Bob Barker donates $2.5 million to PETA for new location

[Bluebear]

Pro- or anti- PETA is beside the point here. Barker indeed walks the walk.

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LOS ANGELES - Bob Barker has donated $2.5 million to help the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals open a new location in Los Angeles.

The retired game show host and spay and neuter champion will cut the ribbon Wednesday at the Bob Barker Building on Sunset Boulevard and Alvarado Street.

PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk says Barker could have just given the group a refrigerator but instead he paid for an entire building to be renovated.

The building will be home to the group's media, marketing, youth outreach and campaign departments.

The 86-year-old Barker delivered his spay and neuter message on "The Price Is Right" for a quarter century. Since he retired in June of 2008, he has taken his activism on the road, promoting freedom for whales, an end to the fur trade and other causes.

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/barker-donates-2-5-million-to-create-peta-offices/37172?nc

[hyphenate]

1. He is a good man! eom

[howaboutme]

9. I was going to say the same thing

When was the last time any animal or critter displayed all the pathetic frailties of we humans, such as deceit, envy, corruption, greed, guile, jealousy, deception, wile, lying, manipulation. We humans should be glass caged and closely monitored and examined continuously so that other species remain uncontaminated.

[Shell Beau]

15. He loves animals, but I don't know if he is really a good man all the way around.

He puts his money where is mouth is, and I appreciate that, but he has had some moments with the women that worked for him. Not sure how true some of the stuff is.

[Thothmes]

2. Hopefully they will move the whole group out of Norfolk

to LA. PETA=People Embarrassing the Tidewater Area.

[Bluebear]

3. Feel better?

[Blue_Tires]

5. I've gotten to know many of them over the years

for the most part, I've found them to be a decent bunch...:shrug:

[arcadian]

18. I'll bet you aren't even a local.

[Thothmes]

27. Lived in the Tidewater area longer than PETA has been

located here.

[arcadian]

34. I was born and raised in Tidewater.

I got no problem with PETA being there. Breaks up the normal mundane of the day to day bullshit rightwingers and Patbots at Regent.

[stillwaiting]

19. I am a Norfolk resident and I am SO glad that PETA is here.

There are so very few true liberals around here.

Most all that work for PETA are liberal on the issues, and I welcome the activism, awareness, and spirit they bring to the area.

[Blue_Tires]

4. yeah, they are moving the bulk of operations from Norfolk to Los Angeles

and Washington D.C....

[Robeson]

6. Thanks Bob!

[stevedeshazer]

7. I love that guy.

He doesn't have to do any of that but he does because he really believes in it.

He's the real deal.

[Starry Messenger]

8. "Come on down!"

:D

[flvegan]

10. Nice!

First Sea Shepherd now PETA. Nice work, Bob.

[roguevalley]

22. he also gave about 700K to support our elephant in a wildlife

sanctuary. She left alaska and now she's strawbossing and getting slapped by a herd of elephants that she lives with. He's a truly good man for his giving.

[flvegan]

23. I didn't know that.

That's fantastic!

[MineralMan]

11. May the building be infested with rodents, and

the owners be forced to trap and kill them. After all, they're encroaching on the animals' territory.

[customerserviceguy]

20. You're evil

but that's one of the reasons I like you, MM!

[MineralMan]

29. Thanks! I take that as high praise.

[aikoaiko]

12. I support PETAs work to expose organizations that fail to follow laws and regs regarding animal care

But otherwise, their stunts make them look like idiots.

I still shake my head when I think about the Fishkill, NY fiasco.

[tonysam]

13. He could have spent that money on far worthier causes than giving it to a crackpot extremist group.

n/t

[Shell Beau]

16. You always show up, don't you?

And you always have so much to add to the discussion.

[flvegan]

21. Barker could have bought *that one* a clue, maybe?

[Omaha Steve]

14. Thank you

K&R!

[Lisa0825]

17. "media, marketing, youth outreach and campaign departments".....?

Why not spay/neuter, free vet care, etc? None of these items relates directly to actually taking care of animals.

[flvegan]

24. PETA's SNIP program will continue in NC and VA.

They do roughly 10k per year (spay/neuter surgeries) with their mobile clinics.

As for the other programs not "actually taking care of animals" you may want to look further into what PETA can and has accomplished with those departments, unless you think that "animals" ends with dogs and cats.

[OnyxCollie]

25. Bob Barker is a good man.

[donheld]

26. He didn't pay for it, they won it

They came closest to that actual retail price of these cough drops without going over, and won the building.
:D

[Political Heretic]

28. Bwahahahahaaa

[Skip Intro]

30. Awesome. K&R for Bob and PETA. nt

[Coventina]

31. What? 30 posts in a PETA thread and it's not a flame-war yet?

This must be a new record for DU!

Way to go Mr. Barker!!!

:loveya:

[Odin2005]

32. A sad waste of money.

[xchrom]

33. A good man - thanks bob. Nt