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 intention of "pure bloodlines". PETA argued that the monkey was entitled to the copyright of a selfie photo it had taken when handling Slater's digital camera, and naming themselves to be the administrator of any copyright revenue.