PETA Upset About Hamas TV
Hamas TV has recently released its latest installment of it’s popular "Children of Tomorrow" television show which previously featured Farfour the Death Mouse and now Nahoul the Killer Bee. In this episode, Nahoul physically abuses real animals, pulling up kittens by their tails, throwing rocks at lions, and other upsetting "mischief".
PETA is quite upset about this, going as far to send a letter of protest to the Gaza-based station. Iin all fairness, this is more than any other self respecting human rights organization did to protest the earlier videos in which the host and her Disney-inspired compatriot called for children to become violent martyrs and kill Jews. Gee, where is Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, or the Red Cross on this?
See the video below:
Read the article about PETA’s protest after the jump
International animal rights group PETA on Wednesday condemned a "shocking and sickening" video clip produced by a Hamas-run TV station and posted on the YouTube Web site that showed the abuse of animals.
PETA said it would protest to the TV station over the program that showed animals being abused as part of a program aimed at teaching children not to hurt animals.
The clip prompted scores of complaints from viewers worldwide.
"It’s shocking and sickening," said Martin Mersereau, manager of the domestic animal abuse division of U.S.-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
Mersereau said PETA was drafting a letter of protest to the Gaza-based Al-Aqsa television station.
A segment of the program was posted on YouTube after being recorded and translated by pro-Israeli group Palestinian Media Watch.
An official at the TV station declined immediate comment.
The YouTube clip shows an actor dressed as a bee mistreating cats and lions at Gaza’s zoo. In the studio, he is reprimanded by the program’s host, who cautions children against mimicking the bee’s "terrible" behavior.
"Any lessons meant to be contained in this segment are almost certainly lost on most children, who are more likely to imitate people they see treating animals cruelly rather than understand this behavior is wrong," Mersereau said.
The Hamas-run TV station made world headlines in June when it featured a character who closely resembled Disney’s Mickey Mouse advocating Palestinian attacks against Israelis. "Farfur" was later "beaten to death" by an actor depicted as an Israeli.
Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in June, after days of battling Palestinian security forces dominated by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah faction.
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Yeah, PETA seems to be over-reaching here. Picking a cat up by the scruff like that isn’t very painful; that’s how mother cats carry there kittens around. If the cat is light then picking them up by the tail would be little more than an annoyance. Having said that the real story here would be in a middle eastern slaughter house or even an American one. Compare this video to the ones at http://meat.org for example.