The Flight of the Butterfly Festival may need to change their name after a recent PETA protest:

The animal rights activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protested the release of 1,000 butterflies, saying it was inhumane and cruel.

Instead, festival organizers at the Lake Elsinore Outlets will float butterfly-shaped balloons.

The outlet says it decided to scrub the butterfly release after receiving a letter from PETA requesting a more humane culmination to the event.

PETA says such releases are used mostly for wedding celebrations and memorials. But a spokeswoman says butterflies have to struggle to get out of envelopes and boxes.

This whole concept does have merit. If similar festivals were organized all across the nation, it may be possible to completely occupy PETA and their sister organizations, thus protecting the meat supply.