PETA's campaign

Days after reprimanding President Obama for killing a fly, PETA has issued a statement with the desire that the band Phish chanage its name to something with a cuter connotion – Sea Kitten. Why? Because PETA has an on-going campaign to save the fish (sea kittens). The logic behind the madness is that people supposedly won’t hurt a kitten but they will kill and eat fish. From (where else) the Burlington Free Press:

In this way, people might come to view fish the way they see cats and dogs, as smart and sensitive animals worthy of care and protection, said Ashley Byrne, a PETA senior campaigner based in Washington, D.C.

“We felt that fish needed an image overall,” she said of the animals, not the band. “They don’t receive the sympathy of the more cuddly animals. We thought that by rebranding fish as sea kittens, they might receive the compassion they deserve.”

Since October, PETA has asked numerous organizations and entities with fish in their name to change it to sea kittens, Byrne said.

She does not know how many requests have been made, but no one has made the sea change to sea kitten, she said.

PETA also feels that hooking a fish is similar to dragging a dog behind your car. In that case, I’m a modern-day Clark Griswold.