PETA Contest Offers Free Vasectomy to Winner

It seems PETA is now dipping it's toes into the human overpopulation problem...

The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has long advocated for dogs and cats to be spayed or neutered. Now, it's extending the campaign to humans.

The Norfolk, Va.-based group is offering a free vasectomy to the winner of its "Why should PETA neuter you?" campaign. Applicants enter the contest by getting their cat or dog spayed or neutered and submitting an essay to PETA.

The group says human overpopulation contributes to animal suffering by draining water and land resources and causing pollution.

The contest runs through April 27.

The above is from Fox News. Read here... www.foxnews.com...


For those who prefer another source, I went to the source.

www.peta.org...

It's a two-fer: Get your animal companion fixed, and get yourself fixed too! Human overpopulation is crowding out animal life on the planet, and dog and cat overpopulation is creating a euthanasia crisis that is a crying shame. Disappearing wilderness, vanishing water resources, and pollution is the price that future generations will pay for more human births, while losing their lives is the price that millions of homeless dogs and cats pay when guardians neglect to "fix" their companion animals.

Every year in the U.S., an estimated 6 to 8 million lost, abandoned, or unwanted dogs and cats enter animal shelters. The best way to combat the companion-animal overpopulation crisis is to have your cat or dog neutered. And with a global population of almost 7 billion humans, more of our species could use a (voluntary) snip too.

What about the women? They are only offering vasectomies. While I agree that both animals and people are stretching resources to the brink, is this in good taste? They are a privately funded organization to be sure, I am just curious as to what your opinions are on this. Reading it gave me a giggle, then it made me contemplate if this might actually be a good idea. Lord knows the surgery is not cheap if one is without insurance, and if you wanted it done then what better way than free and with your furry companion?

There are rules of course.

One eligible winner will be selected, based on his level of creativity and persuasiveness in arguing why he deserves to win and how his sterilization will most benefit both humans and animals. The winner agrees to have his name, city, state, and likeness appear on any PETA materials.

I can only imagine some of the entries they will receive now.

Is this a good thing or in poor taste?

Sorry, but anyone who actually enters this contest, should be neutered for the gene pool anyway. PETA may have started with good intentions, but they have become extremists.

reply to post by Kangaruex4Ewe


Frankly i find this competition disgusting.

They should stick to animals, and leave the humanitarian work to humans.

This is sickening.

VVV

Bunch of lunatics @ PETA. Hypocrites too, they kill animals themselves.


No sympathy for them, they are a joke.

reply to post by VreemdeVlieendeVoorwep


No they shouldn't stick to animals.
They already kill enough of them.
Peta are so over the top and hippocritical that they remind me of westboro baptist church.

I'm no PETA fan. They are extremists, activists and they force their opinion down others' throats using questionable means. Having said that, I don't see a problem with them OFFERING this service to people. I'm all for keeping the population down regarding pets AND people. It's not like they're forcing people onto the operating table.

reply to post by DrumsRfun


Funny you feel so strongly about it, yet you have a picture of a squirrel, ripping open its belly?

I hate Peta as much as the next guy, just saying, they should not medddle now in human affairs, they allready messed up the animal side, no need to venture into the human side.

VVV

Originally posted by chiefsmom
Sorry, but anyone who actually enters this contest, should be neutered for the gene pool anyway. PETA may have started with good intentions, but they have become extremists.

I have not followed them in a few years, butI do recall many extreme tactics being used even then. Being an animal lover myself, I like some of their ideals but agree that they have morphed into something other than what was originally intended.

Originally posted by VreemdeVlieendeVoorwep
reply to post by Kangaruex4Ewe

 

Frankly i find this competition disgusting.

They should stick to animals, and leave the humanitarian work to humans.

This is sickening.

VVV

To me the first article almost read like humans were taking resources from the animals and that was the main reason for their idea behind lowering the human population. While I am an animal lover, I can not place them above human life. Overpopulation is an issue for us as well as the animals, but like you I feel this is not a PETA issue. I thought it was a fake article at first because it seemed over the top. But I suppose that is status quo for PETA.

reply to post by VreemdeVlieendeVoorwep


You might want to take a closer look....its a superman suit underneath.
I think you missed the humour.

reply to post by DrumsRfun


I am aware of the superman suit underneath, and the humour does not elude me. But i do find it a bit disturbing.

VVV

reply to post by Benevolent Heretic


Star for that. Because no matter how over the top it seemed to me, it is voluntary. I can find no argument on that point.

reply to post by DrumsRfun


He should be very careful...

If PETA sees him taking his fur suit off they will douse him in blood red paint!

It should be mandatory for PETA followers to be nutered or spayed so as to stop polluting the gene pool by accidently passing on their stupid ideas to any unfortunate offspring they may have.

I agree with a poster above, they started with good intentions, but now are just extreme

I'm a life long member of PETA. People Eating Tasty Animals is a great organisation, that I'd recommend to any fellow omnivore.

Just bring me the cow, and shove an onion up its ass. I'll carve off what I want and ride the rest home.

Just got my essay sent in, wish me luck guys

reply to post by lokdog


Ermmm... Good Luck!

You should share your essay here.

I wonder what they will do if it doesn't take the first go round? Is it then a three 'fer, or is one out of luck?

reply to post by FanarFanar


Thanks a bunch for the laugh FanarFanar... I love critters of all kinds, that is how my house ended up with 3 big rescue babies, furry things that think their people, but really are dogs. (not that I'll ever tell them) & even I have no problem with understanding people are meant to eat meat.

On topic, PETA is nothing more than a bunch of egotistical twits who have nothing better to do with their time other than to take a good cause & twist it in such a way that even an animal lover like me thinks they are whackjobs.

I mean seriously, unless they are living in a cave, naked & without any material possessions or food, they impact the natural habitat of animals just as much as the rest of us lowly humans.

As for this contest, yes, we should get our animals fixed (mine all are) ,but I would never use their services because it furthers their crazy agenda.

Originally posted by VreemdeVlieendeVoorwep
reply to post by DrumsRfun

 

I am aware of the superman suit underneath, and the humour does not elude me. But i do find it a bit disturbing.

VVV

I wonder what is more disturbing to people, an avatar with a squirrel wearing a superman shirt,or an avatar of man that is wearing a belt made of skulls?

Just saying....

Now, PETA...What a bunch of morons they are...Hypocritical as well. Do you know that PETA has actually ended up harming and even killing animals?

www.petakillsanimals.com...

Seeing these stats,I think I will keep my pets AND my junk FAR away from PETA.