PETA Tells Hamas To Be Kind To Animals

PETA wrote a letter to Hamas owned Al Aqsa TV, requesting that they be kind to animals. I'll have to give PETA an "A" for effort on this one, but I would be in complete shock if it actually had any effect. Hamas has praised terrorist acts on innocent civilians, including children. They don't seem to place any value on human life, so why would they listen to PETA telling them they should not abuse animals? Here is the program that motivated them to write to Hamas. Usually Nahoul the bee is spreading hatred and fear against the Jewish people, but today he is teaching little children how to take care of animals. Here is the letter PETA wrote to Hamas:

We have been made aware of an episode of Tomorrow’s Pioneers featuring a costumed character on the Hamas TV children’s show tormenting animals as part of a segment that is apparently meant to teach children to treat animals humanely. Unfortunately, while the intention of these segments may be good, the lesson is almost certainly lost on most children, who are more likely to imitate people they see treating animals cruelly rather than understand that this behavior is wrong. We are asking you to please refrain from harming animals in future episodes of Tomorrow’s Pioneers, even if the intention is to teach children a valuable lesson.

Instilling in children empathy for animals is indeed vital to helping them become compassionate, responsible citizens. Since young people are more receptive to new ideas, and since children have a natural empathy for animals, it is important that we teach them to make responsible choices that will affect how they live the rest of their lives.

Studies around the world have found that a history of cruelty to animals is one of the traits that regularly appear in the records of serial rapists, murderers, and child abusers (because domestic abuse is directed toward the powerless, animal abuse and child abuse go hand in hand). If unchecked, this abuse can later escalate to abuse of their fellow human beings, completing the cycle of violence.

Demonstrating for children a respect for even the smallest and most defenseless among us can help them to value and respect and protect one another. We hope, for the sake of humans and animals alike, that future episodes of Tomorrow’s Pioneers will work to teach children to respect individuals of any species, no matter how “different” they may be, without demonstrating for them cruel behavior in the process.

For more information about teaching children about empathy and compassion, please visit: http://www.islamicconcerns.com/kids.asp.

Sincerely,




Martin Mersereau, Manager
Cruelty Casework Division, PETA (www.peta.org)

I appreciate PETA for doing this. Contacting Hamas about cruelty to animals may be kind of wacky, but I think they did a good thing. Now, if we could just get PETA to work on the Israeli-Palestinian relationship...