Against Animal Cruelty

Many activist groups, such as PETA, are fighting against animal experimentation, but for the right reasons. PETA or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is considered the largest animal activist group worldwide. According to PETA.org, the group focuses on, factory farms, clothing trade, in labs, and in entertainment industry, which are the four areas where animals suffer the most. The group is involved in public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns. PETA uses petitions, and public protest in an act to try and stop animal cruelty. One recent campaign that has been produced by PETA is PETA’s ABC or animal birth control campaign. The reason behind this campaign is that there are too many animals born each day that cannot properly be sheltered and adopted by families, leaving shelters to put down over 4 million cats and dogs each year. PETA has made effort, through this campaign, to stop this from happening. Members of PETA are involved and are taking initiatives to prevent animals from over breeding. PETA does a very good job at protecting many innocent animals from cruelty and abuse. In many animal-testing cases where animals are mistreated, PETA has been able to raise enough awareness to shut down these laboratories. The messages that PETA presents are short, sweet and to the point. They fight through public protests until the job has been done. If it means the animals will benefit, PETA is not afraid to go above and beyond to point out the uncomfortable truth, which they do so often. Because they are for a good cause, people want to join, knowing the good reputation this activist group has and what it has done in the past for the animals.