PETA wants to save the sea kitten
PETA is in the business of being kind to animals. All kinds of animals, including the all too easily excluded fishes of the sea.Their newest campaign is aimed at stopping fishing by creating accessible, Finding Nemo-ish personalities for fish by renaming them Sea Kittens. Yes, as in, "Hey little Billy, do you want some Sea Kitten Sticks for dinner tonight?"
As usual, they have multiple sites to support the campaign, including a terrific micro-site set up called "Save The Sea Kittens" with all sorts of interactive propaganda, like making your own Sea Kitten. I designed this Green Daily Sea Kitten - isn't she cute?
I laughed out loud at the incredibly dark and cynical Sea Kitten Stories, which have endings like: "With no room to swim, and no chance for escape, Tara looks forward to the end."
The point of the campaign is to stop fishing, so PETA also makes it very easy for you to send a message the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to ask them to stop promoting fishing.
Before I forget, you have to check out the Fishing Hurts Empathy Quilt. No, this is not an SNL skit, these are real people, and real fish, and real feelings, thank-you-very-much.
Sea Kittens. Snort.
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10-07-2008 @ 10:01AM
Patricia said...
Is this Sea Kittens site for kids? Sounds kind of intense for kids, I hope not.
The quilt is actually quite interesting though.
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10-07-2008 @ 11:07AM
Baron said...
Now I am hungry. I wish they would name all my food. It would make me feel better if I saw that my steak was named Frank or Bessie instead of Grade A *insert whatever piece of steak I'm eating*. It's always fun to make lamb sounds as I'm eating some lamb chops too.
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11-15-2008 @ 11:23PM
Cirroc said...
What a load of soy-tripe!
Sea kittens are a non-native species and need to be ruthlessly hunted from our water ways. They compete for food with our dwindling native fish stocks. This must be stopped at once.
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