PETA protested at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in 2009 dressed up in Ku Klux Klan robes and passed out brochures implying the Klan and American Kennel Club have the identical goal of "pure bloodlines". PETA argued that the monkey was entitled to the copyright of a selfie picture it experienced taken although dealing with Slater's camera, and naming themselves to be the administrator of any copyright earnings.