Personally, I beleive PETA uses scare tactics, and outrageous stunts because they certianly gain attention. Have you ever heard of IDA, PCRM or Vegan Outreach?
Probably not, you have to go on a hunt to find them. PETA gets the word out there by being different.
That's why they are one of my favorite Animal Rights(AR) organizations.
Now don't get me wrong, Vegan Outreach, PCRM(Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine) and IDA(In Defense of Animals) are GREAT organizations, they just don't put themselves out there enough, which is what PETA is fearless enough to do.
The conditions for farmed animals are horrid, but PETA, one must remember, is only one of MANY organizations.
Personally, I'm a vegan, and I plan to stay that way for the rest of my life. I also make sure my Tamagotchis eat vegan too, because it would be hypocritical for my tamagotchis to eat such things too.
I'd go more in depth but some of the things that go on in factory farming but they would be pretty innapropiate.
But you also have to remember the site, PETA Kills Animals, has no actual PROOF. I can almost gaurentee(sp?) you that it was made by some meat eating obsesser, with an unnatrual hate for AR, perhaps a company that relies on the death of animals for profit *coughs*chicken or beef company*coughs*.
Also, PETA admitted to euthanizing animals, animals that were on the brink of death/suffering immensely. They did a blog entry on it. It had some really horrifying pics of some dogs the rescued. I couldn't imagine forcing a dog to live when they were as bad off as the ones they showed. The most humane option would definently be euthanization in my opinion. You'd have to go to PETA's official site to look at them, I will not link to it because the images are so haunting, and it would give a grown man nightmares, not to mention it's prolly agains TT's rules.
All I can say is everyone shouldn't shun an organization just because of their first look. Do some reasearch, do some thinking. Look at both perspectives. I used to be anti-PETA too.