Ingrid Newkirk Distraught at the Deaths from Katrina--of Animals!
Ingrid Newkirk, head of PETA, continues to amaze with her twisted sense of priorities. When some terrorists loaded a donkey with explosives in the Mideast and blew it up a few years ago in an attempt to murder scores of people, Newkirk sent a letter of protest to Yassar Arafat--about the death of the donkey. And now, with all of the human devastation and death from Katrina, she writes in her blog about the horror of the deaths of animals.
"Millions: that is a reasonable estimate of the number of animals who have perished in this hurricane and its aftermath. Consider the feral cat colonies, the terrestrial and arboreal and slow-moving wildlife like squirrels and opossums. People in boats report seeing the bodies of raccoons, pigs, chickens and foxes in the water. And then there are the animals who, by the thousands, were deliberately or simply unthinkingly abandoned."
Not one word of sorrow for the thousands of people who were floating in the water. No empathy expressed for those who lost family members and homes.
It is wonderful that some cats and dogs were saved, as she writes about. And it is horrible to know a beloved pet died in the flood. And yes, planning ahead to evacuate is a good idea, including taking pets when doing so does not risk human lives. But the first priority in these situations must always be people.
I don't believe that Newkirk understands this at all. To her a rat is a dog is a boy. Heck, she is still defending PETA's equating of the lynching of blacks with the killing of cattle for food.
posted by Wesley J. Smith @ 11:01 PM
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I hope you do not worship within the Judeo-Christian-Muslim faith. Because, as a Christian myself, I was taught to show concern for all life. Your lack of concern for all God's creatures is disturbing.
I saw a man who has to leave his dog behind on a rooftop in order to go with his rescuers. The dog was initially excited at being rescued. You should have seen the look on the dog's face when the boat pulled away. I cannot get that face out of my head. And, since you obviously don't care about animals, how will that already traumatized man react if he never gets to go back for his dog, or when he does, if he discovers the dog had died a terrible death through dehydration or starvation? He will suffer intense sorrow and guilt. He had no other humans with him, so perhaps his dog was the only companion he has left.
Just think for a moment how you would feel if you were completely helpless and the only person you had in the world left you behind. And if you think for a moment that dogs don't have those kind of emotions, science has proven otherwise.
But, then again, you also don't believe in science.
I really hope that some day, you face a similar situation as that dog, but I hope, unlike what has probably happened to that dog, you are saved just before you expire. That will hopefully teach you concern for others.
But, heartless jerks like yourself never get what's coming to them. So continue to enjoy your false sense of self-importance in this universe. Yep, false, because not only is humanity insignificant in the grand scale of the universe, but you yourself are extra small and pathetic.
Well, thank you very much for proving my points, including a clear demonstration of the depth of misanthropy that seems endemic to the animal rights movement.
It was an awful, painful thing to leave the dog behind. That dog probably could not have been rescued because room was needed in the boat for PEOPLE! In crises such as these, there are hard priorities. Which people like Newkirk apparently do not understand.
I think that the comments made by palebluedot are pathetic in the extreme.
I am not an American citizen and I am interested in the well being of all those who have been through the trauma of hurricane Katrina.
To address the personal attack on Mr. Smith by using Judeo-Christianity, I would have to comment that what Palebluedot considers to be Christianity is nothing more than something that is a shadow of Judeo-Christianity.
Let us do a reality check here - in Genesis, when the flood waters came, all the animals who were not taken into Noah's Ark perished. The story serves as a reminder of the co-existence of humans and animals, and that man has dominion over the animals, not the other way around.
Anyone who has a dog, especially the hound variety of dog, knows how expressive their faces can be, when they get excited and when they show disappointment. In the alleged case that was cited, there is the possibility that the dog would survive, if the flood waters do not rise any further.
An animal surrounded by water is not likely to die of dehydration. Animals are really great scavengers when the need arises. To give an example of my own pets, both of them think that the water in the swimming pool is their source for relieving thirst whenever necessary. In the past I have seen my cat drink from a puddle of rain water. This tells me that in such a situation as that faced by the animals left behind, that they have a reasonable chance of survival, provided the waters do not continue to rise and sweep them away in the flood waters.
Having lived in the USA for a short period of time, I must admit to have an affection for chipmunks, squirrels and other wild animals that inhabited the suburb where I lived in Ohio. I would hate to think that these creatures would not survive hurricane Katrina. However, I am certain that there are many animal survivors. If they managed to shelter in trees that remained upright then they will have survived the storm.
A true Judeo-Christian is one (like Mr. Smith) who recognizes that man has dominion over the animal world, and that there are times when humans have priority when it comes to survival. A true Judeo-Christian recognizes that the animal world exists for a reason, but it is not to be given a greater importance than humans.
As a practising Judeo-Christian Catholic, I openly talk about my own love for my animals. However, my animals cannot take the place of my children. I nurtured my children in the womb, gave birth to them, and nurtured them at my breast. In that way I have done the same as any female of the species that has experienced motherhood. My children, are my own. My animals are my chattels. I have a duty to care for my animals, to ensure that they are being fed. I have a greater duty to my family to look after and care for them.
Animals cannot take the place of humans. PETA should be made an illegal organization.
Newkirk is an ANIMAL-rights activist. There is not a doubt in my mind that she cares for the people who parished because of hurricane Katrina. But her blog is about ANIMAL rights on an ANIMAL rights website. If she talked about the people, that wouldn't make sense in her blog, would it?
And someone has to raise a voice for the animals. If not the President of PETA, then who?
Also, I agree completely with palebluedot.
A note to Aaron: why shouldn't we test on humans instead of animals? We aren't testing for the good of animals, (unless it is veterinary research) so why not use the beings it will "benefit"?
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