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'''Willa Ford''' (born '''Amanda Lee Williford''' on [[January 22]], [[1981]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[pop singer]].

'''People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals''' ('''PETA''') is the largest [[Animal rights|animal rights]] organization in the world. Founded in 1980 as a [[non-profit organization]], it has its headquarters in [[Norfolk, Virginia]], and a claimed 800,000 members and over 100 employees worldwide. Outside the U.S., there are branch offices in the UK, [http://www.peta.org.uk] India, [http://www.petaindia.com] Germany, [http://www.peta.de] Asia, and the Netherlands. [http://www.peta.nl] There is also Peta2 Street Team for high school and college-age activists. [http://www.peta2.com] [[Ingrid Newkirk]] is PETA's international president.

[[Image:Willaford.jpeg|right|thumbnail|Willa Ford]]

PETA focuses on four core issues: [[factory farming]], [http://www.meetyourmeat.com/wycd.html] [[vivisection]] and [[animal testing]], [[fur farming]], and animals in entertainment. It also works on a wide range of other animal-rights issues, including [[fishing]], the killing of [[Pest control|animals regarded as pests]], abuse of backyard dogs, and [[cock fighting]].

==Biography==

==PETA's philosophy==

Willa was born and raised in [[Ruskin, Florida]]. She began pursuing her dream of becoming a singer at the age of 8, when she started singing with the ''Tampa Bay Children's Choir''. By the time she reached age 11, she had moved on from the children’s choir to the Tampa-based children’s performing arts troupe, ''Entertainment Revue''. This group consisted of 20 girls ages 5-16. The tour the area and sang at such places as, [[Walt Disney World]] and Busch Gardens. Willa worked hard in the group and moved her way up from a chorus member to the role of featured soloist. When Willa was 15, she left the troupe and landed spot with a local foursome ''FLA''. She didn’t stay long with the group before deciding to head out to Los Angeles.

[[Image:IngridNewkirk.jpg|left|thumb|220px|[[Ingrid Newkirk]] PETA's president and co-founder]]

PETA's motto is: "Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment." Its website states:

In 1999 Willa while performing under the stage name '''Mandah''', she was signed to [[MCA]]. While with MCA she released a song on the double-platinum soundtrack ‘''Pokémon The First Movie’'' called ‘''Lullaby''’. She also landed a spot as an opening act for the [[Backstreet Boys]]. Which managed to attract a lot of attention, for her performances as well as her relationship with one of its members. Soon Willa’s label changed her stage name from Mandah, to avoid confusion with another female singer, to Willa Ford and tried to promote a beautiful singer with a good-girl image. After some negative publicity that tainted their clean-cut image for Willa, MCA decided to drop her, letting her move on to a label that would embrace her bad-girl image.

::::::::<blockquote>PETA believes that animals deserve the most basic rights &mdash; consideration of their own best interests regardless of whether they are useful to humans. Like you, they are capable of suffering and have interests in leading their own lives; therefore, they are not ours to use &mdash; for food, clothing, entertainment, or experimentation, or for any other reason." [http://www.peta.org/about/index.asp]</blockquote>

It wasn’t long before [[Lava/Atlantic]] would give Willa a deal and put her in to studio with a diverse variety of writers and producers. Although she had many talented writers working with her, Willa was determined to write most of the lyrics herself, which was unlike other teen singers at the time. She would use her life for material or make up a character that she would want to be.

PETA was founded in 1980 by Ingrid Newkirk and [[Alex Pacheco (activist)|Alex Pacheco]], who were inspired by [[Peter Singer]]'s book ''Animal Liberation''. Newkirk once stated, "When it comes to feelings such as pain, fear, hunger, and thirst, [[Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose|a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy]]." In the long term, PETA advocates the abolition of animal exploitation, and espouses the philosophical position of [[animal rights]]; in the short term, it is willing to advocate [[Animal welfare|animal-welfare]] reforms, and it has negotiated with a number of industries that use animals to obtain improvements in welfare standards. PETA strongly supports the [[vegan]] lifestyle.

