PETA GUILTY OF CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK...AND FRAUD

[clarionreef]

OH MY GOODNESS....
Next we'll hear there is no Santa Clause


The PeTA death connection
Two PETA representatives kill and dump dogs they ‘rescued’ from shelters
A man and a woman claiming to be representatives of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have been arrested in North Carolina for killing dogs they received from two animal shelters. The two were using a van registered to PeTA in Norfolk, Virginia. 1

Following a month-long investigation, officers in Ahoskie, North Carolina, arrested Andrew Benjamin Cook, 24, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Adria Joy Hinkle, 27, of Norfolk, Virginia, on 31 felony counts of animal cruelty and eight misdemeanor counts of illegal disposal of dead animals. The cruelty charges stem from discovery of 18 dog bodies found in a dumpster and 13 dead dogs in the van.

The police investigation was triggered by the discovery of dead animal bodies on several Wednesdays. On June 15, several law enforcement officers watched as Cook and Hinkle unloaded several dark bags into a dumpster behind a market. They stopped the van before it could pull away.

The animal officer for the Bertie County Animal Shelter identified the bodies as dogs that were picked up at the shelter earlier that day. 2 The officer said the pair had been picking up animals at his shelter for the past two months on the pretext they were taking them to Norfolk, Virginia, to place them in good homes.

The investigation and arrests confirm what NAIA has known for years: PeTA’s “sanctuary” exists to give the organization a veneer of respectability that is no more legitimate than a front business used by mobsters as a cover for corrupt activities.

PeTA is no stranger to killing animals it claims are better dead than held captive. From 1998-2003, PeTA killed more than 10,000 of the 13,000 animals brought to its sanctuary in Norfolk. 3

A veterinarian speaks out
Ahoskie veterinarian Dr. Patrick Proctor said that he has spayed and neutered animals brought to him by PeTA representatives for several years. The representatives asked him if he had any adoptable animals they could also take to Norfolk for placement in new homes. Over the years, he sent about 50 animals with them, including a mother cat and two kittens in the Wednesday pick-up. He identified one of the dead dogs found Wednesday as a six-month-old Labrador retriever cross puppy in apparently good condition except for the hypodermic needle hole in its front leg.

Proctor said that he is trying to get the word out about these killings and has called national media in an attempt to get them interested in the story.

Cook and Hinkle, who have been identified in news stories as PETA employees, are out on bond. 4 Their first court date is Friday, June 17.

Notes
1. Media release from Ahoskie Police Department, June 16, 2005

2. “PETA possibly involved with dead dogs,” by Cal Bryant, Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald

3. PeTAkills animals.com, a website of the Center for Consumer Freedom

4. News tape http://www.wavy10.com/video/peta-arrest.htm



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[clarionreef]

People for the ExploitationTion of Animals
to launder grant money and serve the self...
A common syndrome cloaked by " good intentions"
Steve

 

[bookfish]

I know in the NPO I work for, we get money from many of the same people who fund these other various NPO's.
Ford, Macarthur, HP etc...
We are always having to provide progress and financial reporting back to the funders as part of our due diligence procedure.
I'm not sure how these other NPO's get grant renewals without metrics and measurable successes.-Jim

 

[clarionreef]

measureable success is measured by business people in days and weeks.
Lack of productivity=DEATH...

NPOs measure it in fiscal years.
...And in " CLAIMED SUCCESSES."
If the daily market determined their destiny things would be different....and if result oriented audits are ever conducted...they are conducted often by like minded slow term people.

Field audits conducted aggressively like an honest and fearless Internal affairs division of a big city police force are hardly the spirit in question.
Steve

 

[bookfish]

I actually think projects that partner private business with NPO's/NGO's stand a better chance of being genuinely productive for exactly the reason you mention.-Jim

 

[clarionreef]

But Jim,
IF THE PARTNERSHIP IS TO ACTUALY SOLVE THE PROBLEMS....GREAT.
But if the partnership is to do advance work, image spin and run interference for the industry without solving problems...what then do you call it?
Steve
If the NPO becomes a party to whitewashing the crimes of an industry, it becomes an accomplice and a traitor to its very mission.

