14 DAY TRIAL // PETA's latest campaign is by no means against animals farms, hunters and whatnot, but against Internet trolls. Internet trolls who dare question its morals and accuse it of not practicing what it preaches.
Towards the end of March, an article published in Huffington Post detailed how green-oriented group PETA deals with most of the animals it takes under its care. Long story short, it humanely euthanizes (kill, if you prefer) most of them.
As was to be expected, several people reacted badly to this piece of news. Some of them even made the mistake of leaving not-so-friendly comments, accusing the organization of being no more and no less than a bunch of hypocrites.
News on the topic says that PETA is now asking Huffington Post to release the personal information of some of those overzealous commenters.
Not because it wishes to track them down and make them understand that in the case of some animals euthanasia is the best option, but because it wants to sue them for defamation.
PETA members maintain that some of the comments left by these Internet trolls have caused irreparable damage to the organization's image, and that it is only fair that those who posted them be held accountable for their actions.
More so given the fact that they lashed out at the organization without even giving them the chance to explain why it is that they kill thousands of cats, dogs and other animals on a yearly basis.
For the time being, Huffington Post has remained silent on this issue.
While PETA may be right when saying that it's not OK to issue allegations either against a person or against on organization such as itself when lacking accurate information, it is highly unlikely that a judge will agree to grant it access to these commenters' personal information.
Interestingly enough, Anonymous hackers also believe that PETA has no business asking for these data, and say that they are ready and willing to take action against the organization.