Unfortunately they put animals up on a pedestal and consider them equal to humans. This doesn't allow for rational thought. I wish they would take a look at the numbers and realize that growing deer populations can be dangerous to humans when you consider deer-vehicle collisions. Here are some facts from an article I wrote (posted on weloveoutdoors.com) a while back that I wish some of the PETA folks would see...

"A five-state study (TranSafety, Inc. 1997) showed there were 21,470 deer-vehicle collisions in 1985 and 36,332 in 1991. During this time, 112 human fatalities[/b] occurred due to deer-vehicle collisions. The reason for such a dramatic increase is due to a declining hunter population and an increasing urbanization of rural America. There are other studies that suggest 90-95% of these collisions result in the death of the animal, leaving 5-10% to wander off with internal injuries or broken legs and backs. In my opinion, these statistics far outweigh the 20% (non-lethal[/b]) wounding rate of bow hunters."

IMO,no amountof deer lives (or any other animal) are worth the life of one of those humans killed in the collisions. Maybe that would jog them back into reality but I think that is too optimistic.