via Nathan Winograd As many of you know, I used to volunteer with PETA. I loved animals. And therefore, I loved PETA. Today, I still love animals. In fact I’ve dedicated my life to saving them. Which is why—as a former shelter director, the head of a national organization focused on ending the systematic killing of animals in shelters, a vegan advocate, and the author of a book on PETA—I’ve come to be one of their fiercest critics. It started when I was still a volunteer. One day, my roommate, a former PETA employee, found a dog in need of a home. We called him Ray. As volunteers, I asked her why we didn’t just take Ray—a young, happy, healthy dog—to PETA. Surely, PETA, with its millions of dollars and millions of animal loving members, would find him a home. But she said “No,” because PETA would just kill him. I’ve since come to learn that they kill over 90% of the animals they take it in, including healthy puppies and kittens, that they have called for the killing of all “pit bulls” in shelters, that they advocate the round up and killing of healthy community cats, oppose shelter reform, do not advocate right to life for animals, and kill animals after promising to find them homes:whyPETAkills.org. My article discussing their anti-animal views and actions in the Huffington Post has over a quarter of a million Facebook “likes,” 90,000 shares, and one million page views: huff.to/XZQ0n6. Working to expose the disturbing truth about what PETA really is, I am frequently the subject of character assassination by PETA supporters. They not only lie about who I am and what I believe, but are part of a larger group of No Kill opponents intent on tearing me down, including those who have threatened to kill my dog and “behead” me for the “crime” of advocating right to life for animals in shelters: nathanwinograd/?p=10853. (One of them, in fact, wrote an article called “Nathan Winograd Should Be Beheaded.”) Now, they are threatening to protest at the Minneapolis screening of Redemption, a film based on my book of the same name about the No Kill revolution in America: nokill.org. The first ever screening in Minneapolis will be a red carpet event, includes an after party with some of the people who appear in the film, and is open to the public: animalarkshelter.org/redemption/ I actually welcome the protest and here’s why. When people see them protesting and then see the film, the disconnect between what the PETA supporters claim and what I advocate will be obvious. The film is an inspirational, uplifting portrayal of what we can accomplish when we reject killing and implement common sense alternatives, about the tremendous lifesaving change that follows when shelters believe in the community and trust in the power of compassion. It is above love, which is why I am screening it nationwide as part of my 2014 “No Kill is Love” tour. Everyone who sees it will instantly dismiss the protesters and see them for who they really are and what they really stand for. How do I know? It has happened many times before. In the article, “Protests Welcome,” I share some of the feedback I received from shelter directors and activists who were told horrible things about me and then heard me speak:nathanwinograd/?p=13860
Posted on: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 16:00:00 +0000
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