The Center for Consumer Freedom published a full-page advertisement in The New York Times, referring to the Vick case and accusing rival organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) of hypocrisy and animal euthanasia. The advertisement asked, ‘Who’s Killed More Animals, Michael Vick (8) or PETA (14,400)?’ The accompanying text of the advertisement further reads, ‘PETA loves to point the finger at others when they should be looking at their own record of killing more than 90 percent of the animals left in their care’.
Speaking over the advertisement CCF Director of Research David Martosko said,
PETA has shamelessly used the horrific Michael Vick case to pad their group’s coffers, even though their track record of slaughtering thousands of helpless, adoptable animals is far more damning.
In addition, the organization has cited documents of Virginia State Veterinarian showing that between 1998 and 2005 PETA killed more than 14,400 dogs, cats and other animals.
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