PETA accused of spinning in circles for animal activist org's latest quizzical target: 'These people have truly lost it'



The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have waged a war against an unlikely and quizzical target – carousels with inanimate animals.

On Thursday, PETA published an article calling for the end of merry-go-rounds with fake animals installed on them.

The animal rights organization penned a letter to Aaron Landrum – president and CEO of Chance Rides, which is the largest manufacturer of amusement rides in the country.

PETA demanded the amusement ride company to "end the production and sale of animal-themed carousels that normalize the use of animals as conveyances and amusements and instead produce carousel figures in the shape of cars, airplanes, spaceships, bulldozers, and other vehicles or more whimsical designs, like shooting stars, rainbows, or brooms."

"Animals used for rides and other forms of entertainment — including camels, horses, elephants, and dolphins — are often beaten into submission, deprived of everything that’s natural and important to them, and even slaughtered once their bodies wear out," the animal activist org alleged.

PETA's alleged logic for wanting to ban the animal-themed carousels: "Children learn through play, and teaching them to have respect and compassion for all living, feeling beings can help create a more just and merciful world."

PETA pointed to other companies that have discontinued the use of animal imagery, such as Nabisco replacing caged animals on its Barnum’s Animals Crackers and Trader Joe's ending packaging featuring elephants performing.

However, netizens overwhelmingly disagreed and mocked PETA for demanding the end of animal-themed carousels.

Someone wrote, "I just can't anymore. Carousels with horses have existed for 150 years. They are more rare now than 50 years ago. Just. Stop. The. Constant. Nonsense."

An X social media user, "How can anyone take that organization seriously?"

Another user added, "Yes because metal animals are totally like real ones."

Someone noted, "Wow these people have truly lost it."

Another user stated, "Just when you think clown world may have peaked."

One person added, "Someone tell them nobody's eating the carousel animals."

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Oklahoma official trolls PETA by taking bite out of burger as group advocates placing 'Ten Vegan Commandments' in schools



Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters said he received a letter from PETA communicating that the group wants him to display 10 vegan commandments in classrooms. In response, Walters trolled the group by taking a bite out of a burger. "The burgers are great here in Oklahoma," he declared, telling the group that they are "welcome for lunch." PETA stands for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

"This is disrespectful, defensive, and out of touch with constituents faced with ill health and a climate crisis and those hoping to abate cruelty and violence on factory farms and in slaughterhouses," PETA declared in response to Walters' video.

"No worries. I'll always support Oklahoma beef. Pretty sure it's dinner time. #steak," Walters fired back.

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Walters has expressed support for proposed legislation that would require the display of the biblical 10 Commandments in public school classrooms. But PETA issued a letter asking Republican state Rep. Jim Olsen to also file a measure to require public schools to display "Ten Vegan Commandments."

"Having filed House Bill 2962, would you also consider filing a bill to request that all public schools display 'Ten Vegan Commandments,' an ethical set of principles designed to encourage individuals from all backgrounds to practice nonviolence and lead moral, principled lives?" PETA president Ingrid Newkirk wrote to Olsen.

Some of the "Ten Vegan Commandments" include "Thou shalt not consume an animal's flesh, skin, or eggs nor anything else that belongs to an animal," and "Thou shalt regard all animals as individuals who deserve respect and compassion and aren't here for humans to exploit."

Separately, PETA has also recently pressed Chance Rides to stop making animal-themed merry-go-rounds.

"Would you please end the manufacture and sale of animal-themed carousels and instead exclusively produce figures in the shape of vehicles, such as cars, unicycles, tractors, airplanes, rockets, and bulldozers, that children are drawn to or even more whimsical designs, like shooting stars, rainbows, or brooms?" Newkirk wrote in a letter.

