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 exact same purpose of "pure bloodlines". PETA argued that the monkey was entitled to the copyright of a selfie photo it had taken whilst handling Slater's digicam, and naming themselves to be the administrator of any copyright revenue.