more self-defeating "bad" than you get from other animal charities that seem to be about promoting animal welfare first and themselves second.
It;s also interesting that for you're defense of them in this thread, you do happily admit to giving to plenty of animal charities - but NOT them. Any particular reason for that yt?
From the first part of your post, here's what I posted earlier in the thread:
Mercy for Animals, WSPA, ASPCA, Conservation Fund, WWF, etc. etc. are all doing their best to advocate for animals but not because there's a profit in it. And even with all that they do, species are disappearing off the planet due to poaching, farm factory practices are only getting more disgustingly evil, animals continue to be tortured for entertainment at zoos, circuses and aquatic amusement parks, and there are zero curbs or even checks on vivisection and other inhumane lab practices. I think it takes all kinds to try to make a difference in this world because anything that tries to stand in the way of profit and dominance usually gets railroaded over. PETA is one voice and I don't agree that it steals any oxygen from other organizations.
For the second, it's nothing against PETA but they get a lot of attention and have a lot of donors. I'm not rich but I do like to give to try to help animals, so I have to choose my battles. Right now, I'm freaked out that factory farms are essentially concentration camps for animals and people just look the other way, so I'm giving to Mercy for Animals. I'm moved by what WSPa and WWF are doing to free captive bears and help endangered tigers and lions all over the world, so I give to them regularly. ASPCA and local animal rescues help all the strays in L.A. so I donate to them. Also, charities for the animals displaced in disaster zones. Also Sea Shepherd and Greenpeace who work so hard to help whales, sharks, seals, etc. Chimp, ape and elephant sanctuaries here in the U.S.
I always feel like PETA's got a lot of support because of their media literacy -- their ability to publicize what they do and to organize benefits. A lot of other charities don't have that. But PETA is working against vivisection, and to tell you the truth, this story about the circus elephants moved me and I might have to put them on my year-end list. If I was rich, I'd do a lot more.