On July 17, 2001 Willa released her debut album ‘''Willa Was Here''’. The album contained the single (with a hyper link to the sexy video), ‘''I Wanna Be Bad''’. The album used smooth pop/R&B grooves, hot dance beats and vocoders. Although Willa has the beauty and talent mixed in with a hit single, her album only reached #56 on the [[Billboard Charts]].

==History==

While promoting her album, Willa did a Mall tour for ''Nautica Kids'', served as the spokesperson for ''Pantene Pro-V’s ‘Pro-Voice’'' campaign, and appeared on the in-concert cable special, ''Teensation''. Also [[MTV]] got Willa to host their reality series ‘''I Bet You Will''’. MTV was impressed by Willa’s hosting they got her to also host their Spring Break series, which included ‘''The Morning After''’. Willa’s song ‘''I Wanna Be Bad''’ became the theme song for ''Six-Flags'' theme parks and was also use by ''7-UP'' for one of their campaigns. Willa also became a model for ''Bongo'' Ads. In 2002 Willa co-wrote and sang a duet with [[Koreans|Korean]] Pop star [[Park Ji Yoon]] intitled ‘''Nastified''’, which was on Park's 5th album ''Man''.

The group first rose to national prominence in 1981 when it became involved in the Silver Spring, MD monkey case. Pacheco conducted an undercover investigation of a [[primate]] laboratory, documenting numerous cases of abuse and neglect. The investigation resulted in the first-ever conviction of an animal experimenter on charges of animal abuse and the first-ever suspension of federal research funds for cruelty. [http://www.peta.org.uk/about/milestones.asp]

In 2003 Willa came back with a hot dance song that forever immortalized a sorority chant, ‘''A Toast To Men''’, which featured a special guest rapper [[Lady May]]. The single was from her unreleased sophomore album ‘''Sexysexobsessive''’. The single did well, but cause of some legalities at her label her album wasn’t released. This also caused Willa to leave the label and go in search for a new one.

Other highlights of the organization's campaigns include:

While fans wait for a her sophomore release, Willa has made some appearances. In 2005 Willa was chosen from many candidates to host the fighting competition reality show ‘''The Ultimate Fighter''’. After the show’s finale Willa got a shot at being the summers guest doll, for the Vegas ''Pussy Cat Dolls'' show. As well as being one of the celebrity quarterbacks in the upcoming ''2006 Lingerie Bowl III''. Which will air during the ''Super Bowl'' halftime.

In 1983, PETA successfully stopped a [[United States Department of Defense]] "wound lab" which had planned to fire missiles into dogs and goats.

==Discography==

In 1984, PETA released more than 70 hours of videotape shot in the [[University of Pennsylvania]] head-injury laboratory, showing the treatment of [[primate]]s there. The secretary of health and human services subsequently cut off all funding to the laboratory and the experiments were stopped. In the same year, a [[Texas]] slaughterhouse to which 30,000 horses were taken each year from all over the United States, then allegedly left to starve outside without shelter, was closed after a PETA campaign.

{{Animal rights}}

===Albums===

In 1985, PETA revealed details of the treatment of dogs at the City of Hope laboratory in California. The government fined the center $11,000 and suspended more than $1,000,000 in federal funding.

*2001: Willa Was Here

In 1986, PETA stopped the total-isolation confinement of [[chimpanzee]]s at a Maryland research laboratory called SEMA. Dr. [[Jane Goodall]] called her tour of the SEMA lab “the worst experience of my life.”

===Singles===

In 1987, PETA stopped a plan by Cedars-Sinai, California’s largest hospital to ship stray dogs from [[Mexico]] into California for experiments. In the same year, they launched the Compassion Campaign to fight cosmetics and personal-care product testing on animals. By 1989, PETA had persuaded nearly 500 companies, including Mary Kay and Amway, to go cruelty-free.

*2001: I Wanna Be Bad (feat. Royce Da 5'9)

In 1988, a secret video shot inside [[East Carolina University]] and distributed by PETA showed an inadequately anesthetized dog undergoing surgery during a classroom exercise. The university subsequently declared a moratorium on the use of live animals.

