Commenting on Singer's article " Heavy Petting ," in which he argues that zoosexual activity need not be abusive, and that relationships could form which were mutually enjoyed, Ingrid Newkirk, president of the animal rights group PETA, argued that, " If a girl gets sexual pleasure from riding a horse, does the horse suffer?

PETA argues that conservation personalities, such as Steve Irwin, place animals under stress.

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.

A proponent of abolitionism, Francione argues that PETA is trivializing the movement with what he calls the " Three Stooges " theory of animal rights, making the public think progress is underway when the changes are only cosmetic.

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.

Debra Saunders, a critic of Newkirk, argues that " PETA assails other parties for killing animals for food or research.

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.

Newkirk told Vogue magazine in 1989 that even if it resulted in a cure for AIDS, PETA would oppose it.

Neither PETCO nor the Padres have taken any action to remove the brick, stating that if someone walked by, they would not know it had anything to do with the PETA / PETCO feud.

Grassley got into a feud with PETA by tweeting in response to USDA's proposed " Meatless Mondays ", saying he would eat an extra helping of meat in order to " compensate for stupid USDA recommendation abt a meatless Monday.

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 ).

Smith worked with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ( PETA ) to draft the proposed Elephant Protection Ordinance, which if adopted would mandate humane treatment of elephants within the City.

PETA said that it would close its account with Go Daddy and urged others to do the same.

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

PETA, along with other animal rights and animal liberation groups have called attention to fur farming and other practices they consider cruel.

The organization is known for its aggressive media campaigns, combined with a solid base of celebrity support — Pamela Anderson, Drew Barrymore, Alec Baldwin, John Gielgud, Bill Maher, Stella McCartney, and Alicia Silverstone have all appeared in PETA ads.

The campaigns have delivered results for PETA.

As part of its anti-fur action, PETA members have infiltrated hundreds of fashion shows in the U. S, Europe, and once in China, throwing red paint on the catwalks, and unfurling banners.

The New Yorker writes that PETA activists have crawled through the streets of Paris wearing leg-hold traps and thrown around money soaked in fake blood at the International Fur Fair.

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 employees have themselves volunteered for human testing of vaccines ; Scott Van Valkenburg, the group's Director of Major Gifts, said in 1999 that he had volunteered for human testing of HIV vaccines.

Controversies and disputes have arisen with groups such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ( PETA ), governmental and social agencies, and unions and trade groups over various topics.

According to PETA, they have suffered inadequate care, abuses including beating and sexual violation, and death in traffic mishaps.

Animal rights, and some animal welfare, organizations — such as PETA and BUAV — question the legitimacy of it, arguing that it is cruel, poor scientific practice, poorly regulated, that medical progress is being held back by misleading animal models, that some of the tests are outdated, that it cannot reliably predict effects in humans, that the costs outweigh the benefits, or that animals have an intrinsic right not to be used for experimentation.

In 2003, Joseph Haptas, a spokesman from the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ( PETA ) approached then-Town Supervisor Patrick Hoak and asked him to have the name of Hamburg changed to Veggieburg.

Organizations that have been accused of eco-terrorism in the United States include the Animal Liberation Front ( ALF ), the Earth Liberation Front ( ELF ), Greenpeace, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ( PETA ), Earth First !.

Marker inscriptions have also been used for political purposes, such as the grave marker installed in January 2008 at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky by Mathew Prescott, an employee of PETA.

" Some animal rights abolitionists, most notably Gary Francione, have criticized PETA for this position, calling them the " new welfarists.

" PETA believes that euthanasia is the most humane method of dealing with animals forced to spend a long time in cages in shelters or who have certain kinds of illnesses.

Soon after this, PETA attempted to purchase a brick to protest Petco's treatment of animals ( PETA and Petco have a long-standing dispute over this matter ), but the first two attempts were denied.

For several years, PETA members have held demonstrations, including one with 70 naked protesters at St. Peter's Hill, near St Paul's Cathedral, in 2006.

* Band members Chris McLane and David Sease are longtime vegetarians, have shown support for PETA, and the band went on a " Hardcore Against Fur " tour starting in December 2004 with H2O and With Honor.

Suddenly, Mr. Garrison runs in with the news that the PETA members have been discovered murdered.

Animal welfare and animal rights groups, including PETA and the Performing Animal Welfare Society, have been vocal in their criticism of the AHA Film Unit.

PETA lobbies governments to impose fines where animal-welfare legislation has been violated, promotes a vegan diet, tries to reform the practices in factory farms and slaughterhouses, goes undercover into animal research laboratories, farms, and circuses, initiates media campaigns against particular companies or practices, helps to find sanctuaries for former circus and zoo animals, and initiates lawsuits against companies.

PETA has been criticized for aiming its message at children.

American writer Don Liddick writes that PETA gave $ 1, 500 to the Earth Liberation Front in 2001 — Newkirk said the donation was a mistake, and that the money had been intended for public education about destruction of habitat, but Liddick writes that it went to the legal defense of Craig Rosebraugh, an ELF spokesman.

PETA Asia-Pacific has been involved in several undercover investigations of fur farms in China.

When Ronald Reagan's daughter Patti Davis posed naked for Playboy, donating half her $ 100, 000 fee to PETA, the group issued a press release saying Davis " turns the other cheek in an eye-opening spread ," then announced she had been photographed naked with Hugh Hefner's dog for an anti-fur ad.

On the afternoon of that day, Sukarno received this information from leaders of youth groups and members of PETA Chairul Saleh, Soekarni, and Wikana, who had been listening to Western radio broadcasts.

PETA set up the visit after Barker heard from Florida congressman Bill Young, whose wife had been " appalled " by what she saw.

Chauncey even has an official Myspace site, which has been deleted once by PETA, but was re-uploaded soon after.

It has been attacked by animal rights and animal welfare activists, with PETA running a campaign against the practice in 2004.

Diya Mirza has been involved with Cancer Patients Aid Association, Spastics Society of India, and has worked extensively with government of Andhra Pradesh to spread HIV awareness, prevention of female foeticide, PETA, CRY and most recently the NDTV Greenathon – an effort to find tangible solutions against pollution and book, " Deke Dheko " by Radio Mirchi ( a campaign initiated to collect books for underprivileged children ).

PCRM — along with PETA and groups such as the Centers for Disease Control, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving — has been the subject of public criticism for several years by the Center for Consumer Freedom ( CCF ), a non-profit lobby group representing the food and beverage industry.

He is a supporter of PETA and has been a vegetarian since he was 14.

Sportservice has been recognized for its culinary advances and PETA friendly menus.

An ardent animal lover, Trisha has been the Goodwill Ambassador of PETA.

Tourniquet has continued to take a very public stance on this issue, and so have been interviewed about it in magazines such as Vegetarian Times, Journal of the United Animal Nations, Animal ’ s Agenda and by PETA ( People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ).

He has been included in a mobile production produced by the Philippine Educational Theater Association ( PETA ) for an interactive children's musical play titled ' Mga Kwento Ni Lola Basyang ' which is ran for two straight years.

PetSmart has been the subject of public criticism by animal rights organization PETA for the company's sale of live birds.