 

[bookfish]

I want to thank you for informing a lot of my thinking on this subject.
I actually have a reply that I'd like to post tonight but I have to get ready for the fragging workshop now.
Back soon.-Jim

 

[naesco]

It is a sad but true fact that there will always be rogues where good work is done.
We must not let this take away from the good work that PETA has done in the past and will do in the future.

The real criminals here are those who bought these pets with no chance of keeping them and, industry that should never had sold them in the first place.

 

[clarionreef]

Wayne mentioned;
"the good work that PETA has done in the past and will do in the future."
You mean the anti tropical fish keeping thing? The anti-fishing thing? The anti-angling thing?

Goodness, what would fisherfolk ever do for a living?

 

[Anonymous]

http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=69749

 

[bookfish]

In the past many NPO's and NGO's have only had to produce results sufficient to secure the next round of funding. As has been pointed out, this level of success would never be acceptable in private business.
In the past businesses have been allowed to operate with only the profit margin in mind. This would never be acceptable to any progressive NPO.
I believe a joint venture between public/private entities offers a realistic alternative.-Jim

 

[clarionreef]

Jim,
Such a joint venture would never run itself and the quality of leadership would be the main determiner of its success.
The quality of leadership makes or breaks high purpose and as its 100X easier to think of a thing then to implement it, there in lies the rub.

Combining the incompetence of npo's and the greed of private business sounds like a match made in Hell...and the current self appointed saviour and spokesmen of the trade...the National Forestry Council...I mean the Marine Stewardship Council....I mean the Marine Aquarium Council fits it perfectly.

NPOs need more then financial audits but field audits and they need to include competents [ not just toadies] from the industries they "imagine" to regulate instead of coveting and keep all the perks, per diems and salaries to themselves.
Wow....the explanation of the typical NPO failure right there in a single sentence.
Steve

 

[bookfish]

I agree, almost everything comes down to the quality of the leadership.
This is true both in public and private businesses.
Combining both interests COULD be a match made in hell but could also offer a chance to do what neither could do by itself, namely create a model that is both economically attractive and truly beneficial.
Time will tell how realistic this idea is but the reefs need help and I, for one, will work towards helping in this specific way.-Jim

 

[dizzy]

Time will tell how realistic this idea is but the reefs need help and I, for one, will work towards helping in this specific way.-Jim

Jim I'm curious as to what your suggesting here. Please elaborate. Are you working with CCIF and Andreas Merkel? If not, then what exactly are you doing to save the reefs? I'm curious as to what you think it will actually take to save the reefs.
Mitch

Here is a little information about CCIF.

http://www.cciforum.org/program_design.html
Program Design and Evaluation

CCIF works with partners in the foundation, multi-lateral, and private philanthropy communities to design innovative conservation programs. We specialize in the design of programs which use entrepreneurial and private sector initiatives to complement traditional conservation activities.

Examples of such public/private conservation partnerships include:




An investment fund to finance the conversion of the international aquarium industry to sustainable practices.
The Reef Product Alliance (RPA) fund was created after a year-long, in-depth feasibility study on an innovative, private sector-led reform of the highly destructive ornamental fish trade in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. The results were captured in a complete, investable Reef Product Alliance Business Plan, including a bottom-up set of financial projections, operations, and organizational requirements. In addition, CCIF published a comprehensive ‘companion piece’ white paper, Analysis of Destructive Reef Fishing Practices in the Indo-Pacific, outlining the results of the field work and recommendations for industry transformation. The business plan has undergone extensive peer reviews and is currently being reviewed by potential multilateral, foundation, and private investors.


Read Reef Product Alliance Business Plan, 2001

Read Analysis of Destructive Reef Fishing Practices in the Indo-Pacific, 2001






A multi-year grant program to help develop private landowner incentives for biodiversity conservation.
Over two-thirds of US land is privately owned, primarily by farmers. Most of these lands are managed for the bottom line, while environmental objectives, including biodiversity conservation, are routinely ignored. Incentive-based payments to landowners is an increasingly effective means of protecting vast amounts of biodiversity. CCIF worked with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to design a $5 million grant program to expand the use of such incentives and to leverage available federal and state funds. This work involved the evaluation of past and current incentive models, barriers to success, prospects for national scalability, and financial leverage opportunities. It also involved the design of the grant program and grant selection process.