*2001: Did Ya Understand That

*2001: Santa Baby (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme)

*2003: A Toast To Men (feat. Lady May)

===Soundtracks/Others===

In 1990, PETA exposed the alleged beating of [[orangutan]]s by [[Las Vegas]] entertainer Bobby Berosini, who used the primates in a nightclub act. His captive-bred wildlife permit was suspended by the U.S. Department of the Interior, and his show closed. Four years later, the Nevada Supreme Court unanimously ruled in PETA’s favor and overturned a Las Vegas jury’s $3.2 million defamation award to Berosini. In the same year, the Caring Consumer Campaign succeeded in persuading [[Estée Lauder]] and 40 other companies to halt [[animal testing]].

*1999: Pokémon: The First Movie [Soundtrack]

In 1991, the Silver Spring Monkeys case receives a unanimous, positive ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, the first time that a case involving animals in laboratories had been heard by the court.

*2001: Pantene Pro Voice Vol 1

*2001: Spyder Games [Soundtrack]

*2001: Totally Hits 2001

*2001: MTV: TRL Christams

*2002: Park Ji Yoon - Man

*2002: MTV-The Best Of Trl Pop

*2002: Undercover Brother [Soundtrack]

*2003: What A Girl Wants [Soundtrack]

*2003: Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star [Soundtrack]

*2004: Gay.com: Winter 2004 Hits

==Filmography==

In 1992, PETA undercover investigators revealed the details of U.S. [[foie gras]] production, documenting the force-feeding of geese. Police subsequently conducted the first-ever raid in the United States, and possibly in the world, on a factory farm, and many restaurants removed foie gras from their menus. In the same year, PETA testified at the first-ever U.S. congressional hearing on the use of animals in circuses, rodeos, films, and other types of entertainment.

===Music Videos===

In 1993, General Motors gave PETA a statement of assurance that it had ended the use of live pigs and baboons in crash tests after a PETA campaign. In the same year, L’Oréal, the world’s largest cosmetics company, signed a worldwide ban on animal testing, following a PETA campaign. PETA also revealed details of scabies experiments using dogs and rabbits at [[Wright State University]]. The university was subsequently charged with violating the Animal Welfare Act, and the experiments ended.

*2001 I Wanna Be Bad

In 1994, Buckshire Corporation, a laboratory animal breeding facility, was charged with violations of the Animal Welfare Act after a 38-page complaint was submitted by PETA. A furrier is charged with cruelty to animals following the release of PETA videotapes showing a California fur rancher electrocuting a [[chinchilla]] by clipping wires to the animal’s genitals. It was the first time in U.S. history that a furrier was charged with cruelty.

*2001 Did Ya Understand That

*2001 Santa Baby (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme)

*2002 Uncle Kracker's: In A Little While -"Girlfriend"

*2003 A Toast To Men

===TV===

In 1999, a [[North Carolina]] [[grand jury]] handed down the first-ever felony cruelty indictments against pig-farm workers after an undercover PETA investigator videotaped workers beating lame pigs with wrenches, and skinning and dismembering a conscious pig.

*2001 Pantene Pro-Voice Featuring Jewel - Herself

In 2000, PETA successfully campaigned for 11 months against [[McDonalds]] to implement more stringent welfare standards.

*2001 The Mind of the Married Man - Herself

*2002 Six Flags Commercial - Herself

*2002 Rasing Dad - Edie "Bully"

*2002 I Bet You Will - Herself

*2002 The Miss Teen USA Pageant - Co-host

*2003 Morning After - Herself

*2004 VH1's 100 Most Outrageous Celebrity Moments - Herself "commentator"

*2004 VH1's My Coolest Years: Bad Girls - Herself "featured"

*2005 VH1's 100 Greatest Kids Stars - Herself "commentator"

*2005 WB Morning Show - Herself "featured"

*2005 The Ultimate Fighter - Host

*2005 My Fair Brady: Episode 3 - Herself "model"

*2005 The Fabulous Life Of: Las Vegas - Herself "featured"

