PETA Update: Dog Show Protests and Billboard Wars
3/4/10
The nation’s most outrageous animal rights group continues to stir controversy with campaigns that include disrupting the most well known dog show in the U.S. and attempting to tastelessly cash in on the Tiger Woods controversy.
Towards the end of the 2010 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 16, two women stepped into the middle of the ring where the dogs perform at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The women proceeded to raise signs over their heads that said, “Mutts Rule” and “Breeders Kill Shelter Dogs’ Chances,” which is a well known catchphrase used by PETA.
The two women, both members of the animal rights group, were quickly removed by security personnel in front of thousands of surprised onlookers in the audience. According to news accounts, PETA indicated that the women acted on their own but that it supported their efforts.
The show went on without any further problems with “Sadie” a Scottish terrier winning the show’s top honors.
PETA also made a serious effort to by billboard space promoting spaying and neutering using an image of Tiger Woods and making a reference to his recent marital challenges. The proposed billboard was to have Woods’ picture and large text saying “Too much sex can be a bad thing.” Below that, the billboard issued its standard call for spaying and neutering pets.
Tiger was not amused by the planned ad. His attorneys quickly contacted PETA and told them that it could not use his image. PETA responded by going after another high profile public figure accused of marital infidelity- South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford who received his fair share of headlines in 2009 after a trip to South America with his mistress.
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