PETA demands closure of cruel online community

I found the following news story today, and can say that this really disturbs me. If they are going after these kinds of sites, who do you think they will go after next....game fowl sites, cat fancier sites? Well, I can tell you that if you are saying, "How does this effect me? I don't participate in these kinds of sites." you couldn't be more wrong. Big organizations like PETA wield a lot of power, due to all the money they raise from promoting animal rights issues that they don't even follow themselves! They are always looking for something like this to make a big issue about, so they can get publicity to raise even more money. They forget to mention how they kill nearly 100% of all the dogs they take in. So who is cruel now? The point I am trying to make is that it's dogs today, but who knows who they will set their sights on tomorrow? Maybe something you're invovled with, maybe something I am involved in! All I ask, is take a little time to do some research, before donating your hard earned money to organizations like this. If you want to support animal rights issues, you might want to look to your local animal shelter, who are generally under funded to start with, so you know your money is being used for something other than supporting the fat salaries of a bunch of "so called" animal lovers. Thanks

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Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has demanded an immediate closure of a Web community that "instigates violence" towards dogs.

In a letter to the Union Information and Technology secretary, the organisation has urged the Central government to direct Google to block "some illegal and cruel content posted on its social networking site Orkut."

"We have also requested him to initiate appropriate action against the members who claimed to have committed acts in violation of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Act) 1960," PETA-India coordinator (Campaigns and Legal Affairs) N G Jayasimha told PTI.

In fact, the letter followed after PETA spotted topics on Orkut community on 'I hate dogs', which discussed 'How 2 kill a dog?'.

Through the discussion, PETA volunteers figured out that one of the members of the community "suggests killing of puppies by dropping them from a building" and also "admits to throwing three puppies", another member claims, "I have killed two by my car after 1,012 hard tries near my place. One was a small puppy on which I dragged my bike."

"Instances such as these indicates a disturbing trend. People who are violent to animals rarely stop there. Studies show that people who abuse their animal companions are likely to abuse their kids. A person who comes home and kicks the dog is probably just warming up," Jayasimha said.

When contacted, a Google spokesperson said, "All the Orkut contents are created by users not monitered by us. We take the abuse seriously and are constantly developing new tools to review inappropriate content on the site. At the same time, we put a certain amount of trust in our users to notify us of violations, When we learn about the violations, we act quickly to remove inappropriate content. We have done that in many cases, and will continue to do so."