*2005 ESPN Hollywood: Lingerie Bowl - Herself "featured"

*2005 Last Call With Carson Daly: Lingerie Bowl Event - Herself "featured"

==References==

In 2001, PETA launched a successful campaign against [[Burger King]]. After months of vocal public pressure, the fast-food giant agreed to implement the welfare standards demanded by PETA. These standards increased the amount of cage space given to laying hens and promised unannounced inspections of [[slaughterhouse]]s, among other things. [http://www.murderking.com/release.html] [http://www.bk.com/CompanyInfo/onlinepressroom/index.aspx]

==Campaigns=Biography===

[[Image:PETA Lettuce Ladies.JPG|200px|thumb|PETA Lettuce Ladies in [[Columbus, Ohio]]]]

PETA is well known for its aggressive [[mass media|media]] campaigns, public demonstrations, and attacks on large [[corporation]]s for their alleged mistreatment of animals. In 2003, PETA received media attention for its [[boycott]] of [[KFC|Kentucky Fried Chicken]]. PETCO and [[Procter & Gamble]] are other examples of companies PETA says are exploiting animals for profit. According to PETA, PETCO confines animals in filthy enclosures, where they are commonly left to die, and Proctor & Gamble tests its products on animals. On [[April 12]], [[2005]], PETA announced it had ended its boycott against PETCO, in part because of PETCO's decision to end sales of large birds in its stores.

*http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/ford_willa/bio.jhtml

'''Jesus was a Vegetarian'''

*http://www.spiketv.com/shows/series/ultimatefighter/

*http://www.lingeriebowl.com/

*http://www.scopemag.com/2005/06/30/pussycats.html

===Albums===

PETA has created advertisements claiming that [[Jesus]] was a [[vegetarianism|vegetarian]], and other Christian-themed ads such as one showing a photograph of a pig with the caption, "He Died for Your Sins". [http://www.jesusveg.com JesusVeg.com] Some religious leaders and [[Theology|theologians]], such as the Reverend [[Andrew Linzey]], support at least some of PETA's ideas about [[Christianity]] and vegetarianism. <!--removed unsourced Pope claim-->

*http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/103-3054812-9291015

Critics of this view argue that Jesus ate fish, and that on [[Passover]] he ate lamb. [http://slate.msn.com/id/91229/]

===Singles===

'''Lettuce Ladies'''

*http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/103-3054812-9291015

PETA's 'Lettuce Ladies' are women, some of them [[Playboy]] models, who appear publicly in scanty costumes made to look like [[lettuce]] leaves, and distribute information about the vegan diet. [http://www.lettuceladies.com] There is a lesser-known male counterpart to the Lettuce Ladies, called the [[Broccoli]] Boys.

===Soundtracks/Others===

'''Holocaust on Your Plate'''

*http://us.yesasia.com/gb/PrdDept.aspx/pid-1001822521/aid-561/section-music/code-k/version-all

One of the most controversial PETA campaigns has been their ''Holocaust on Your Plate'' campaign. In it PETA claimed that: "like the Jews murdered in concentration camps, animals are terrorized when they are housed in huge filthy warehouses and rounded up for shipment to slaughter. The leather sofa and handbag are the moral equivalent of the lampshades made from the skins of people killed in the death camps. [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/12/21/INGH63PBJ81.DTL]."

===Music Videos===

The [[Anti-Defamation League]] strongly criticized the implication of moral equivalency between the killing of animals and the Holocaust. A press release from the ADL stated:

*http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/ford_willa/audvid.jhtml

<blockquote>PETA's effort to seek approval for their ''Holocaust on Your Plate'' campaign is outrageous, offensive and takes [[chutzpah]] to new heights. Rather than deepen our revulsion against what the [[Nazi]]s did to the Jews, the project will undermine the struggle to understand the Holocaust and to find ways to make sure such catastrophes never happen again.</blockquote>

*http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/uncle_kracker/audvid.jhtml

===TV===

PETA defended this comparison, saying that "the logic and methods employed in factory farms and slaughterhouses are analogous to those used in concentration camps." PETA argued that in both the holocaust and animal slaughter, there is a systematic "concept of other cultures or other species as deficient and thus disposable[http://www.nationalreview.com/smithw/smith200505060923.asp], and that this indifference allows the slaughter to continue." In May 2005, PETA apologized for the pain the campaign caused while broadly defending the analogy.

