PETA clearly believes the Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contest is the wurst … because it tells TMZ Sports activities it is planning to crash the annual shindig this week in an effort to sway folks from partaking within the glizzy engorgement.

A spokesperson for the animal rights org. says PETA mascots — together with Tommy Tofu and “his PETA friends” — will probably be exterior of the occasion at Nathan’s Well-known in Brooklyn on Friday afternoon within the hopes of deterring followers from consuming tube steaks.

We’re informed they will be handing out vegan sizzling canines … difficult “hungry spectators to get pleasure from a free, flavorful Fourth that can also be animal-friendly.”

“PETA encourages everybody to let freedom ring for all by leaving animals in peace this Fourth of July and past.”

Sadly for the Individuals for the Moral Therapy of Animals, irrespective of how large the pseudo-protest will get, the enduring Fourth of July Nathan’s present will go on … and a whole bunch of sizzling canines will probably be deleted.

Actually, Joey Chestnut informed us final month he is hoping to eat 80 all by himself.