Did PETA want to monkey around with monkey's money?

Monkey cannot own copyright to 'selfie,' U.S. judge says | Reuters

"'Although we are disappointed, we are celebrating the fact that this is a historic case,' he said. 'For the first time we are arguing that an animal can own property, rather than merely being a piece of property himself. [Sic—shouldn’t that be ’theirself’?]'"

Oh, Right. 

"PETA argued he [the monkey of the second part] should be declared owner of the photos and receive damages for copyright infringement that would be used for habitat preservation."

[Italics mine.]