*http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/ford_willa/artist.jhtml

'''Name changes of cities'''

*http://www.spiketv.com/shows/series/ultimatefighter/

*http://www.lingeriebowl.com/

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PETA regularly asks towns and cities whose names are suggestive of animal exploitation to change their names. For example, a campaign was launched in the late [[1990s]] to have the cities of [[Hamburg]] and [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]] change their names, since the names are associated with [[hamburgers]] and [[hot dogs]]. The cities were offered free veggieburgers for all of their residents for life if they agreed to the change. Both cities refused. However, these campaigns have been effective in generating media coverage of animal-rights issues.

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'''Anti-fur campaigns'''

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PETA may be best known for its long-running campaign, "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur", in which [[activist]]s and [[Celebrity|celebrities]] appear partially nude to express their opposition to [[fur]]-wearing. This tactic has resulted in widespread media coverage.

PETA also has a campaign "Your mommy kills animals," targeted at children, using graphic images of a woman killing a rabbit. [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36208]

'''Comparisons to slavery'''

The most recenty controversy generated by PETA is it's "Are Animals the New Slaves?" campaign. [http://www.peta.org/AnimalLiberation] The campaign involves a tour of the United States and featured a display in which images of black people who had been hung were juxtaposed with slaughtered cows [http://www.tolerance.org/news/article_tol.jsp?id=1266]. The campaign was criticised by the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]]

[http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15000578&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=517515&rfi=6], and PETA suspended the campaign [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1034920&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312].

==Criticism of PETA==

Opinions about PETA vary greatly. Its supporters say that the organization has brought greater attention to animal-rights issues, and has encouraged many people to become vegan. It is credited with closing the largest horse slaughterhouse in the United States, and stopping the use of cats and dogs in vivisection laboratories. Supporters believe the group's actions to be justified to combat what they see as avoidable cruelty. They also claim that critics fail to address their fundamental belief that animals deserve [[Morality|moral]] consideration.

PETA has critics who frequently point out that PETA has financially contributed to groups such as the [[Animal Liberation Front]] and the [[Earth Liberation Front]] (ELF). [http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=\Culture\archive\200203\CUL20020308a.html] Critics also point to a statement from Alex Pacheco, one of PETA's founders, that "arson, property destruction, burglary, and theft are acceptable crimes when used for the animal cause" [http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/animalexperiments/protests.shtml] as a reason for PETA to lose its special status as a non-profit organization. [http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=052802&ID=s1155092] Part of the cause for concern is the degree of financial support given by PETA to these [[eco-terrorist]] organizations, [http://activistcash.com/organization_blackeye.cfm/oid/21][http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress02/jarboe021202.htm] both associated with firebombings and other destruction of property, and described by the United States Department of Homeland Security as terrorist threats. [http://www.cq.com/public/20050325_homeland.html] PETA has also been accused of operating animal shelters that kill more animals than most publicly operated shelters in the United States. [http://www.petakillsanimals.com/]

<!--source needed: PETA's stance on animal freedom is also criticized, as PETA backed the release of two monkeys infected with AIDS onto the streets. In the end the monkeys weren't freed due to risk of infection to humans, but PETA complained that humans did not have the right to do so.-->

<!--Making this invisible until a source is produced, as it's been here unsourced for months: Some critics allege that PETA is deceptive, and that it uses immoral means to achieve its ends. PETA distributed a video that the Animal Liberation Front shot in the laboratory of Adrian R. Morrison of the [[University of Pennsylvania]], which showed experimenters smashing the heads of conscious monkeys and laughing about it. Morrison claims that PETA "cleverly edited" 60 hours of video tape into a damning thirty-minute segment, that it cooperated with radical groups, and that it used questionable tactics to silence, discredit, and smear its opponents. -->

In North America, opponents have sardonically formed a group also known as "PETA," except that the letters stand for "People Eating Tasty Animals." PETA was involved in legal action for several years in the 1990s to shut down the competing web site operated by this group.

