January 2009
PETA received complaints about a donkey basketball fundraiser scheduled for Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Missouri. After PETA contacted hospital administrators to inform them about the risk of injury to human players and the harm caused to donkeys when participants pull, yank, and shove them across slippery gym floors, the CEO agreed to cancel the game.
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“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?”
— Ingrid Newkirk, PETA Founder and co-author of Animalkind
