Finger Pointing Has Begun

The PETA primate controversy heated up this week. On the one hand, you have PETA denying having anything to do with the placement of the animals at the pseudo-sanctuary and on the other other hand, you have the a college faculty member stating PETA helped them placed the animals at the facility. Hmmm. Whom to believe?

A local on-line newspaper printed the PETA story and boy did it catch the attention of PETA, the college, and the pseudo-sanctuary. Fearing the worse, the college faculty contacted the pseudo-sanctuary.

But, before they made contact with the pseudo-sanctuary, the faculty finally did a little homework and discovered a web site which posts legal documents that are a matter of record with the Texas OAG and the USDA/APHIS on its site--all pertaining to the pseudo-sanctuary. This web site, which advocates responsible exotic wild animal ownership, was the only one willing to step up to the plate in an effort to save future animals from being sent to the pseudo-sanctuary. This site was willing to share the truth with the public, including AR (animal rights) and AW (animal welfare) advocates, regarding the financial, legal, and animal issues pending before the Federal and State government agencies.

Now this is where things get a little dicey. One of the AR college representatives (a person who raised the laboratory primates in question), after reviewing the website, declared it "not authentic since they were for exotic pet owners."

Despite the USDA and OAG documents.

Despite the photographs.

Despite the videos.

So while this animal caretaker apparently has a problem with animals raised in a responsible and loving manner with private owners, she doesn't have a problem with animals living in small laboratory cages from birth to adulthood! The irony of it all...

The faculty "animal caretaker" decided they would rather "shoot the messenger" rather than learn from the material posted on the site--WOW!

Either this person is in total denial or she was afraid if she says anything negative against the pseudo-sanctuary, something might happen to the primates which she helped raised in the laboratory. I am not sure which scenario to believe. Either way, the AR folks did not do their homework when selecting the pseudo-sanctuary as the primates' new home. PETA and the college faculty just wanted to get the "monkeys off their backs," and now the animals are paying for their selfish and ignorant behavior.

Oh, and now I hear the pseudo-sanctuary wants to silence the AW website because of all the material on its site. Gee, I wonder why?