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Never one to shy away from controversy, exhibit good taste or achieve anything of significance for their alleged cause, PETA is planning a new Tiger Woods ad. Unlike most PETA ads, which show celebrities espousing pet adoption, not wearing fur, etc., this one uses the Tiger Woods scandal as a PR-grabbing punchline. The billboard, planned for directly in the embattled golf star’s neighborhood, no less, will ostensibly promote PETA’s mission of spaying and neutering pets. In reality, though, it’s just a cheap shot at Tiger Woods … Needless to say, PETA created this without Tiger Woods’ blessing. “Too Much Sex Can Be a Bad Thing… for little tigers, too. Help keep your cats (and dogs) out of trouble: Always spay or neuter,” the waste of space group says. While THG will never be Woods apologists (unlike this guy ), we are once again struck by how low PETA will go for attention, and what little it accomplishes. According to the Orlando Sentinel , the only hitch is that PETA needs a billboard company who will agree to put up the sign … and that could be a tall order. “It’s a fun, tongue-in-cheek approach. We hope these billboard companies will understand,” Virginia Fort, a campaigner with PETA, told the paper of the ad. Fort also suggested, ridiculously, that Woods would “appreciate” it, since it’s in good fun and