[DogByte6RER]

If this isn't a prime example of a bunch of ecofascists attempting to stifle freedom of speech, then I don't know what is.

[weegee]

What if your pet has a different “gender identity”?

[Bender2]

Re: PETA says that in a society that is recognizing animals rights more and more, the pronouns were what animals "deserved,"

Okay, okay! After I shoot, skin and grill that cow... I'm going to eat the crap out of her!

[ReignOfError]

If this isn't a prime example of a bunch of ecofascists attempting to stifle freedom of speech, then I don't know what is.

You don't know what is. PETA is asking the AP to change the guidelines for the use of distribution channels it owns. Freedom of speech doesn't enter into it.

[SamAdams76]

Why is PETA purporting to speak for the animals? How patronizing of PETA to assume that animals cannot speak for themselves. Did the animals elect PETA to represent them? Where is the proof that animals are even offended by being called "it."

A lot of unanswered questions here.

[drlevy88]

Next the tree huggers will come along, demanding that vegetation be known as “who/whom” (although trees don’t usually have a gender).

[NavyCanDo]

When they bring IT on a plate, I prefer IT Rare.

[ThomasThomas]

sheep, who can recognize as many as 50 faces after not having seen them for two years; and pigs and chickens, who can learn to operate switches in order to control heat and light in factory-farm sheds, are feeling, intelligent individuals

A new concept in smart eating.

[5iguanas]

I write for kids and never use “it” in reference to any animal unless it’s to show that the person speaking has that attitude toward an animal. When you have a dialogue where one kid says “he” or “she” in reference to an animal and the other character says “it” —very glaring. My MFA thesis was titled “The Use of Language in Determining Distance Between Animal Subject and Reader.”