I dont see what the difference could be, but after spending alot of time on alot of UK based forums I find that *alot* of things tend to be different from here.
Another reason I highly dislike peta *is* because of their bad rep.
The way they go about things, and push their opinions on people, has turned people who dont care about animals into thinking anyone who says anything about PETA is foolish, having no basis for anything that they say.
You say you are for animals rights, and they autmatically denounce you as a PETA supporter and you are now useless to the cause.
I know this is getting into "what other people think" , but what other people think is a HUGE thing when you are fighting for humane treatment of animals.
I've never pushed my beliefs on others, but have watched people turn into "mmmm rabbit soup" people to "yep this is my dutch, he came from the SPCA, I've litter trained him and he has full run of my house, and tries to take-over my bed everynight" people.
Had I mentionted PETA or preached "animal rights" these people would have called me foolish and wouldnt have given a second thought to anything I did or said.
I do realise PETA probably gets called down alot simply because of the way they push their personal beliefs (and sometimes extreme beliefs).
I do have articles somewhere around on my favorites lists, I will see if I can find them after I get back from my vet apmnt. (Leaving pretty quick)
This is one that really irked me though:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/08/EDGDLD4G1S1.DTL
It is about pit bulls, and how the mass-euthanasia "is good for them" ---- However they feel like putting it, they're still condemning the animals for what people are doing.