Read Opportunities for Philanthropic Investors in Biodiversity Conservation Incentive Systems, 2002




A partnership between venture capitalists and conservation funders to assemble a portfolio of highly effective grant/equity investments.
Philanthropic foundations and venture capital (VC) firms, for all their differences, share the goal of creating disproportionate returns on their investments. Foundations have become interested in the VC model and some are intrigued by the prospect of developing world-class programmatic-related investment (PRI) capability, others are finding that their program goals require investments in for-profit, entrepreneurial activities, and others seek ways to apply the speed, rigor, and flexibility of the VC model to the foundation context. CCIF collaborated with the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to investigate potential ways to bring together the best features of both worlds. In interviews with Silicon Valley’s leading venture capitalists, a number of models were developed which would allow foundations to establish VC delivery capability within the organizational and structural constraints of a typical Foundation. Application of a rigorous set of selection criteria yielded a ‘favorite’ model which is simple, effective and easily integrated into both operating environments.


Read From Donor to Investor: Applying a Venture Capital Model to Foundations, 2002




Evaluation/design of environmental certification systems.
In recent years, a significant number of NGOs and industry associations have created private standard-setting bodies that officially recognize companies operating within an environmentally and/or socially beneficial framework. These certification programs aim to provide a creative, market-based solution for specific environmental and social problems. The outcome of certification schemes to date have varied greatly—their performance history covers the spectrum from great success to failure. When asked to support proposed or existing certification efforts, Foundations must evaluate a complex set of variables in order to predict this success or failure. A CCIF study aimed to provide private foundations with a pragmatic decision framework for the future support of environmental certification efforts. The study is not an exhaustive evaluation of existing certification schemes, but an attempt to combine the current lessons learned into a set of best practices for the funders and designers of environmental certification efforts.

Read Analysis of the Status of Current Certification Schemes in Promoting Conservation, 2002




Program Design and Evaluation
Program Implementation

 

[bookfish]

I am not (yet anyway) working with any organization or foundation.
I am pleased to see that there has already been much work done on this idea and look forward to contacting those that have already worked on this model (no sense in re-inventing the wheel).
My work is still in the fledgling stage and was prompted by the work I did in Tonga and the extreme eagerness of the Tongan Govt. to see a production-driven model for eco-friendly coral culture.
I do intend to reach out to more people operating in this sector and don't pretend to have many answers yet.
I believe that both traditional NPO/NGO models and Private sector models have come up short in the past and I believe that the best models work when there is benefit to all stakeholders.
I will research CCIF further and thank you for the link.
-Jim

 

[dizzy]

Jim,
If you get any hot tips on green investment opportunities be sure and let us know. What could be better than saving the reefs and making a good ROI at the same time. :wink:
Mitch

 

[Anonymous]

I am not (yet anyway) working with any organization or foundation.
I am pleased to see that there has already been much work done on this idea and look forward to contacting those that have already worked on this model (no sense in re-inventing the wheel).
My work is still in the fledgling stage and was prompted by the work I did in Tonga and the extreme eagerness of the Tongan Govt. to see a production-driven model for eco-friendly coral culture.
I do intend to reach out to more people operating in this sector and don't pretend to have many answers yet.
I believe that both traditional NPO/NGO models and Private sector models have come up short in the past and I believe that the best models work when there is benefit to all stakeholders.
I will research CCIF further and thank you for the link.
-Jim

good luck, others have tried-i think you will find a tighter lipped group nowhere else :wink:

 

[bookfish]

Still, I've seen it work in the initial stages and I believe a successfully running model does a lot to add credibility to the idea.
I realise this is an all uphill battle (as most environmental activism is) and trying to sell the concept simultaneously to partners with very different goals only makes it more important to craft the model correctly.
As the model develops, I'll post parts of it here for review (positive and negative comments will be equally welcome).
I realise I'm not putting out much specific detail yet but it will come in time.
Thx-Jim

 

[Anonymous]

i meant in referral to contacting other major ngo's/npo's :wink:

 

[bookfish]

You are quite right. Most NPO's jealously guard their projects as that represents their revenue stream.-Jim