PETA response to freezing cattle/wildlife in CO -captured on tape

[Ray Hammond]

I thought you guys might get a real kick out of hearing this - If we could just get ABC, NBC, and CBS to run with THIS story.

PETA "A Bunch Of Losers," "Frauds"

As many as 340,000 cows and steers have been left stranded by southeastern Colorado's most recent snowstorm, and National Guard units are helping ranchers in a frantic bid to save the freezing animals. Faced with 15-foot snowdrifts, rescuers are airlifting bales of hay and hoping for the best. But as Coloradans are learning, the wealthy People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) isn't about to lift a finger. Not for those animals -- the ones destined to be flame-broiled, grilled, or roasted.

Appearing on Denver radio station KRFX yesterday morning, Colorado Governor Bill Owens spoke for all of us. PETA, he declared, are "a bunch of losers" and "frauds"

The dustup started when KRFX morning hosts Rick Lewis and Michael Floorwax (yes, that's his real name) called PETA to ask if the group would help feed and rescue the snowbound herds. PETA spokeswoman Reannon Peterson took the call, and bluntly replied: "You're going to save them, and then in six months they're going to be killed and end up on someone's plate. So I don't know !
that it's really the most noble cause." Peterson added that wild animals caught in the blizzard's wake -- the same animals PETA routinely criticizes hunters for bagging -- also weren't worth spending PETA's money to save. "It's an act of God," she said. "There's really nothing to be done"



Enter Governor Owens. In addition to labeling PETA "losers" and "frauds," he expressed amazement that "PETA doesn't want us to feed freezing cattle" [click to listen] and stated that "it's symbolic of what PETA stands for" [click to listen]. Finally, Owens declared that PETA is "a strange group of people.
Don't send money to PETA".

Asked a few hours later by KRFX sister-station KOA-AM to reiterate his position on PETA, he put it plainly:
"What a bunch of losers. Don't give your money to PETA."We couldn't agree more. As we're telling the media today, the Colorado!
snowstorm is exactly the kind of emergency that should send PETA into action.But PETA -- whose president publicly wished for a foot-and-mouth epidemic in 2001 -- has a stubborn anti-meat bias. To this group of tofu-devouring loonies, seeing the livelihood of cattle ranchers evaporate is a cheap thrill.

This may also be the reason why the vegetarian-oriented Humane Society of the United States isn't spending any of the $145 million it raised last year on Colorado helicopter rentals and hay bales.

Governor Owens'entire interview is also available, as well as the PETA phone call can be heard in their entirety by going to

 http://www.thefox.com/main.html

[Ray Hammond]

some background information on Reannon Peterson- she apparently is the HEAD of VEGAN CAMPAIGNS for PETA

1. Key to student's sexiness lies in veggies | The University Daily Kansan
www.kansan.com/stories/2006/mar/03/sexycarrots/  
Published on: 3/3/2006   Last Visited: 3/3/2006

Reannon Peterson, PETA manager of vegan campaigns, was on the panel that chose the finalists. She said that they were looking for people from all walks of life and that the contestants they chose vary widely including just about every profession except butchers.

"What they all had in common was they were fit, they were sexy, they were full of energy," she said.
  Reannon Peterson-SEXY???????




2. The National Student - News - International news - 'Cruelty-free cutie'
www.national-student.co.uk/international_news/storycrueltyfreecutie.ht  
Last Visited: 7/23/2006

Reannon Peterson, PETA's manager of vegan campaigns, said the organization looked for a diverse group of people who were sexy and compassionate and who could talk about the positive reasons for becoming vegetarian. "These people are excited to have the opportunity to tell the world that vegetarianism is healthier in the long run because eating meat can make you fat and lethargic, which makes it hard to find love in the first place," she said Ms. Peterson said running a beauty contest wasn't demeaning and that it was terrific any time someone wanted to use their body, mind or talent to promote a cause important to them.

[doublewhopper]

there freaks and hypocrites.

[Traxx]

I dont mind if people want to be vegetarians.Thats their choice,and i can respect that,but when they claim its for Moral reasons,and that everyone,should have those same Morals,and then on top of that,they want laws passed to force those"Morals" on everyone,thats when i get pissed off.

[Al Dente]

They also euthanize around 3,000 dogs and cats every too.  But it's OK because they're the ones doing it.

There's also an upper echelon member of PETA who is a diabetic, and she requires insulin.  The very insulin that was tested on animals before humans.  That too is OK because it keeps HER alive so that SHE can continue to fight for the animals.  You or I are devils if we need unsulin, but SHE is a savior.

Twisted, demented, deranged.

[Old Ways]

I thought we were PETA.

People
Eating
Tasty
Animals

[Traxx]

Al Dente,
That would be,Ingrid Newkirck.

[Al Dente]

I don't think Ingrid is the one, I thought it was her number 2.  Six of one, half a dozen of another, anyway you slice it, it's hypocrisy or hypocrazy.

[Ted]

Hey Ray, who is the guy in the picture?

[Ray Hammond]

hehehe...THAT is none other than the fit, sexy Director of VEGAN Services for PETA- Reannon Peterson!!!!!!!!!! PHoooooeeey..THUU  THUUU!!!!!        

[Alex.B]

Oh yeah, sexy!

[Tall Paul]

We need to all send a campaign contribution to the Colorado governor for his next race!

[Tall Paul]

That's one nasty woman. A friend of mine would call that a "man-child"!

[oktechie]

PETA
Philosophy Exhibiting Testicular Absence

[Sawtooth]

Tall Paul,

Unfortunately, Bill Owens is no longer our governor.  Term limits.

[Robert Honaker]

Did you read what the prizes are for sexiest vegatarian?INCLUDED A BOTTLE OF COLOGNE.Guess what some ingredients of cologne are derived from!

[coyote Tim]

This is almost as bad as when those sexist women said traditional bowhunter magazine leads to wife beating!!!!!!!!!!

like I told a vegan relative,  clearing of forest for food growth and housing is the leading killer of wildlife, so which you gonna stop doing first eating, or living in your condo!!!!