===Targeting of vulnerable groups===

PETA has also been accused of targeting vulnerable or emotionally sensitive groups, particularly teenage girls, and was widely criticized in the [[United Kingdom]] for its anti-[[milk]] campaign, in which it targeted school children with &#8216;game cards&#8217; saying that dairy products cause [[obesity]], [[acne]], belching and [[flatulence]], and excessive [[Nose|nasal]] mucus build up.

PETA has also been accused of promoting vegetarian and vegan lifestyles without providing sufficient information on the health risks involved in excluding meat and dairy from a typical Western diet without providing an alternative source of nutrition. It has also linked both lifestyles to weight loss, prompting concerns over PETA's targeting the gender and age groups that are vulnerable to eating disorders.

===Support of extremists===

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* "We're here to hold the radical line." (Ingrid Newkirk, founder and director of PETA, 1991)

* "Arson, property destruction, burglary, and theft are acceptable crimes when used for the animal cause." (Alex Pacheco, director of PETA at the time, and its co-founder, in 1989)

* "We cannot condemn the Animal Liberation Front ... they act courageously ... [their activities] comprise an important part of today's animal protection movement." (PETA statement concerning ALF's activities, 1991)

* Paid $45,200 in support of convicted ALF arsonist [[Rodney Coronado]] (1995). [http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm?headline=2563]

* Donations to ELF. The [[United States]] [[FBI]] considers ELF to be a "terrorist threat". [http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress02/jarboe021202.htm]

* Paid $2,000 to the [[Animal Liberation Front| ALF]] spokesman after the [[Animal Liberation Front|ALF]] claimed responsibility for fire bombing the Utah Fur Breeders Agricultural Co-op in 1997. [http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm?headline=2563]

* Paid $2,000 to David Wilson, a member of [[Animal Liberation Front|ALF]] in 1999. [http://espn.go.com/outdoors/conservation/columns/guest_columnist/1349596.html]

* Paid $5,000 to the "Josh Harper Support Committee" in 2000. [http://espn.go.com/outdoors/conservation/columns/guest_columnist/1349596.html] [http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/headline/2080]

* Paid $1,500 to ELF in 2001. [http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm?headline=2563]

* Paid $7,500 to Fran Stephanie Trutt, who attempted to kill a medical research executive. [http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/headline/2080]

* "[http://www.consumerfreedom.com/downloads/reference/audio/010501_bruce_friedrich.wav/ Of course we're going to be, as a movement, blowing stuff up and smashing windows...is a great way to bring about animal liberation]". ([[Bruce Friedrich]], the Vegan Campaign Coordinator for PETA, during a 2001 animal rights convention.

=== Response to a suicide bombing ===

In response to a news report in January of 2003 that a donkey was laden with explosives and intentionally blown up in a failed attack on a busload of [[Israel]]i [[soldier]]s in [[Jerusalem]], PETA President Ingrid Newkirk sent then [[Palestinian Authority]] president [[Yasser Arafat]] a request that he "appeal to all those who listen to [him] to leave the animals out of this conflict." However, Newkirk deliberately did not ask Arafat to try to stop [[suicide bombing]]s that killed people but did not harm animals. She later explained what many saw as a morally untenable stance, to the ''[[Washington Post]]'': "It is not my business to inject myself into human wars." <!--citation-->

===Use of nudity===

Feminists for Animal Rights <!--source-->have published articles criticizing PETA for its use of female [[nudity]] (though no one has ever fully stripped in public) in campaigns such as "I'd rather go naked than wear fur," "vegetarians make better lovers" and for using [[Playboy]] models in some campaigns as well as having string-bikini-clad women wrestle in tofu. Animal-rights lawyer [[Gary L. Francione]] has also been outspoken in his condemnation of what he sees as PETA's [[sexism]]. Many also feel that PETA's use of gimmicks such as nudity trivializes the seriousness of animal-rights issues. PETA's defenders respond that they are not sexist, as both men and women appear in the campaigns, and that they use arresting images to gain publicity for their campaigns against animal abuse.

