A Washington, DC-based advocacy organization that takes on activist groups is hounding PETA over its ongoing feud with funnyman Pete Davidson.
A new billboard defending Davidson appears in Times Square starting Wednesday morning that slams the animal advocacy group, claiming “PETA can’t handle Pete’s BDE,” according to the Center for Organizational Research and Education (CORE).
The acronym on the billboard stands for “Buy Dog Energy” with a photo of Davidson smirking and wearing a pair of sunglasses, according to a mock-up of the billboard provided by CORE.
The BDE acronym appears to be an ode to the much-talked-about rumored size of Davidson’s penis, which is also referred to as “big d–k” energy.
The actor and Staten Island native is sparring with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals after the organization criticized him for buying a dog at a pet shop instead of adopting.
“It’s tragic that Pete didn’t seek out a borough-born mutt from a city animal shelter, because a scrappy New Yorker with charm, personality and unconventional handsomeness could have been his perfect match,” PETA Senior Vice President Daphna Nachminovitch told TMZ Monday.
Davidson reportedly didn’t take kindly to that criticism, telling the organization to “suck my d–k” in a raging voicemail obtained by TMZ.
“My mom’s f–king dog, who is 2 years old, died a week before, so we’re all so sad, so I had to get a specific dog,” he said in the voicemail to Nachminovitch.
Davidson went on to further explain he needed to find a certain pooch because he’s “severely allergic” to dogs.
The billboard is expected to go live at 7 a.m., according to CORE.
“We all think dogs deserve love; PETA thinks dogs deserve an early grave,” CORE spokesperson Will Coggin said in a statement.
“Maybe instead of harassing celebrities, PETA should focus on actually helping animals. The world could use a little more BDE … and by that, I mean Buy a Dog Energy, of course.”
Jamey Bowers, managing director of CORE, told The Post it was “so inappropriate” for PETA to go after Davidson for buying a new pup.
He said the cost was about $15,000 for the billboard and would hopefully stay in Times Square as long as the PETA-Davidson quarrel goes on.
PETA, in a statement to The Post, called CORE “fundamentally dishonest.”
“This billboard is by a front group for the puppy mill industry, among others; it does not provide services or find homes for animals, and it has a financial interest in propagating misinformation about PETA’s rescue team, which is on call 24/7 to offer relief to abused and suffering animals and provide end-of-life services for people who can’t afford to pay for their sick and dying animals to be put to sleep,” part of the statement reads.
“We encourage everyone who cares about dogs to adopt from a shelter—and ignore this greedy group’s attempt to make a buck off the backs of suffering puppy mill dogs,” PETA also said.
CORE, which is a non-profit, says it researches and exposes a variety of activist groups. The organization, which has taken on different names over the years, including the Center for Consumer Freedom, and PETA have a long-simmering feud that goes back decades.