PETA has stolen pets and callously euthanized them, destroyed laboratories through breaking and entering and arson, and harassed people who aren’t vegan by throwing tomatoes at them and handing out “I’m An Asshole” stickers. They claim that sheep are killed for wool and all farms are cruel, but this is not the case. Sheep need to be sheared or they will overheat. They are supposedly animal rights activists, yet they run a kill shelter. They made fun of overweight people by making a billboard that said “lose the blubber: go vegetarian.” They made a false claim that milk causes autism.

PETA has also killed saltwater lobsters by throwing them into a freshwater lake. They frequently expose children to disturbing content, such as in the comic “Your Mommy Kills Animals”, which featured an image of a woman stabbing a terrified rabbit. They handed out “Unhappy Meals” consisting of toys that looked like mutilated animals.

PETA has received criticism from the gaming community, such as in the games “Pokémon Black & Blue” and “Mario Kills Tanuki”. Mario has never once killed a tanuki; he gains the tanuki suit by grabbing a leaf that allows him to fly. The Pokémon series is about friendship, not animal abuse. The game “Mama Kills Animals” involves cooking a dead turkey in the most disgusting way possible. PETA claims it doesn’t force people to go vegan, yet the shock value of their ads and games proves otherwise. 

PETA is also hypocritical in that it attacks celebrities who eat meat, yet former PETA employee Pamela Anderson owned a car with leather seats. Singer P!nk has worked with PETA and eats meat. They have also produced child pornography: the anti-dissection poster “I am not a classroom experiment” features nude actress Noah Cyrus made to look like she has been autopsied. Cyrus was still underage at the time.

Despite proof that cats are carnivores, PETA encourages cat owners to feed their cats vegan food. Cats cannot survive on a vegan diet.

The vegan diet is dangerous because it lacks the essential vitamin B12, which is found only in animal products. Children who do not eat dairy are more likely to develop rickets.

Peta2’s video “Fur Is Dead” is meant to be educational, yet it is just shocking footage of animals on fur farms being tortured and killed. Peta2 is a website aimed at teenagers.

PETA has also targeted children in gory videos such as “Down on the Farm”, which shows chickens being decapitated, and “Old McDonald”, in which children in animal costumes sing inside a slaughterhouse while graphic pictures of dead livestock flash on the screen.

The video “Silent Scream” compares cooking a fish to mugging, domestic abuse, and bullying.

There are many pro-vegan organizations that don’t frighten people, spread lies and hypocrisy, or commit crimes, such as Mercy For Animals and The Humane League. So now that you know how ridiculous PETA is, tell Ingrid Newkirk to shut down PETA HQ today.