Fun fact of the day

[unixronin]

PETA has approximately two million members.

PETA's ludicrous "sea kitten" campaign has attracted ... wait for it ... 6250 signatures.

That's a fraction over 0.3% of their own membership.

EPIC FAIL.

(Note:  This screencap is actually from seakittens.org, which PETA doesn't actually own.  Someone else registered it first, put the PETA "sea-kitten" site in a frame, and proceeded to have fun with it.  The Omaha Steaks banner ad, for instance.)

(Screencap courtesy of elegantelbow)

Comments

[suzilem.livejournal.com]

The site now displays the following:

SEA KITTENS CLOSED

We regret to announce that we are completely sold out of our stock on sea kittens. For non-sea-based kittens, please see landkittens.org


:-)

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Which in turn points back to seakittens.org with a similar message. :)

[bfudlmint.livejournal.com]

Who else suspects a cease and desist from PETA? In this instance it really does fit the cybersquatting definition so they won't have a leg to stand on. They were making a profit off of the popularity(or lack thereof) of the PETA campaign to sell steaks.