PETA is, for the most part (99.9%) a horrible, horrible organization. That .1% that does good, is FAR outweighed by the criminals they fund and encourage, as cited in the article by cearbhaill. Going by their extreme thinkings, nobody should have any type of pet at all, since they are not in their natural habitats (sure, cats have been bred as pets for years and years, but they didn't start out that way)...
and us aquarists? Well we may as well discuss what new fish we'd like for our torture tanks while sitting at the dinner table eating a nice thick steak, wearing a new real mink jacket, a leather belt and crocodile shoes, while watching our baby veal cows out in the backyard get depressed in their tiny pens as they wonder what's going on with the sad looking chickens cooped up across the way.
~Tara