PETA protested at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in 2009 dressed up in Ku Klux Klan robes and handed out brochures implying the Klan and American Kennel Club have the identical intention of "pure bloodlines". PETA argued that the monkey was entitled to the copyright of a selfie photograph it experienced taken even though handling Slater's digicam, and naming themselves to be the administrator of any copyright profits.