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PETA Not Extremists UNESCO’S Vision A Friendlier TeX Elisabeth Carpenter’s informative article about animal liberation actions (December 14, 1987, P. 1) paints People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (rather typically I’m sorry to say) as an extremist group. Sadly, the major focus of our work seldom makes the papers or the six o’clock news. A mediawide tendency to link PETA with the Animal Liberation Front and similar groups is the result of PETA’s re

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PETA Not Extremists

UNESCO’S Vision

A Friendlier TeX

Elisabeth Carpenter’s informative article about animal liberation actions (December 14, 1987, P. 1) paints People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (rather typically I’m sorry to say) as an extremist group. Sadly, the major focus of our work seldom makes the papers or the six o’clock news. A mediawide tendency to link PETA with the Animal Liberation Front and similar groups is the result of PETA’s reporting on these groups’ activities.

We accept any material we legally can on animal abuse, regardless of the source, and we make that information available to the public. Our whistle-blower program requires complete and guaranteed anonymity to ensure its effectiveness. Anonymity allows people the freedom to report abuse, waste and cruelty that otherwise would go unreported and uncorrected. Many whistle-blowers are from within the scientific community, often in high-level positions.

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