A lot of negative press has come out against PETA regarding the fact that they kill, on average, about six animals a day and a total of 2,124 animals last year. Critics say this is hypocritical to what PETA stands for, and companies that PETA protests against are using this opportunity to attack PETA and cause them to lose credibility.

This is a very cheap attack, and stretches the truth behind what PETA actually does. The tragic truth is, sometimes killing an animal is the only ethical way to help it.

The kinds of animals PETA kills aren’t healthy pets that PETA maliciously steals and murders for the fun of it. Some of the articles out about PETA right now seem to make it sound that way.

PETA is peacefully euthanizing animals who are in such bad shape, that to live would only be to suffer every second of every day. Some people don’t want to admit this fact, but if you look at some of the pictures PETA includes in their article, you’d understand (WARNING: pictures are very graphic).

The information about PETA killing animals was first spread around the Internet by a group called the Center for Consumer Freedom. This group has published multiple articles attacking PETA, and is the main source behind most of the articles out that make PETA look bad. Coincidentally, this group is funded by companies who PETA attacks as being cruel to animals.

Companies like Tyson Foods and Wendy’s Corporation fund the Center for Consumer Freedom, which causes the group to show an obvious bias against those that the food corporations hate. If Wendy’s loses money because of what PETA is saying, then the Center for Consumer Freedom might also lose funds, because Wendy’s will have less money to dish out.

It’s a shame organizations will go to such lengths to attack groups that do nothing except protect the lives of living creatures who can’t protect themselves. Sure, sometimes PETA goes overboard with their demonstrations, but attacks like this are not justified.

If the information being spread around was from credible sources, things would be different. But as it stands, the biggest group against PETA is funded by massive, animal killing corporations.