Animal lovers make up and support group, but are their tactics too much? - Reuters

PETA raises corporate America's ire

NORFOLK, Va. - With a cat snoozing on her desk and clad in a rumpled "Love Animals" T-shirt, Ingrid Newkirk hardly looks like a woman who could make corporate titans tremble.

As the founder and the passionate force behind People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Newkirk says her organization consists of people who want only to end animal abuse and exploitation.

But try telling that to the corporate retail and food giants who have seen — and felt — PETA's claws.

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