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PETA plan is unrealistic, and economically disastrous Dear Editor: I read with both amusement and skepticism the Letter to the Editor from the senior writer from the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in the November 14 edition. It was amusing to the extent that the writer tries to cloak her desire to achieve ethical treatment of animals, in a letter which addresses only the issue of a Presidential pardon for only two turkeys at Thanksgiving time. I am skeptical of the issues she raises, since if she and the organization, which she represents, were genuinely concerned about the fate of animals, why not advocate the extension of the Presidential or public pardons to all animals, including but not limited to cows, goats, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese and other such warm-blooded animals slaughtered for food in this country.
The idea of a vegetarian diet, apparently advanced on their website, if taken to its logical conclusion, would probably have many giants of industry like MacDonalds, Purdue Chicken, a host of steak houses, not to mention thousands of other restaurants, as well as millions of farmers who raise the livestock and a myriad of wholesalers, jobbers and retailers who bring these products and bi-products thereof to the public without jobs. You have to be careful about what you wish for, because someday your wish may be granted.
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