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This time they managed to turn the knob way past stupid:
https://nationalpost.com/news/world...change-name-saying-it-promotes-animal-cruelty
Looks like PETA is becoming a parody of themselves.
https://nationalpost.com/news/world...change-name-saying-it-promotes-animal-cruelty
The fact that the unassuming Dorset village of Wool derives its name from an ancient word for well, or water spring, has fallen by the wayside.
Animal rights activists have declared the village’s name an affront to sheep the world over, claiming it promotes animal cruelty.
They have asked that the village be renamed Vegan Wool, forcing the local parish council to debate the issue.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the residents of Wool, along with many others, have lined up to ridicule PETA, the animal rights charity behind the request.
Elisa Allen, director of PETA, has written to Wool parish council to request the change in order to “promote kindness to sheep” and to soften the blow, she has promised to give a “cruelty-free” woollen blanket to all 2,000 households in the village if they agree.
Looks like PETA is becoming a parody of themselves.