See also Benetton's position regarding the controversy on mulesing between the Australian Wool Industry and PETA.

PETA also gives a yearly prize, called the Proggy Award ( for " progress "), to individuals or organizations dedicated to animal welfare or who distinguish themselves through their efforts within the area of animal welfare.

PETA has also objected to the practice of mulesing ( removing strips of wool-bearing skin from around the buttocks of a sheep ).

PETA spokesperson Lindsay Rajt told the Huffington Post, “ We try to use absolutely every outlet to stick up for animals ,” adding that “ We are careful about what we do and wouldn ’ t use nudity or some of our flashier tactics if we didn't know they worked .” PETA also used nudity in its " Veggie Love " ad which it prepared for the Super Bowl only to have it banned by the network.

PETA has also produced various Flash games showcasing their campaigns, including parodies of Cooking Mama, Super Mario Bros., and Super Meat Boy.

She also stated that the dumping of animals did not follow PETA policy.

PETA also goes undercover into circuses.

Liddick also writes that PETA gave Coronado $ 45, 000 for his legal bills and another $ 25, 000 to his father.

" PETA also opposes the keeping of fish in aquarium tanks, suggesting that people view computer videos of fish instead.

The organization has also used the PETA Lettuce Ladies in local demonstrations.

PETA Asia Pacific also coordinates protests against other uses of animals which it believes are abusive, such as improving the treatment of rats, and it advocates for improvements for companion animals.

Francione has also criticized PETA for having caused grassroots animal rights groups to close, groups that he argues were essential for the survival of the animal rights movement, which rejects the centrality of corporate animal charities.

The event also had volunteers from organizations including Amnesty International, PETA, and Emmaus providing information and a forum for debate and discussion.

PETA ( People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ) is also the scene of a running battle with PETCO, a pet food retailer in San Diego, for several years regarding the purported mistreatment of live animals at PETCO stores.

Stewart also created a video on behalf of fur-bearing animals after being approached by PETA while in jail.

He also was involved with the formation of Pembela Tanah Air ( PETA ) and Heiho ( Indonesian volunteer army troops ) via speeches broadcast on the Japanese radio and loud speaker networks across Java and Sumatera.

He was also voted Bliss magazine's " 3rd Sexiest Male ", and in 2003 PETA named him the Sexiest Vegetarian Alive, as chosen by voters.

He is also a patron of Animal Aid and works with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ( PETA ).

He also appeared with his dogs in a PETA ad campaign promoting the spaying and neutering of pets.

She also appeared near-nude in an anti-fur ad for PETA with her boyfriend, Survivor: Africa winner Ethan Zohn, that featured the slogan " We'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur!

" Kill " also shows up in location names as in the Catskill Mountains and the town of Fishkill, New York, which was the subject of an etymologically naïve campaign by animal rights group, PETA, which wanted a more animal friendly name.

A vegetarian, Leachman also posed clad only in lettuce for a 2009 PETA advertisement.

He promotes a straight edge lifestyle, and is also known for his work in the animal rights arena, speaking at many prominent hearings and doing outreach work for animal rights organizations such as PETA.

PETA writes that it is an animal rights organization, and as such it rejects speciesism and the idea of animals as property, and opposes the use of animals in any form: as food, clothing, entertainment, or as research subjects.

PETA opposes the no kill movement, and, according to a Newsweek report, euthanizes an estimated 85 % of the animals that end up at their shelter.

PETA opposes animal testing — whether toxicity testing, basic or applied research, or for education and training — on both moral and practical grounds.

PETA opposes the use of animals for producing clothing that utilizes fur, leather, wool, or silk.

The animal rights organisation PETA strongly opposes mulesing, says the practice is cruel and painful, and that more humane alternatives exist, and claim that sheep can be spared maggot infestation through more humane methods, including special diets and spray washing.

Animal rights groups such as PETA have called for boycotts and encourage the use of alternative materials such as synthetic leathers.

McDonald's and Wendy's introduced vegetarian options after PETA targeted them ; Petco stopped selling some exotic pets ; and Polo Ralph Lauren said it would no longer use fur.

Gary Francione, professor of law at Rutgers School of Law-Newark, argues that PETA is not an animal rights group — and further that there is no animal rights movement in the United States — because of their willingness to work with industries that use animals to achieve incremental change.

In 2008, the animal rights group PETA initiated a campaign against Karan for her company's use of fur in products and her contracted fur farmers ' alleged inhumane treatment of animals.

However, there are some animal rights groups, such as PETA, which support animal welfare measures in the short term to alleviate animal suffering until all animal use is ended.

She allowed PETA to use her song " I Wanna Be Free " in a public service campaign encouraging people not to chain their dogs outside.

PETA cited earlier statements by Pope Benedict XVI on factory farming, in which the pontiff criticized the " industrial use of creatures, so that geese are fed in such a way as to produce as large a liver as possible, or hens live so packed together that they become just caricatures of birds " as being incompatible with Biblical teachings on animals.

Many animal welfare and animal rights organizations, such as PETA, are opposed to the use of wild animals in circuses.

Death is much slower than with the traditional type trap, which has prompted animal activists and welfare organisations such as PETA and the RSPCA to oppose the use of glue traps.

They use methods ranging from persuasion ( the PETA campaign " I would rather go naked than wear fur ") to coercion ( spraying people wearing fur clothes with paint, typically red in imitation of blood ).

Although PETA takes a gradualist approach to improving animal welfare, Newkirk remains committed to ending animal use, and the idea that, as PETA's slogan says, " animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment.

CCF called PCRM a front for PETA, arguing that when PCRM offers health advice, they " do a very slick job of obscuring their real intentions ," which is simply to oppose the use of meat, dairy products and alcohol.

In October 2004, American fashion retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co. responded to pressure from PETA to boycott Australian merino wool due in part to the use of mulesing in Australia.

Then, in December 2008, one of the world's largest retailers, Liz Claiborne, ( in which PETA is a shareholder ) banned the use of Australian Merino wool in its products in opposition to the mulesing practice, at the time an Australian Wool Innovations spokesman said " the company did not purchase any Australian wool ".

For this reason, PETA is boycotting businesses that use Tyson as a supplier, such as KFC and distribution channels such as Sunset Strips.

During a pep rally at South Park Elementary, a group of local PETA eco-terrorists protest the use of a cow as the school's mascot ( for " the 47th time ").