Although PETA is over the top and jumped the shark many years ago, I for one am thankful that their visibility has brought about real changes to how livestock is treated. All of the jokes about what sauce to go with which meat aside, I don’t think any of us would like to watch how an animal goes from being alive to being on our supermarket shelves. PETA made veal lovers rightly squirm over the horrific conditions a calf endured until butchered. Ditto with fois gras lovers. And the methods used for killing a furred animal for their pelt makes every mink on an actress a sick joke. Horse racing, circuses, small zoos were notorious for abusive environments for animals. There is MUCH more regulation now that helps prevent such sick abuse.