PETA Opts to Change “Fish” To “Sea Kittens”

By Jill Harness in Advertising, Food & Drink, Politics on Jan 12, 2009 at 11:24 pm

Whether you love PETA or hate them, you still may find the humor in their new campaign to change the word for “fish” to “sea kittens.” Maybe they took the word “catfish” a bit to far, but you have to wonder is a fish still a fish by any other name?

Personally, I find this to be further discrimination against ugly animals. If they con you into thinking fish are like adorable little kitties, will it really get you to stop eating more fish? As for me, go ahead and dish me up some delightful meowing sushi, I’m hungry.

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  1. mouserz
    Jan 12th, 2009 at 11:54 pm

    I opt to change “Kittens” to “Land Fish”.

  2. Jill Harness
    Jan 12th, 2009 at 11:58 pm

    Mmmmm…delicious land fish

  3. Woogie
    Jan 12th, 2009 at 11:58 pm

    PETA are hypocritical evil scum.

  4. Justin
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 12:04 am

    I hear they are the chicken of the sea.

  5. Yum-Yum
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 12:54 am

    LOLFish- coming to a forum near you.

  6. Nathan Miller
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 1:28 am

    Does this justify my eating of raw cat?

  7. Evilbeagle
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 3:37 am

    PETA are a bunch of hypocrite terrorists that don’t love animals so much as they hate humans.

    That said, I will happily eat fish, whether they are called sea kittens or not. Like that idiocy will ever catch on.

  8. V.M.L.
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 5:22 am

    Aww, I think fishes are cute. ^_^ Why change their name?

  9. Anon
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 5:53 am

    I’m in the mood for a tabbyfish sandwich now…

  10. SenorMysterioso
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 6:40 am

    upvote for land fish and lolfish

  11. Cyberziggy
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 7:42 am

    So if I’m ever face to face with a school of Piranha, I’ll just gleefully yell “Kitties”!

  12. ted
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 7:55 am

    I doubt they really are trying to change the name. Sounds like a campaign to raise awareness that what you’re eating is a living animal, and maybe you’d be less inclined to eat fish if they were called something like a cat or dog.

    Yes, it’s piffle.

  13. RevRagnarok
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 8:48 am

    Yeah, I spotted this a few months ago when they were ramping up a Google ad-word campaign for kitten related things. What a bunch of hypocritical morons. Fish are tasty and provide things our bodies need. We didn’t spend billions of years clawing our way up the food chain for tofu. Those pointy teeth we have is for tearing FLESH not FRONDS!

  14. Craig
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 9:07 am

    Oh, PETA, what will you do next? I’m an animal lover myself, and I think PETA’s heart is in the right place (for the most part), but their methods stink.

  15. sadtomato
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 9:40 am

    Evilbeagle, when you say stuff like that you sound just as crazy as PETA. At least they are trying to do good, how ever misplaced their methods are.

  16. Evilbeagle
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 9:58 am

    sadtomato, anyone that supports organizations that terrorize laboratories and the scientists that work there, are terrorists themselves. PETA kills more animals than it saves when they kill off 90% of their adoptable animals each year and improperly dispose of them. They push a completely vegan existence and criticize animal based products or animal testing in the medical field, yet the head of PETA depends on insulin to live, which requires both. They are an organization run by idiots for idiots, and use terror tactics on children (Your Mother Kills Bunnies) in order to draw more to their cause. I am an animal lover, have worked with animals, and support animal organizations so long as they are not connected to these people hating terrorists that have no business existing or getting publicity.

    http://www.petakillsanimals.com

  17. Evilbeagle
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 10:01 am

    Just to add, PETA is not trying to do any good.

  18. Evilbeagle
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 10:05 am

    For a running tally on all of PETA’s hypocrisy, this is a great site:

    http://deceiver.com/category/activists/peta-activists/

  19. Valdis von Squi
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 10:19 am

    I’d like to say I’m a big fan of PETA.

    People Eating Tasty Animals.

  20. Polx
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 12:20 pm

    Isn’t PETA the largest eutheniser of cats and dogs in the US?