"Animal-themed carousels unintentionally celebrate the exploitation of sentient beings. Animals used for rides and other forms of entertainment—including camels, horses, elephants, and dolphins—are confined and in servitude, never free to pursue their own lives and interests. They're also sometimes beaten, tormented, and even slaughtered when their bodies wear out," she declared. "Animal-themed carousel sets reinforce the notion that these sentient beings are simply here for our entertainment, rather than individuals with the same capacity to experience fear, pain, joy, and love as any of us."

In 2022, PETA objected after business magnate Elon Musk indicated he enjoyed drinking chocolate milk. "Drinking cow's milk is like driving a gas guzzler. The dairy industry is one of the worst contributors to the climate catastrophe. What happened to caring about the environment?" PETA tweeted.

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Video: NFL super agent Drew Rosenhaus slammed as 'wannabe macho man' by PETA for wrestling shark



NFL super agent Drew Rosenhaus has been reprimanded by the animal rights group PETA for wrestling a shark.

Rosenhaus recently went on a fishing trip with Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill.

Last week, Rosenhaus shared a video on his Twitter account of an encounter with a large shark off the coast of Miami.

Rosenhaus jumped off the boat and into the water with the shark during the deep sea fishing excursion.

Someone on the boat can be heard saying, "Don't grab him, don’t grab him, Drew. Don't grab him, Drew. You don’t have good enough insurance for that."

Rosenhaus grabbed the large shark by the tail as it was caught on a fishing line.

The shark does not react to Rosenhaus yanking its tale.

Rosenhaus then swam back on the boat.

Shark expert Dr. Chris Lowe told USA Today that Rosenhaus was lucky to escape unharmed.

"The fact that that shark just kind of slowly ambled towards the boat. Kind of banged into the boat, kind of rolled upside down, those are the behaviors we see from a shark that’s either been caught and exhausted from the fight and then released, and they’re kind of groggy," Lowe said.

Lowe explained, "When you grab a shark by the tail that way, they can literally do a circle, come back around, and that’s how most fishermen are bit."

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals slammed Rosenhaus for his behavior against the shark.

"Spending so much time around top athletes must have Drew Rosenhaus feeling like he has something to prove," PETA said in a statement, according to TMZ.

PETA continued, "Aquatic animals already suffer at the hands of anglers who impale them, yank them out of the water, and gut them or leave them to suffocate, so they don't need some wannabe macho man yanking on their tails for a few Twitter 'likes.'"

Rosenhaus has not addressed the backlash he has gotten from PETA.

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Punny PETA letter presses first lady Jill Biden to block use of real eggs at White House Easter egg roll



People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is pressing first lady Jill Biden to prohibit the use real eggs for the White House Easter egg roll.

In a letter, PETA President Ingrid Newkirk asked the first lady "not to allow the use of real chicken eggs for the White House Easter Egg Roll but to choose instead reusable plastic or wooden eggs—or even lovely painted rocks or egg-shaped balls—all of which would last for years to come."

PETA playfully deployed puns in the letter.

"This update would make the event eggstra special for chickens and inclusive of all children who attend, including those who don't consume eggs for ethical, environmental, or health reasons," the letter read. "Children, who have natural empathy for animals, would be saddened to learn that the eggs at this family event came from mothers who spent their entire lives in cages smaller than a letter-sized sheet of paper, unable to lift a single wing, and were taken from her as soon as they were laid. It's a most fowl irony."

"We hope you'll agree that while families are shelling out nearly 70% more for eggs amid the deadliest avian flu outbreak on record, now is a hopping good time to hatch an Easter tradition that is kind and doesn’t prop up the cruel egg industry. We wish you and your family a very happy Easter and look forward to hearing from you," the letter stated.

The day before millions of Americans chowed down on turkey dinners for Thanksgiving last year, PETA posted a tweet that featured a cartoon depicting turkey-headed characters with human-like bodies preparing to feast upon a human being for dinner. "POV: The dinner tables turned & a family is gathering around your dead body to share why they’re thankful," PETA tweeted.

According to its website, "PETA opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview."

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