=== Animal cruelty and euthanasia===

In June 2005, police investigators staked out a garbage [[dumpster]] in Ahoskie, [[North Carolina]] after discovering that over one hundred dead animals had been dumped there every Wednesday for a month. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8255324/]

Police observed PETA employees Andrew Benjamin Cook and Adria Joy Hinkle approach the [[dumpster]] in a van registered to PETA and dump 18 dead animals in a garbage dumpster behind a grocery store. Thirteen more were found inside the van. The animals were from shelters in Northampton and Bertie counties. Police charged Cook and Hinkle each with 31 [[felony]] counts of animal cruelty and eight [[misdemeanor]] counts of illegal disposal of dead animals. (These were dismissed on [[14 October]] [[2005]], and 22 felony charges of animal cruelty the three felony charges of obtaining property by false pretense brought in their place. The latter charges are based on PETA having euthanized three cats from an Ahoskie veterinarian after promising to find the animals new homes [http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=93730&ran=57036])

Newkirk responded to the media attention with the statement: "PETA has never made a secret of the fact that most of the animals picked up in North Carolina are euthanized." [http://www.fox43tv.com/global/Story.asp?s=3482974] According to PETA's own filings with the [[Virginia]] Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, PETA killed 86.3&#37; of the animals in its care in 2004. [http://www.virginia.gov/vdacs_ar/cgi-bin/Vdacs_search.cgi?link_select=facility&form=fac_select&fac_num=157&year=2004]. Similar filings for the Norfolk SPCA shelter, located 3.5 miles from the PETA headquarters, show that the Norfolk SPCA killed fewer than 5% of animals in its care. However, the Norfolk SPCA is reported to turn away many stray animals every week so they don't have to euthanize them, leaving this task to other local groups. [http://www.wtkr.com/Global/story.asp?S=3697414] PETA has defended its actions by saying there is inadequate care for the animals they receive, and that killing them humanely is a better fate then allowing them to live in inappropriate conditions.

== Famous members and supporters ==

PETA has many [[celebrity]] members and supporters, including [[Pamela Anderson]], [[Bea Arthur]], [[Ed Asner]], [[Alec Baldwin]], [[James Cromwell]], [[David Cross]], [[Dick Gregory]], [[Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]], [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Tippi Hedren]], [[Benji Madden]], [[Bill Maher]], [[Paul McCartney]], [[Rue McClanahan]], [[Grant Morrison]], [[Morrissey]], [[Martina Navratilova]], [[Conor Oberst]], the late [[River Phoenix]], [[Richard Pryor]], [[Dennis Rodman]], [[Alicia Silverstone]], [[Dominique Swain]], [[Charlize Theron]], [[Bryan Erickson]] of [[Velvet Acid Christ]], [[John Abraham]] and [[Betty White]].

== Satire of PETA ==

* PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals) [http://mtd.com/tasty/]

* PWEETA (People Who Enjoy Eating Tasty Animals) [http://www.pweeta.org]

* PETV ( People for the Ethical Treatment of Vegetables ) [http://petv.org]

==See also==

* [[Animal rights]]

* [[Animal testing]]

* [[Vivisection]]

* [[Animal Liberation Front]]

* [[Animal Liberation Front Supporters Group]]

* [[Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty]]

* [[Earth Liberation Front]]

* [[Animal rights group]]

* [[Bruce Friedrich]], [[Ingrid Newkirk]]

* [[Vegetarianism]]

* [[Veganism]]

* [[Eco-terrorism]]

* [[Rod Coronado]]

* [[Steven Best]]

* [[David Barbarash]]

* [[Robin Webb]]

* [[Keith Mann]]

== References ==

*Morrison, A.R. (2001). [http://www.responsiblewildlifemanagement.org/A_R_Morrison_1.htm Personal Reflections on the &#8220;Animal-Rights&#8221; Phenomenon]. In ''Perspectives in Biology and Medicine'', vol 44:1, pp. 62-75. The Johns Hopkins University Press.

