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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 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> "On May 5, 2005, however, PETA issued an apology for its "Holocaust on Your Plate" exhibit, which traveled to more than 100 American and foreign cities. The exhibit attempted to evoke sympathy for farm animals to the victims of the [[Nazi]] [[concentration camp]]s. PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said she realized that the campaign had caused pain: 'This was never our intention, and we are deeply sorry.'" <ref>[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 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> "On May 5, 2005, however, PETA issued an apology for its "Holocaust on Your Plate" exhibit, which traveled to more than 100 American and foreign cities. The exhibit attempted to evoke sympathy for farm animals to the victims of the [[Nazi]] [[concentration camp]]s. PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said she realized that the campaign had caused pain: 'This was never our intention, and we are deeply sorry.'" <ref>[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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PETA claims [[milk]] from cows is a "symbol of [[white supremacy]],"<ref>Cheong, Ian Miles (March 31, 2017). [https://heatst.com/culture-wars/peta-says-milk-is-a-symbol-of-white-supremacy/ PETA Says Milk is a ‘Symbol of White Supremacy’]. ''heatst.com''. Retrieved April 1, 2017.</ref> and have camped out in front of [[public school]]s handing out [[propaganda]] "comic books" entitled, "Your Mommy Kills Animals" to indoctrinate children as young as six years old with [[cultural Marxism]].<ref>[http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/h/2537-peta-denies-traumatizing-kids ConsumerFreedom.com]</ref>
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PETA claims [[milk]] from cows is a "symbol of [[white supremacy]],"<ref>Cheong, Ian Miles (March 31, 2017). [https://heatst.com/culture-wars/peta-says-milk-is-a-symbol-of-white-supremacy/ PETA Says Milk is a ‘Symbol of White Supremacy’]. ''heatst.com''. Retrieved April 1, 2017.</ref> and have camped out in front of [[public school]]s handing out [[propaganda]] "comic books" entitled, "Your Mommy Kills Animals" to indoctrinate children as young as six years old with [[cultural Marxism]].<ref>[http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/h/2537-peta-denies-traumatizing-kids ConsumerFreedom.com]</ref> Many prominent alleged celebrities support PETA, such as [[Bill Maher]], [[Richard Gere]], [[Alec Baldwin]] and [[Paul McCartney]].
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Many prominent celebrities support PETA, such as [[Bill Maher]], [[Richard Gere]], [[Alec Baldwin]] and [[Paul McCartney]].
      
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