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"She regards the use of Seeing Eye dogs as an abdication of human responsibility and, because they live as 'servants' and are denied the companionship of other dogs, she is wholly opposed to their use."</ref> It proposes that people stop eating [[meat]] and become [[vegetarian]].
 
"She regards the use of Seeing Eye dogs as an abdication of human responsibility and, because they live as 'servants' and are denied the companionship of other dogs, she is wholly opposed to their use."</ref> It proposes that people stop eating [[meat]] and become [[vegetarian]].
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==Activism==
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==Leftwing activism==
 
PETA claims to achieve its goals through "public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns,"<ref name="petafaq" /> but they are best known for their provocative advertising gimmicks and protests. For example, they often use nude women to protest the wearing of fur.<ref>''PETA: Dominique Swain is a Class Act for Animals'', [http://www.peta.org/feat/swain/] (contains risque image)</ref>  They have also had controversial "public education campaigns," including mocking [[Holocaust]] victims and survivors by comparing them to broiler chickens.<ref>[http://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id=3021 PETA'S "HOLOCAUST ON YOUR PLATE" NATIONAL TOUR COMES TO NEW YORK], PETA Media Center, October 9, 2003</ref><ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43035 PETA's dirty war against Jewish ritual slaughter], Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, [[WorldNetDaily]], February 25, 2005</ref>  PETA's "Holocaust on Your Plate" exhibit, which traveled to more than 100 American and foreign cities, attempted to evoke sympathy for farm animals by likening them to victims of [[Nazi]] [[concentration camp]]s.<ref>On May 5, 2005, PETA President Ingrid Newkirk issued an alleged apology saying she realized that the campaign had caused pain: 'This was never our intention, and we are deeply sorry.'"[http://www.adl.org/Anti_semitism/holocaust_imagery.asp Holocaust Imagery and Animal Rights], [[Anti-Defamation League]], August 2, 2005</ref>  
 
PETA claims to achieve its goals through "public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns,"<ref name="petafaq" /> but they are best known for their provocative advertising gimmicks and protests. For example, they often use nude women to protest the wearing of fur.<ref>''PETA: Dominique Swain is a Class Act for Animals'', [http://www.peta.org/feat/swain/] (contains risque image)</ref>  They have also had controversial "public education campaigns," including mocking [[Holocaust]] victims and survivors by comparing them to broiler chickens.<ref>[http://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id=3021 PETA'S "HOLOCAUST ON YOUR PLATE" NATIONAL TOUR COMES TO NEW YORK], PETA Media Center, October 9, 2003</ref><ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43035 PETA's dirty war against Jewish ritual slaughter], Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, [[WorldNetDaily]], February 25, 2005</ref>  PETA's "Holocaust on Your Plate" exhibit, which traveled to more than 100 American and foreign cities, attempted to evoke sympathy for farm animals by likening them to victims of [[Nazi]] [[concentration camp]]s.<ref>On May 5, 2005, PETA President Ingrid Newkirk issued an alleged apology saying she realized that the campaign had caused pain: 'This was never our intention, and we are deeply sorry.'"[http://www.adl.org/Anti_semitism/holocaust_imagery.asp Holocaust Imagery and Animal Rights], [[Anti-Defamation League]], August 2, 2005</ref>  
  
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