PETA Responds Sharply to Sarah Palin's Caribou Killing

By Tracey Harrington McCoy Posted Dec 6th 2010 08:45PM

Sunday night's episode of 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' featured a pretty graphic scene featuring the former vice presidential candidate shooting and killing a caribou--and several animal rights groups, including PETA, aren't happy too about it.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) vice president Dan Mathews released a statement to Fancast sharing his thoughts.

"Sarah seems to think that resorting to violence and blood and guts may lure people into watching her boring show. But the ratings remain as dead as the poor animals she shoots," the statement said.

Palin, for her part, guessed that the show might make waves and issued several statements of her own on Facebook and Twitter--before the show even aired. "Tonight's hunting episode 'controversial'?" she wrote on her Facebook page Sunday. "Really? Unless you've never worn leather shoes, sat upon a leather couch or eaten a piece of meat, save your condemnation of tonight's episode. I remain proudly intolerant of anti-hunting hypocrisy."

In Sunday's show, Palin defended the act of hunting, saying that it's a common way to collect food for the cold months. "Hunting is something most Alaskans do to fill their freezer with meat for the winter," the former Alaskan governor said.

The controversial scene featured Palin shooting the animal and the caribou dropping to the ground, dead. Later in the episode, the hunters cut up the caribou so they can transfer it back home and save it in the freezer. "When you see that you have a successful hit, it's a great feeling of accomplishment," Palin summarized.

Next week episode of 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' features Kate Gosselin and her eight kids accompanying Palin on a camping trip.

Caribou!

► Did You Know? A caribou is just a North American name for a reindeer. A male caribou will try to look his best during mating season by refusing to eat in order to lose most of his body fat. Males will battle other males for the right to a female to mate with. Males are also ladies' men, posssibly having up to 20 partners.

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Monday 06 December

By Aubrey Brewer

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Peta needs to get a life. Stupid is as stupid is.(Peta)

By ramongolden

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Oh PETA....Don't hate her just because you don't have the guts to live off the land. If you all weren't such whooses,you too could be self sufficient.

By Cutie

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The Palin's have probably done more for tourism than anyone else in Alaska. As for PETA they showed a woman on the extreme northern coast, who lived by herself, no neighbors, and would travel 400 miles to the nearest "store". People who live like that live off the land including hunting meat/fish for protein. PETA can rest, most Americans, especially Joy Behar, Katie Couric, Sharon Osbourne and Rachel Maddow will not leave their cushy chairs on TV for a life which includes hunting.

By S321Saint

PETA....oh yea...I guess they needed their name in the news. Because NO ONE CARES about them. They are a hypocritical organization, bought and paid for by left wing liberals in the abortion industry and others in Soros' ilk.

By Rose

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Oh no! S321Saint has figured us out! I hope the "abortion industry" and George Soros keep us going longer and that Glen Beck doesn't inform his paranoid watchers about this.
Maybe you should watch stations other than Fox to get your news. It's clearly affected your way of thinking (or not thinking, actually).

By Milos Mom

It's a part of life, they're not showing her eliminate the whole species. I think everyone needs to find something else to talk about, I enjoy watching the Palin family, the Little Couple, Cake Boss and on occasion Kate Plus 8 (Kate pls. stop screaming)... Love Bristol's dancing on DWTS!!!

By chuck

I LOVE SARAH .. A real American .. the kind that made this country, so wimps could live in it. PETA are such hypocrites. Check out their stand on killing the unborn

By corrine

Just what in hell do you mean about "real American." We are all real Americans. Palin is no more a real American than any other person.
Last time I looked she did not help build this country, it was already here when she got here. You white people take credit for everything and ain't did sh*t. Thank you.

By suze

PETA doesn't have a "stand" on abortion - it's not in the realm of what they do. You're just spreading internet rumor and hysteria, like so many others. Word to everyone: VERIFY everything you ever read on the internet, there's so much fear-mongering out there!

By beearn

Good shot Sarah

By steven

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If dan mathews, the vp of peta has a problem with people hunting for food, then why does the idiot watch those kind of shows ? It makes his moronic statement moot !

Tuesday 07 December

By Daisy

You don't need to watch the show to be informed that the 1/2 term quitter is murdering caribou, just like I don't need to watch Fox to hear about all the crazy things Glen Beck has to say. Word gets around about crazy and stupid stuff, and that's how Mr. Mathews would have heard about it. It would seem YOU are the idiot who makes moronic statements, Steven.

hey daisey ? what does glen beck or fox news have to do with my statement? and by the way he did see the show. you would know this if you had read the article. YOU are the idiot!!

By keeniisite

WTF does proudly intolerant mean?

Thursday 09 December

By M. Ohki

She has been called "intolerant" in the past for her stance on various issues. To try to diffuse the negative term, she says she is "proudly intolerant" when she makes a point that she feels will be attacked in similar fashion.

By Me

PETA People Eating Tasty Animals
I love animals BBQ Deep Fried and Baked

By soulskream

These sad pethetic people in PETA need to leave others alone and get a life.

PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals

By emilio lizardo

there is nothing wrong as to the method of killing and to the food use of this type of game. peata should stay out of this area. proper heard sizeing with the tag permints ( license ) is needed for overpopulation of this type of annimal, ( There is SO many Caribou ) _:)

By clsailer

If PETA watched Sarah hunting, doesnt that mean that they personally helped her ratings???

By Greg

PETA are you lacking attention. Great shooting sarah
Remember gun control is using two hands.

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