The group panicked after they kept getting fact checked, not just by X but also people who replied to their post.
A number of people replied pointing out PETA’s lying such as pointing out if goats aren’t sheered or combed they can experience a number of health problems like discomfort or skin infections. Very ironic since the basis of animal rights is what French philosopher concluded I feel pain, therefore I have rights. However, animal rights group, like PETA, are about the animalistic treatment of humans and not the humane treatment of animals.
PETA really stands for People for the Extortion, Torture, and Abuse of human beings. It should be noted that PETA’s founder, Ingrid Newkirk, not only has said many horrible things about humans, but defended animal rights philosopher Peter Singer’s position on bestiality (i.e. You can have sex with them but you can’t eat them). Yet the group considers milking a cow as being equivalent to rape.