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I think a lot of you are missing one major point. It seems to me that a major part of the focus of PETA and other animal rights orginizations is how the animals are treated while they are still living. Sure, they push veganism, but that isn't their only focus. As for myself, I like to eat meat and dairy. I wear leather and wool. I don't think any animal rights group is going to change my mind on that.
However, seeing the way most of these animals are raised and treated, whether for food, clothing or entertainment, is extremely disturbing. I, for one, would love to see some regulations imposed on the "farms" that raise these animals, and have active inspectors who can legally issue fines (or worse) for the inhumane abuse that goes on every day in these factories.
I have no problem when somebody wants to go out and shoot a deer, provided they do it quickly and humanely, and as long as they eat what they kill. However, I would have serious issues if that same person were to catch (or raise) a deer, chain it to the ground so it can't move or even stand up, expose it to near-freezing temperatures, starve it, deprive it of water, make it lay in it's own shit, and allow it to live with severe infections and diseases without any treatment. The best day of that deer's miserable life would be the day the person stuffs it into a crate half it's size and drives it to the butcher shop. And all that just so the person can enjoy a few tasty meals. That's the equivalent of what a lot of these animals go through, and that alone is enough to make me want to stop eating meat.
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