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'''People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals''' ('''PETA''') is an [[animal rights]] organization  focusing on what it calls the four main areas of [[animal]] suffering ([[factory farms]], [[animal testing]], [[clothing]] trade, and the [[entertainment]] industry), as well as other individual issues<ref name="petafaq">''PeTA's Mission Statement'' [http://www.peta.org/about/]</ref>. It was founded in 1981 by [[Ingrid Newkirk]].

'''People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals''' ('''PETA''') is an [[animal rights]] organization  focusing on what it calls the four main areas of [[animal]] suffering ([[factory farms]], [[animal testing]], [[clothing]] trade, and the [[entertainment]] industry), as well as other individual issues<ref name="petafaq">''PeTA's Mission Statement'' [http://www.peta.org/about/]</ref>. It was founded in 1981 by [[Ingrid Newkirk]].

PETA literally believes that human beings are animals, and that (non-human) animals should have the same rights as [[human beings]]. PETA opposes the human ownership of animals as pets or work animals (except for [[seeing eye dogs]]?). It proposes that people stop eating [[meat]]; see [[vegetarianism]].

PETA literally believes that human beings are animals, and that (non-human) animals should have the same rights as [[human beings]]. PETA opposes the human ownership of animals as [[pet]]s or [[work animal]]s (except for [[seeing eye dogs]]?).<ref>On Newkirk's view of Seeing Eye dogs

"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]]; see [[vegetarianism]].

==Activism==

==Activism==