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| Pet Shop Boys reject Peta request | Pet Shop Boys reject Peta request |
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| Pop group Pet Shop Boys have revealed they have turned down a request by animal rights group Peta to rename themselves the Rescue Shelter Boys. | Pop group Pet Shop Boys have revealed they have turned down a request by animal rights group Peta to rename themselves the Rescue Shelter Boys. |
| "Peta Europe has written to Pet Shop Boys with a request they are unable to agree to," reads a post on the band's official website. | "Peta Europe has written to Pet Shop Boys with a request they are unable to agree to," reads a post on the band's official website. |
| But the band admits the request "raises an issue worth thinking about". | But the band admits the request "raises an issue worth thinking about". |
| Peta's letter requests the name change due to the cruelty which they allege takes place in the pet trade. | |
| If the band were to agree to the name change, it continues, it would "encourage your millions of fans to consider giving a home to an abandoned or unwanted animal from an animal shelter". | If the band were to agree to the name change, it continues, it would "encourage your millions of fans to consider giving a home to an abandoned or unwanted animal from an animal shelter". |
| 'Bizarre' | 'Bizarre' |
| In her letter, Peta's special projects manager Yvonne Taylor admits that her request "may at first seem bizarre". | In her letter, Peta's special projects manager Yvonne Taylor admits that her request "may at first seem bizarre". |
| It goes on to list a series of criticisms against the way pet shops obtain, maintain and house their animals. | It goes on to list a series of criticisms against the way pet shops obtain, maintain and house their animals. |
| Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe were inspired to call themselves the Pet Shop Boys by friends who worked in a pet shop in west London. | Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe were inspired to call themselves the Pet Shop Boys by friends who worked in a pet shop in west London. |
| Originally named West End, the electronic pop duo won a Brit award for their outstanding contribution to music earlier this year. | Originally named West End, the electronic pop duo won a Brit award for their outstanding contribution to music earlier this year. |
| The group - whose hits include West End Girls, Heart and It's A Sin - released Yes, their 10th studio album, last month. | The group - whose hits include West End Girls, Heart and It's A Sin - released Yes, their 10th studio album, last month. |