Thursday, January 15, 2009

Here, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty

PETA fishing for sympathy for 'sea kittens': "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has launched a marketing campaign to rebrand fish as 'sea kittens,' a name the organization hopes will increase awareness and make the vertebrates more endearing to those who would eat them."

Hat top to Richard Wheeler.

4 comments:

Todd Mason said...

I gotta stop using your Comcast addy...I sent this along a couple of days ago. In fact, I mentioned it in comments, too. But it is great fun. I think PETA thinks so, too.

Todd Mason said...

Housecats now Land Lobsters, btw.

Unknown said...

The comcast addy is giving me fits.

Ivan G Shreve Jr said...

Here's an amusing take from the AJC's Mike Luckovich:

http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/cnishared/tools/shared/mediahub/00/34/09/slideshow_909340_mike01152009