Pet Shop Boys Reject PETA's Request to Change Name

'Rescue Shelter' boys perhaps?
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 10, 2009 12:20 PM CDT
Pet Shop Boys Reject PETA's Request to Change Name
British band The Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant, left, and Chris Lowe, right, perform after receiving The Oustanding Contribution To Music award at the Brit Awards 2009 at Earls Court exhibition centre in London, England, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009.   (AP Photo/MJ Kim)

The Pet Shop boys turned down a curious request from PETA to change their name to the "Rescue Shelter Boys," CNN reports. The animal-rights group admitted its request might seem “bizarre” but exhorted the dance-music duo to consider the attention they could bring to the squalid conditions animals endure in pet stores. After declining the name change, the Pet Shop Boys posted PETA’s letter on their website and said the request “raises an issue worth thinking about."
(More PETA stories.)

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