Tormenting an animal isn't funny in the slightest and seems like a desperate bid for attention.

PETA is not a traditional animal shelter. They operate one small shelter—a shelter of last resort for animals who need euthanasia to end their suffering (many of whom have been rejected by “no-kill” shelters), including dogs who are aggressive and unadoptable because they have been kept chained their entire lives;…

PETA finds homes for the "perfectly healthy and adoptable" animals or refers them to high-traffic shelters for adoption. But PETA also takes in the animals who often get turned away by "no-kill" shelters in the area because they aren't adoptable and need euthanasia to end their suffering. Many of them have been…

PETA encourages people to adopt animal companions from shelters and care for them responsibly. What they are opposed to is breeding more animals at a time when shelters are overflowing with unwanted ones. And unlike most typical shelters, PETA's shelter of last resort only takes in the most desperate cases, for whom…

Many of the animals PETA takes in have been brought to them by desperate people who can’t afford euthanasia for their elderly, dying, suffering cat or dog. PETA operates a shelter of last resort for animals who need euthanasia to end their suffering (many of whom have been rejected by “no-kill” shelters). This…

PETA doesn't do this because, as you say, it would be cruel to release domesticated animals to fend for themselves. PETA actually speaks out against abandoning animals this way. When animals can be rescued, they rehome them or send them to sanctuaries.

I support PETA for offering a shelter of last resort for animals who need euthanasia to end their suffering (many of whom have been rejected by “no-kill” shelters because euthanizing them would make the shelter’s “numbers” look bad). This includes dogs who are aggressive and unadoptable because they have been kept…