Under pressure from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the highly annoying group of busybodies that pursues its mission under the banner of " animal rights," the National Park Service has removed nine deer from the Pageant of Peace on the Washington Mall's Ellipse, behind the White House. Each Christmas, from time immemorial, the deer have been trucked in to graze in a 20-by-30-foot pen as a tribute to Santa's reindeer. A nice touch, you might think, and a delight for the kids. Well, we'll be having no more of that. As one animal rights-er noted to the Washington Post, the deer looked "sad." Now, presumably, they look ecstatic, back on their farm in the Shenandoah Valley. For all the talk of animal rights, the real mission of PETA is to ensure that no one -- at least, no human being -- takes any pleasure in anything remotely related to animals, and success follows success.