I rather have seen Tricia naked.

Always nice to see Mr. Bamber with no shirt on, but it's sad to see yet another celebrity taken in by PETA, thinking that they're raising money to save animals when PETA collects and slaughters thousands of pets every year -- nearly 90% of the pets they take in -- under the apparent belief that they're better off dead than living as pets. They're known to kill healthy animals without offering them for adoption or even having a vet look at them. Give money to your local no-kill shelters if you want to save pets, and if you want to protect wild animals give money to the World Wildlife Fund.

(If you google for "peta kills pets", the first few hits you'll get are on petakillsanimals.com, which is hilariously and ironically owned by the meat industry. But further down the results you'll find coverage of the issue in Newsweek, and the PETA Wikipedia article contains some links to other news and government reporting sources.)

Great. Now I can hope Apollo and Six die in the finale. I still find it ironic that a group the advocates not killing animals kills more than it saves...and throws them into dumpsters.

Always thought that Apollo was queer!

@Eto - If only he was gay. That would be sweet!

That's disappointing. I love Jamie Bamber but PETA is a horrendous organization. Their intentions are to harass, threaten and slander their perceived enemies not to save animals. They kill thousands of animals every year and do little, if anything at all, to actually save them. Their efforts are almost entirely hostile, with little time or money spent to actually saving animals. They're border line terrorists, even going so far as to hold conferences where convicted eco-terrorists give seminars on how to blow up buildings and assassinate people. Seriously. I just lost a lot of respect for Mr. Bamber

You people need to think more before you mouth off about PETA. They have done a lot more good than you message board posters. What do you expect them to do with animals that no one wants - maybe we should set them loose so they can starve to death and attack people. You people who are complaining about them killing animals - give them more money so that they can build more animal shelters.

We could serve the unwanted animals in Chinese restaurants!

I expect PETA to find homes for unwanted animals, the way the local no-kill shelters to which I donate money do, rather than merely picking up healthy animals and slaughtering them right in the van before anyone even has a chance to love them.

But it's more likely they'll just keep up the cycle of duping celebrities into supporting their cause, using them in expensive, high-profile ad campaigns, and then raking in the donations from people who don't mind a little slaughter with their animal welfare. Why build more shelters when you can buy full-page ads?

ETo: If you post another condescending comment like that I am going to report you. Treat this subject seriously or stop posting.

raindog469: I don't believe that PETA does what you say. If they do kill animals at a higher rate than the local animal shelter it's only because they have stricter protocols as to who gets to adopt. They think that it would be better to kill the animals then allow them to be put in a home with people like ETo.

Also, to all of you people who accuse PETA of killing animals - you damn sure better be vegans yourselves. Otherwise you have no credibility on this subject.

C'mon Mark, I love animals as much as anybody. Particularly with gravy! Your "I don't like what you say, so I'm gonna tell on you" attitude is typical of most 4th grade mentalities, that or you like prancing around with a naked Jamie Bamber. Sack-up you pansy, I believe that animals are a resource that shouldn't be abused. If you don't like my opinion then you should go stick your head in the sand, because your in for a life of disappointment!

Mark, you need to educate yourself about PETA... they reek with hypocrisy from the top down. The VP of PETA is a diabetic who rails against animal testing in medical research, but has openly said that it was ok in her case because the animals sacrificed themselves for her so she can soldier on to fight for them. It's a moronic, circular arguement, much like we went to Iraq to fight al Qaeda when al Qaeda didn't turn up until we got there. And PETA DOES euthanize THOUSANDS of animals a year and it's not due to "stricter protocols". I do volunteer work for my local chapter of the Humane Society, so I know first hand about adoption regulations. Also, if PETA were really THAT interested in animal rights, their "shelter" would be a no-kill shelter, much like the one I volunteer for. Only in extreme cases are animals euthanized. And I take issue with you saying that PETA has done more to "help" animals than any of the posters here because I do believe my experience in this area kind of contradicts that.

No kill and low kill shelters just means animals are left for other shelters to kill. I know from a friend who works at a local shelter, shelters temperament test dogs left at MADACC (Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission) before they pull, and leave all the pit bulls behind to be euthanized. The shelters who really need the money are left to euthanize animals low kill or no kill shelters will touch. So before you decide who to donate to, please look into the trail of dead animals that stop just short of that no kill shelter door. The fact is, there are not enough people in this world who adopt from shelters, and until people stop buying from pet stores and bad breeders, there will always be animals shelters can't place. If you think killing those animals is wrong, come up with a better solution and do something about it. Stop tearing down organizations like PETA who are at least out there shutting down puppy mills and dog fighting rings.

DC Fan: Please try to be respectful. Don't call people morons or their arguments moronic. I will look into what you are saying about Ingrid Newkirk as I have never heard that before. I never doubted that PETA euthanizes animals. As far as what you're saying goes, I don't believe that PETA has enough money to provide no-kill shelters for all animals in the world. The only way I can see to raise that kind of money is through taxes - and I'm sure that you are busting your balls to try to lobby the legislators to get our taxes raised and help build no-kill animal shleters, right DC Fan?

The fact that PETA euthanizes animals in vans and dumps them in dumpsters before they even get to a shelter is a matter of court record, Mark, and their kill ratio compared to other organizations in their home state is easily obtained from vdacs.gov. It may bruise your beliefs, but try educating yourself.

I will look into what you say, raindog469. What was the court case? By the way, pay closer attention to the previous entries in this conversation. I never doubted that PETA does euthanize animals. I think that they believe that it is the only realistic possibility, unless, once again, we raise taxes to help the animals. If you are not willing to do what it takes - tax-wise - to help the animals then you should not criticize PETA.