Here's a discussion taken from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3...lin#Insulin_Use
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Is there a reason the animal testing section doesn't contain a reference to MaryBeth Sweetland's insulin-dependence? There's an article here http://www.goveg.com/diabetes_controlled.asp written by her downplaying her use of animal-based insulins which might prove a good reasonably un-biased quote (all the links to quotes I could find from her were all inflammatory and on anti-PETA sites). Given PETA's stated policies on animal testing, this seems like a pretty important fact, because without animal-harvested and animal-tested insulins, she'd would have died at age 25 when she became insulin-dependent.
Actually I just re-read the article, and right after the quote from Newkirk about them opposing a cure for AIDS based on animal testing would be the perfect place for it. Max.inglis (talk) 17:21, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
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Not in the main article because PETA swarms online mentions about them and "corrects" them.
But while I am an animal rights person, I still loathe PETA because their whole attitude stinks. They would let every dog and cat die in shelters because "animals shouldn't be slaves."
Trust me, my husband and I have 4 rescue cats. Nobody's a slave.
They take credit for other organization's work, too. There was a British group who conceived and carried out the pressure campaign that resulted in McDonald's opting for more humanely raised beef. But PETA took the credit.
Personally, I'm very upset that PETA is setting the pace for a lot of animal rights work. Mention that veganism is bad for humans and lethal for cats? Like I did last year on my
cat advice blog? There will be a lot of screaming and criticism, even though a majority of my readers, animals lovers all, agreed with me. Nonetheless, I took down the post.
And just mention them to anyone who works or volunteers in animal rescue. Then step back, because their eyes will shoot fire. Despite constant fundraising "for the animals" PETA has never given a dime to any shelter I know of. Because it's perfectly fine with them if every domestic animal on the face of the earth dies a horrible death. And some of them will tell you that. That is their (un)stated philosophy.
Which is why they aren't actually interested in humane treatment on farms. They don't want animals raised for food at all.
PETA is very good at what they do. Which is getting publicity, getting money, and perpetuating their death cult.
In fact, they actually harm animals.