I agree. PETA is an extremist terrorist organization (they fund the ALF terrorists). As such, they should not be consulted by normal people, nor should they be interviewed by reporters as some kind of animal experts.
Unfortunately, PETA's world headquarters are located in Norfolk, VA. , which is the next city over from Virginia Beach, the home of NAS Oceana. A local radio station has PETA's head honcho on it's morning talk show on a fairly regular basis.
That aside, I don't understand why the wretched animals weren't shot.