AMP News Service
Monday, December 8, 2003
CONSUMER GROUP'S ADS CLAIM PETA HAS FINANCED ARSON AND OTHER VIOLENCE
A consumer advocacy group has launched
a series of anti-PETA television ads on the FOX network "to give the publicity
hounds at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals the sort of attention
they don't actually want."
The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF)
said in a news release the two TV ads feature a "darker side of PETA that
will likely shock many of the group's supporters."
One of the two 30-second ads has a
young mother talking about teaching her children to love and respect animals,
but - in the CCF's words - "she also notes that People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals takes animal rights to dangerous extremes. She points out that
PETA condones arson and has given money to violent criminals."
The second 30-second ad highlights
PETA's opposition to all medical research using animals, including efforts
to find cures for leukemia, multiple sclerosis, and AIDS.
In CCF's words, "This commercial asks
why anyone would give money to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals."
The ad mentions that "PETA has even funded an animal-rights terrorist (referring
to Rodney Coronado) who firebombed a university research lab and now teaches
others to make bombs."
CCF, a nearly-daily critic of PETA,
describes itself as "a nonprofit coalition supported by restaurants, food
companies, and consumers, working together to promote personal responsibility
and protect consumer choices."
The ads may be viewed through the CCF's website at http://www.consumerfreedom.com/ad_campaign.cfm
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