Also looks like five girls (one of whom is black) and four boys. PeTA is trying to present it as vile hate-filled animal abuse.
PETA goes way beyond the typical local humane society, or ASPCA. They want to forbid human “exploitation” of animals for any reason. For that reason they’d rather see a pet dead than rehomed. But then use that dead pet in a movie and they get different vapors... honestly, this is a grudge based philosophy.