--- title: Sarah Palin PETA: Photo of Son Standing on Dog Criticized description: A Facebook photograph of Sarah Palin's son standing on a dog to reach the sink has led to an online exchange between activists and Palin. canonical: https://time.com/3653025/sarah-palin-peta-dog/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-04T21:36:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:15:40.383Z article:section: Politics og:title: Sarah Palin Defends Her Son: "At Least Trig Didn't Eat the Dog" og:description: After a photo of Trig standing on a dog angers animal rights activists og:url: https://time.com/3653025/sarah-palin-peta-dog/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3fa9810611a8cbb6/698777fe0b72e389806dceb5/456155528.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4152 og:image:height: 2336 og:image:alt: Sarah Palin og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sarah Palin Defends Her Son: "At Least Trig Didn't Eat the Dog" twitter:description: After a photo of Trig standing on a dog angers animal rights activists twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3fa9810611a8cbb6/698777fe0b72e389806dceb5/456155528.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sarah Palin Defends Her Son: 'At Least Trig Didn't Eat the Dog' > Sponsored content. 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Mark Wilson—Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jan 4, 2015 9:36 PM UTC A Facebook photograph of Sarah Palin’s son standing on a dog to reach the kitchen sink has led to a heated online exchange between animal rights activists and the politician-turned-reality-TV-star. Just a day after Palin posted a series of photos of her six-year-old son Trig standing on a dog, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals released a statement calling Palin a “bizarrely callous woman.” “PETA simply believes that people shouldn’t step on dogs, and judging by the reaction that we’ve seen to Sarah Palin’s Instagram photo, we’re far from alone in that belief,” said Ingrid Newkirk, president of PETA, according to the Associated Press. “Chill. At least Trig didn’t eat the dog,” Palin [fired back](https://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin/posts/10153003611708588) in a lengthy Facebook post in reference to President Barack Obama’s admission that he ate dog as a child in Indonesia. Palin also pointed out that Ellen DeGeneres shared a photo of a young girl using a dog to reach a bathroom sink last year without any reaction from PETA. 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