VANCOUVER - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants VANOC to lobby Ottawa to stop the Atlantic coast seal hunt. But a spokeswoman for the Norfolk, Va. charity does not know about animal welfare issues in B.C.

"Most of the issues we're concerning ourself with we're seeing as problems that need to be addressed by the entire country," said PETA's Ashley Byrne.

The PETA campaign launched in January with a parody of the Vancouver 2010 inukshuk logo. Another phase began Monday when Olympic mascots were portrayed as seal killers on PETA's Olympic Shame 2010 website.

Byrne told 24 hours she was unaware of recent B.C. animal atrocities, such as the poaching of eagles for the black market feather trade, poaching of bears by gallbladder traffickers or cockfighting.

Byrne was also unaware that the City of Vancouver has no Games-specific plan to deal with pets or wild animals injured or displaced by Olympic activities.

In a Tuesday e-mail, she said PETA had complained about the on-set illness and death of puppies in the Vancouver-lensed Snow Puppies and sent bikini wearing, anti-fur and anti-leather "fashion police" to Robson Street in 2007.

Bob Mackin reports for Vancouver 24 hours.