PETA can kiss every square inch of my happy redneck derierre.
As to hunting, I hunt only what I am willing to eat, which limits it to frogs. I also fish, and eat what I catch or release it.
I do and will kill every snake I see. Legless, shoulderless reptiles have no rights, particularly in my yard.
As to the protection thing, I do my dead level best to follow this simple rule when in the outdoors: Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints.
PETA has no clue. How many times do they interfere with the natural selection process, or by removing an animal from its natural habitat caused harm to its system?
I'm a Person who is all for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. But I also think that animals are something more than "resources" that we can manage better than they can manage alone. Plus, I also happen to believe that there is a Higher Authority who has been managing them just fine for a few thousand years without the help of some nut from Seattle or where ever.