    Not a joke BTW, they really are.

  21. Ashley
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 1:04 pm

    This is just another of their media stunts to get attention. It’s what they’re known for… well, besides hypocrisy.

  22. silverbullitt
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 1:41 pm

    ggggggggggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

    blood boiling ……i cant form coherent sentence cos……they are morons …….sea kittens …… wtf…. im having a stroke

  23. Scooter
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 1:42 pm

    I in fact had some tasty Sea Kitten sushi just last night. yummy yummy raw Sea Kitty.

    So if fish are sea Kittens what’s a great white shark?
    A Sea lion. Wait, no that won’t work.

  24. Kate
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 2:26 pm

    Several years ago they tried to petition to have the name changed of a town near me-Fishkill, NY. If I remember correctly, “kill” means “by the river,” and Fishkill happens to be on the Hudson. What idiocy. Their money could go towards much, much more useful things than attempting to change names.

  25. GoFish
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    sadtomato – bit of a hypocrite yourself. you’ve admitted in the past to vandalizing other peoples vehicles because you don’t like SUV’s so what right have you to pass any form of judgement on someone else?

    That said, I’m all for the change of name. If it makes PETA happy to have fish called seakitties, then their average moron supporter will be even more horrified by the consumption of live and dead seakitties.

  26. Sofar
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    I thought vegetarians could still eat fish.

  27. wowsers
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 4:38 pm

    what a bunch of liberal BS.

  28. Evilbeagle
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 5:16 pm

    It takes a special kind of crazy to support PETA.

  29. HollywoodBob
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 6:16 pm

    PETA advocates a world where no one eats meat, has pets, or uses any animal products. They want all animals to roam free and not be enslaved by evil humans. Where hitting an animal on the road will get you a prison term. So basically they want us all to live in fear of being savaged by wild dog packs, completely unable to protect ourselves if attacked. If they were only about what their name says, they’d be a fine organization, but instead they’re a bunch of pet murdering psychos.

  30. Evilbeagle
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    Well put, Hollywood Bob. And if calling them out for what they are makes me “as crazy as PETA”, so be it. I bet my dogs would be the first to complain if they were forced into the wild!

    The “e” in PETA is supposed to stand for ethical, which is the biggest joke of all given their tactics and all the puppies they kill.

    Have I mentioned that I hate PETA?

  31. Allison
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 7:49 pm

    I have absolutely no problem with PETA running this campaign. I wish everything they did was like this. Nobody will be “changed” by this campaign and, if I’m right, this is costing a decent amount of money.

    I think another good campaign would be to take their money, fold it into origami animals and send it in out to people they want to “change” Heck, I would take a couple just for myself!

  32. ted
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    I think we’ve tapped into one of Evilbeagle’s tender spots.

  33. Carl
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 8:42 pm

    You could call my grouper and salmon fillets “giant ocean maggots” and I’d still eat them.

  34. Noelegy
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 8:46 pm

    I wish PETA was half as concerned with actually helping to improve the lives of animals as it is with getting attention. This is why I stopped sending them money years ago (I was a vegetarian for almost ten years and PETA was at one time a really useful vegetarian resource) and instead when I can afford to give to charity, I give to organizations like HSUS and ASPCA.

  35. Christophe
    Jan 13th, 2009 at 9:09 pm

    and what about butt-flying-monkeys?

  36. Ali S.
    Jan 14th, 2009 at 1:08 am

    Mmmm. Sea Kittens and Chips.

  37. Evilbeagle
    Jan 14th, 2009 at 3:22 am

    Yeah, I know, I don’t shut up sometimes.

    ted, the reason PETA gets under my skin is because they make people who do work with and for the benefit of animals on a daily basis look bad. When I was in the veterinary field, it was automatically assumed that I supported these clowns. The more I read into what they do and what they believe, the more disgusted I became. I am not an activist by any means, but I do like to get the message about their hypocrisy and aggressive philosophy out to people.A lot of people see them as being very benign, and they are anything but.


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