P.E.T.B.B. ACTION ALERT: 1999#1BKNY
PETBB (People for the Ethical Treatment of
Beanie Babies), wants to inform you that we have taken notice of BKNY's
inhumane practices and are going to do whatever it takes to put a stop to
it. As human beings we feel it our duty to speak up for those who cannot
speak for themselves.
That's why we have sent undercover members of PETBB into both your trapping
facilities and your so-called Production Facility.
As you surely know, your means of catching the wild Beanie Babies is
cruel beyond measure. They are left for hours, sometimes even days, with
their limbs pinned between the steel jaws of your traps. Horribly, they
sometimes resort to gnawing their own limbs off with their teeth, by cutting
the stitching on their limbs and then stumbling away on three limbs!
This Production Factory is much more like a hell hole than
a simple slaughterhouse. Conditions in this "State of the Art"
facility are also extremely inhumane. We have video of Beanie Babies crammed
into tiny cages, with little or no food and water for days at a time. They
are so cramped that they cannot even turn around or flex their little limbs.
Many die just from suffocation in the cages. We also have video of your
killing methods. Without the use of any sort of anesthesia the Beanie Babies
are decapitated by a guillotine, cynically referred to as a Beanie Dispatcher
and their skinned and lifeless bodies thrown into dumpsters. The American
Veterinary Medical Association official position is that brain activity
continues for at least 13-14 seconds after decapitation. You just donít
seem to care.
Some Babies are grabbed out of their cages and then the handlers simply
twist their heads until they pop off. Some are drowned or even electrocuted
without any concern for how painful it is to the Babies. Some are simply
held down and skinned without any anesthetic, and then skinned and writhing
in agony, they are tossed in a pile to die.
These are atrocities that should never occurr for any reason, let alone
in the name of profit. We ask that you stop these inhumane practices or
we will have no choice but to take matters into our own hands. We have chapters
all over this country and we will mobilize and picket any store that sells
your hideous and inhumane product. 
Please, for the sake of those who cannot speak for themselves, stop
the torture.