PETA is sending a message to your kids

Posted by Leafy Green on February 1, 2008 1:12 AM

This image is not an Ecollo photoshop special. It's the front of a real brochure distributed to children in schools, on playgrounds and in malls by PETA. The back of the pamphlet shows graphic photographs of abused and injured animals, including an animal with its skin ripped off. It also features text like this:

"Do you have a puppy you take for walks or play ball with?... Everyone knows that it's fun to love and play with animal friends. But how would you feel if someone took away your kitty or puppy, stomped on their head, and ripped their skin off their bodies?"

Yeah, real subtle.

I'm certainly not going to support the fur industry or animal cruelty. But I also can't say I support an organization that targets children with graphic and negative propaganda like this. I especially don't like how the message goes right after children, subverting parental authority altogether.

PETA really should be ashamed of themselves for this kind of marketing to kids. It's disgusting. Hit the jump to see the full pamphlet for yourself.

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That is sick! These extremeists need to get there priorities striaght. I agree with you leafy Green targeting kids is wrong, wrong, wrong!

maxwinT (Posted February 1, 2008 9:28 AM)

Many people are not aware that the meat and dairy industries have been known to also heavily target children and teens by sending "educational materials" to schools regarding how meat and dairy products are produced. These materials conveniently leave out the real story about how these products are made; ie - You have to KILL an animal to eat it or make it into other products. They include pictures of happy cows, chickens, etc., that cleanly and magically transform into the items we see on the shelves. These materials depict animals as being practically overjoyed to hand their lives over to us for a tasty meal.

Unless a child has had the opportunity to grow up on a farm, they will have little understanding of what exactly occurs. I venture to guess that very few people could build up the strength to physically take part in killing their own food. When it’s on the shelves, somehow the process is forgotten. Perhaps children should know about how food is produced so that they can eventually make their own decisions.

So you’re welcome to disagree with PETA. But I also invite you to do your own research.

T (Posted February 1, 2008 11:27 AM)

To clarify, I meant "you" as in anyone who happens to come across this article. What is really missing is a quality dialogue between parents and children. Children are traumatized by such images because they don't understand them.

If I had had the chance, I would have liked to learn the truth at young age. Negativity and all.

T (Posted February 1, 2008 12:51 PM)