Hi all, the PETA Kids satire Instagram account and news site have been shut down.
I decided to shut down the news site before PETA could make another move. but I see no purpose in rebooting it as most of the traffic came from the Instagram account, so there would be no community left for me to return to.
This, coupled with the fact that PETA memes have a short lifespan (decided only by how long PETA decides to piss on some wildlife photographer's corpse), has sealed my decision.
I've decided to create and abandon this page for whomever it may interest.
I created the PETA Kids satire account and news site when outrage over PETA's statements about Steve Irwin after his death went viral.
One day, out of nowhere, I recieved an email from Instagram saying that the Instagram account had been taken down--I hadn't been contacted by PETA prior to this so it was really shocking.
The only thing that comes to mind is that I had reposted pictures from the real PETA Kids Instagram account, but that was it--I hadn't contacted PETA and PETA hadn't contacted me, I just assumed that a collosal nonprofit animal rights organization wouldn't give two shits about another random loser on the internet making fun of them.
There is no way PETA would have any grounds for instantly banning my Instagram account just because I reposted a piece of media they made that was manufactured solely for the purpose of being reposted.
Additionally, it is highly unlikely that Instagram itself took down the account, as I'm pretty sure their time would be better spent deleting all of the animal abuse and shock videos from their platform instead of targeting an obscure user.
So I emailed Instagram asking for clarification: What was it? The email is so ambiguous and nothing makes sense; even now, thinking about it nearly a year later in this retrospective.
Oh, and I also emailed Gabe W. (Image)
I recieved no response on either end.
I asked if I could just download the account's data so I could have a sentimental trophy--But I never got a response.
In other words, a massive nonprofit had its poor feelings hurt and it decided to throw a tantrum by targeting an obscure meme account.
And so, before I end this retrospective, I would also like to hurt PETA's feelings even more.
- In 2006, PETA had a stellar kill rate of 97.4%. (Src)
- In 2011, PETA euthanized 95% of the animals in its Norfolk, Virgina shelter. (Src)
- In 2014, PETA euthanized over 80% of the animals in its shelter in Virginia--Stating that they were all justifiable as "mercy killings". (Src)
- In 2014, PETA euthanized an chihuahua named Maya (who was found unattended) the same day she entered the shelter. Under Virgina law, there is supposed to be a 5 day grace period, but I guess PETA thought that keeping Maya alive for 5 days was too inhumane. PETA then fought a valiant legal battle with the family and lost, paying them $50,000 (3 years later). (Src)
- This one isn't incriminating, just funny in a sad way: The Virgina Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services once considered reclassifying PETA as a "euthanasia clinic". (Src)
- A parody website named "People Eating Tasty Animals" registered peta.org first. PETA sued over trademark violations and won 6 years later. During those 6 years, PETA also bought ringlingbrothers.com and voguemagazine.com and used the sites to accuse the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus and Vogue magazine of animal cruelty. Ironically, PETA lost both domains after they were threatened with the same legal action they had used on the "People Eating Tasty Animals" parody website. (Src) (Src)