PETA is a US group whose full name is People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. They campaign to stop cruelty to animals: against testing on live animals (vivisection), against fur clothes, and often against farming animals for meat or using them in circuses.

PETA is a US groupPETA是一個美國團體 whose full name is People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals全名是People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals（善待動物組織）。They campaign to stop cruelty to animals他們發起活動是要阻止對動物的殘忍行為: against testing on live animals (vivisection)反對用活體動物做實驗（活體解剖）, against fur clothes反對穿皮草, and often against farming animals for meat or using them in circuses也經常反對為了肉類而畜養動物或是把動物用在馬戲團裡。

They are famous for loud public protests and hard-to-ignore advertisements, so people argue about them — some call them brave, others call them extreme.

They are famous for loud public protests and hard-to-ignore advertisements他們以大聲的公開抗議和讓人無法忽視的廣告聞名, so people argue about them所以大家對他們有爭議 — some call them brave, others call them extreme有人說他們勇敢也有人說他們太極端。

In English the name is said as a word, PEE-tuh, not letter by letter. News in Taiwan usually keeps the English name.

In English the name is said as a word在英文裡這個名字是當成一個單字念的, PEE-tuh唸作PEE-tuh, not letter by letter不是一個字母一個字母唸。News in Taiwan usually keeps the English name台灣的新聞通常直接保留英文名字。

(Peta as a person’s name is a different word, a rare feminine form of Peter; that is not this entry.)

(Peta as a person's name is a different word（當Peta是人名的時候是另一個字, a rare feminine form of Peter是Peter少見的女性形式; that is not this entry.那不是這個詞條要講的。)