“freeing” shelter pets… to be euthanized

I’m assuming you’re referring to how PETA shelters euthanize some of the pets they get. I encourage you flex your big marxist brain and reflect on why that might be for more than ten seconds before reading the next paragraph.

So-called “no-kill” shelters only are able to operate as such by being very choosy and only taking pets that are very likely to be adopted. Think young cute pets without behavioral problems or expensive diseases. PETA shelters accept all animals. So what can you do once the number of unwanted animals exceeds capacity? I would like you to tell me.

I encourage you to read up more on the killing animals thing. They essentially do it out of compassion, because most of the animals that end up at PETA are cases shelters are not equipped to handle and thus require a higher rate of euthanization. Even our local humane society has a relatively high euthanization rate, but it’s because most of the other local shelters are no-kill and so their worst cases get sent there. I am friends with serious animal activists and they critically support PETA, though are part of different orgs themselves. Like I said, they have made mistakes like any other large org, but I think they have been a net good for animal rights.

https://www.peta.org/features/peta-kills-animals-truth/