The PETA Problem

So, I was going to write a little bit here on PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), and how I'm a vegetarian and even I think their priorities are screwed up. It seems like they take a preternatural joy in protesting things dear to people's hearts (the Green Bay Packers – named after meat packers; the Thanksgiving turkey, etc.), rather than giving support to those considering a vegetarian lifestyle. They drive more people away from animal-friendly lifestyles than the bring to them.
Anyway, when I went onto google to look for more examples, I came across this site: PETA Kills Animals Its all a bit more serious than I've put here so far but -What the Hell- I REALLY don't like PETA. The site has far more on PETA than I could ever write, so I’ll leave it to them and just provide an excerpt here:

PETA raked in nearly $29 million last year in income, much of it raised from pet owners who think their donations actually help animals. Instead, the group spends huge sums on programs equating people who eat chicken with Nazis, scaring young children away from drinking milk, recruiting children into the radical animal-rights lifestyle, and intimidating businessmen and their families in their own neighborhoods. PETA has also spent tens of thousands of dollars defending arsonists and other violent extremists.

PETA claims it engages in outrageous media-seeking stunts "for the animals." But which animals? Carping about the value of future two-piece dinners while administering lethal injections to puppies and kittens isn't ethical. It's hypocritical -- with a death toll that PETA would protest if it weren't their own doing.

Now, bear in mind that PetaKillsAnimals.com is run by the Center for Consumer Freedom, which is a front organization for a variety of food and drink manufacturers. See here for more details. So, grains of salt all around.