And here is why PETA sucks...or, well...rocks...

[flvegan]

http://www.stopanimaltests.com/f-clevelandclinic.asp

Cleveland Clinic Doctor Kills Dog in Sales Training Session

PETA received a whistleblower call from a neurosurgeon about a dog who was to be used in a training session at the Cleveland Clinic later that day. The whistleblower reported that medical-devicemaker Micrus Corporation (maker of aneurysm coils) was requiring its salespeople to attend the dog lab. We quickly validated the whistleblower’s claims, easily identified a silicone model that could have replaced the scheduled aneurysm coil procedure, and immediately faxed a letter to Micrus and the Cleveland Clinic, calling on them to halt the terminal lab session.

News reports appeared in the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Associated Press. The Cleveland Clinic issued a statement admitting that the procedure was unauthorized and would have been rejected because the clinic does not allow doctors to use animals for the sole purpose of sales training:

"It is our policy to carefully evaluate non-animal alternatives and the minimal use of animals. As an academic medical center, Cleveland Clinic does not allow procedures with animals for the sole purpose of sales training. The situation that occurred yesterday was unauthorized and not in compliance with our policy. Cleveland Clinic officials today notified the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) of the incident. Further, we are conducting an internal review of the matter. We will also be providing physician training and education to prevent this from happening in the future."

I'm seriously hoping that someone, ANYone can tell me why/how PETA is ineffective or otherwise worthless.

As you can tell, this is sarcasm in the highest form.

I guess that this is a challenge to anyone that sees this...

[LaurenG]

1. Woh

I have a hard time believing that this procedure would ever have been OK to do especially for sales training.

[Coventina]

2. I'm proud to say I'm a PETA member. DH renewed me for Christmas.

I don't always agree with everything they do and say, but from where I sit, the good outweighs the bad.

Kind of how I feel as a registered Democrat, too.

[CrispyQ]

3. Well said -- on both counts!

:hi:

Once a month I sit down & review their Action Alerts page & write letters.