*[http://www.meetyourmeat.com/wycd.html Meet Your Meat] a [[PETA]]-produced slaughterhouse tour narrated by [[Alec Baldwin]]

== Further reading ==

===Official PETA sites===

* [http://www.peta.org/ PETA]

* [http://www.peta2.com/ PETA2.com]

* [http://www.goveg.com/ GoVeg.com]

* [http://www.masskilling.com/ MassKilling.com]

* [http://www.jesusveg.com/ JesusVeg.com] - not to be confused with the [[Christian Vegetarian Association]]'s [http://www.christianveg.com christianveg.com]

* [http://www.lettuceladies.com/ Lettuce Ladies]

* [http://www.furisdead.com/ Fur is Dead]

* [http://www.circuses.com/ Circuses.com]

* [http://www.CowsAreCool.com/ CowsAreCool.com]

* [http://www.helpinganimals.com/ HelpingAnimals.com]

* [http://www.HelpingWildlife.com.com/ HelpingWildlife.com]

* [http://www.StopAnimalTests.com/ Stop Animal Tests]

* [http://www.iamscruelty.com/ Iams Cruelty]

* [http://www.animalactivist.com/ AnimalActivist.com]

* [http://www.petatv.com/ PETA TV]

* [http://www.animalsavingsclub.com/ Animal Savings Club]

* [http://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com/ Kentucky Fried Cruelty]

* [http://www.runningofthenudes.com/ Running of the Nudes]

* [http://www.jlodown.com/ JLoDown.com]

* [http://www.taxmeat.com TaxMeat.com]

* [http://www.fishinghurts.com FishingHurts.com]

===Sites critical of PETA===

* [http://www.animalrights.net/ Animalrights.net]

* [http://brianoconnor.typepad.com/ Animal Crackers]

* [http://www.animalscam.com/ Animal Scam]

* [http://www.righthook.org RightHook.org]

* [http://www.companionspecies.org/ Companion Species Coalition]

* [http://www.exposepeta.com/ www.exposepeta.com]

* [http://www.HuntersUnite.com/peta.htm www.HuntersUnite.com]

* [http://www.PhuckPETA.com/ www.PhuckPeTA.com]

* [http://www.peta-sucks.com/ www.Peta-Sucks.com]

* [http://www.petakillsanimals.com/ www.petakillsanimals.com]

* [http://mtd.com/tasty/ "People Eating Tasty Animals" parody website]

* [http://www.boston.com/news/daily/21/peta.htm ''Boston Globe'' article on the peta.org dispute]

* [http://www.adl.org/PresRele/HolNa_52/4366_52.htm Anti-Defamation League statement: PETA's Appeal for Jewish Community Support 'The Height of Chutzpah']

* [http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0203/peta_ass.asp Does "PETA" stand for People Excusing Terrorist Atrocities? Article from the Jewish World Review]

* [http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/030307/rhetoric.shtml Jewish News of Greater Phoenix: Article criticising PETA for suicide bombing letter]

* [http://www.aish.com/societyWork/society/Drop_the_Dead_Donkey.asp Aish.Com editorial - "Drop the dead donkey" (Jewish criticism of PETA)]

* [http://www.farinc.org/ Feminists for Animal Rights: An Ecofeminist Alliance]

* [http://www.consumerfreedom.com/index.cfm Center for Consumer Freedom]

* [http://caapt.org/ Citizens Against the Abuse of Public Trust]

* [http://maddox.xmission.com/grill.html "Guiltless Grill"] - a [[The Best Page in the Universe|Maddox]] article regarding PETA

* [http://www.rickross.com/reference/animal/animal42.html RickRoss institute] [http://www.furcommission.com/news/newsF04k.htm furcommision] and [http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress02/jarboe021202.htm FBI testimony] -- pages detailing FBI and other records relating PETA and terrorism support.

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