PETA has a longstanding policy against keeping any animal as a pet and they reiterated it just a few weeks ago.
https://www.peta.org/about-peta/why-peta/pets/
PETA is not an animal welfare organization and never has been but they market themselves as one so the ignorant support them. The same goes for HSUS.
PETA also runs one of the highest kill-rate animal shelters in Virginia.