Another Day, Another Weird PETA Story
April 11, 2009 · Print This Article
You’ve gotta hand it to them, PETA are masters at getting attention. All attention whores across the world should pay close attention to PETA’s tactics. They work. The animal rights organization is in the news once again after making a bizarre request of a UK pop group and getting rejected. They wanted the Pet Shop Boys to change their name to the “Rescue Shelter Boys”.
“Peta Europe has written to Pet Shop Boys with a request they are unable to agree to,” reads a post on the band’s official website. But the band admits the request “raises an issue worth thinking about”. Peta’s letter requests the name change due to the cruelty which they allege takes place in the pet trade. If the band were to agree to the name change, it continues, it would “encourage your millions of fans to consider giving a home to an abandoned or unwanted animal from an animal shelter”.
Even with the rejection, PETA has highlighted the issue of the mistreatment of animals sold at pet shops versus animals that can be adopted from rescue shelters. Bravo. Hey, at least this time they’re not requesting for dead human bodies to be turned into BBQ.
Link [BBC News] via [Ecorazzi]
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i think that god wanted me to eat meat. if not why would she make it taste so dam wonderful! i think that you members only dont like to eat meat because you never have tried it. Maybe next time you go to a bbq try some pork its delicious!