All shelters kill a lot of animals.
This is not strictly true. There are plenty of no kill shelters. I got my first dog from one.
And PETA goes far beyond killing lots of animals - they downright kill MOST of what falls in their hands. And they come up with lame excuses afterwards. Like I said, a dog has a better chance at a pound that at a PETA "shelter".
Better chance of what, exactly? Getting a new home?
I really do think shelters who to put down animals (and I acknowledge not all do, that was lazy typing on my side) end up killing most of those who get there. Not many people go to shelters when they want a dog, nor do most people want grown up dogs (or any animal), but unfortunately the majority of pets that gets handed away aren't babies any more. The animals nobody wants get put down. Shelters can't take care of everyone. I wonder what happens when the no-kill ones are full. Turn all new animals down?
However, while none of those links seemed anywhere near unbiased, PETA comes out as worse than other places even after I try to look beyond the subjectiveness. Some of it is rather fucked up.
Which is bullshit, by the way. Pitbulls are wonderful dogs, and don't deserve the reputation given to them by intolerant nitwits.
I think you mean the reputation they've gotten from all the idiots who turned their dogs into mentally disturbed fighters.
It's sad, but animals are treated like shit in our society. Especially pets.
Yeah, I really want to get a couple of pet cats when my life settles down (because who am I kidding--like hell I'm going to get married), but I'm not sure I'd take good enough care of them =/ I'll probably practice on a garden and some other things first, because I'd hate myself if I got a pet and neglected it. Hell, I'd hate myself for taking bad care of the garden, but at least it wouldn't be as hard as a cat.
Hopefully
It's also rather good for the cats to have a garden to play in later
Note 2: A LOT of animals in shelters come from hoarders. These are often animals left to live in cardboard boxes with no interaction with humans and don't get cleaned. They are about as difficult to deal with as abused Pitbulls. And they home in the hundreds when hoarders are caught. I understand why such dogs are put down immediately.
Also, it's not uncommon that animal hoarders get their animals from over-full shelters. They start as any other voluntary (and meant to be temporary) care-takers, but yeah. Hoarding ensue.
pre-edit: So. Many. Ninjas.