A 15-year-old girl attempts to ban circus elephants in Denver. A rash of adolescent-driven, animal-rights-related vandalism hits California. A twelve-year-old boy passes the hat for animal rights. A popular software company promotes a video game about "animal liberation" activists who destroy medical research labs. Ten-year-olds in Ontario are shown "don't kill the animals" videos in public schools. North America's largest animal rights convention features two separate panels titled "Engaging Children." Is there any doubt that the animal rights movement is targeting your kids? In a new report, "Your Kids, PETA's Pawns," the Center for Consumer Freedom explores how one group, the $24 million People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), devotes substantial resources toward capturing children -- the next generation of potential meat eaters, milk drinkers, circus-goers, and fishermen -- in its cult-like web. In its 2003 annual report, PETA boasts of reaching more than 2.3 million children and teachers with its destructive messages.

Despite denunciations from psychologists and school officials, PETA continues to target children as young as six years old with violent and graphic propaganda. Sidestepping parents and school authorities, PETA lures young and impressionable children into radical activism with a coordinated effort including the use of graphic comic books,grotesque toys, schoolyard demonstrations, e-mail alerts sent directly to 65,000 children, and even a classroom lecturer with a felony rap sheet.

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