What type of interest group is PETA?

Answer 1

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is the worlds largest animal rights group. Founded in 1980 and headquartered in Norfolk, VA with affiliates in Germany, England, India and other countries around the globe. It is listed with the federal government as a 501(c)3 organization and donations are tax-deductible.


PETA focuses its attention on factory farms, in laboratories, in the clothing trade and in the entertainment industry. PETA also works on a variety of other issues, depending on what they feel will give themselves the most media attention. PETA is strongly anti-meat, anti-egg and anti-dairy.


PETA was recognized by a number of major news portals as one of the nations most effective charities. Major outlets such as CNN, Newsweek, Bloomberg, TIME Magazine, National Geographic, Fox News and others regularly cover PETA campaigns.


As with any organization with national attention, PETA has faced some negative publicity. The Center for Consumer Freedom, the originator of the site PetaKillsAnimals.com and ActivistCash.com, and is probably PETA's most well known detractor.

Answer 2

PETA is an animal rights interest group. PETA stands for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The members of PETA are very passionate about what they do. They help to prevent and stop everything from animal hoarding to people wearing real fur to the way chickens are killed in factories. The group means well, but in the process of their escapades can sometimes hurt others. Hope this answer helped a bit :)

Answer 3

Animal rights group.