Editing Tommy Lee (section)

===Activism===
Lee is a supporter of [[animal rights]] and [[PETA]]. In 2010, Lee sent a letter to Terry Prather, the president of [[SeaWorld]], protesting the treatment of [[Tilikum (orca)|Tilikum]] the [[orca]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/tommy_lee_campaigns_against_seaworld_for_sick_twisted_whale_masturbating_practice |title=Tommy Lee Campaigns Against SeaWorld over "Sick and Twisted" Whale Masturbating Practice |first=Alex |last=Hudson |date=December 8, 2010 |website=Exclaim.ca |access-date=October 23, 2020}}</ref> Lee believed the animal should be set free and claimed that SeaWorld would not comply, as Tilikum is their primary sperm donor. Lee wrote that he was appalled by SeaWorld's "sick and twisted" methods for obtaining Tilikum's sperm. Lee concluded that he wished to avoid further tragedies of trainers being killed, as these tragedies had resulted from the whales' aversion to captivity.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tommy Lee Explodes Over Whale Sperm |date=December 7, 2010 |website=TMZ.org |url=http://www.tmz.com/2010/12/07/tommy-lee-sea-world-killer-whale-peta-sperm-masturbation/ |access-date=October 11, 2013}}</ref>

In 2013, Lee sent a letter to the then-[[Alberta]] Premier [[Alison Redford]] requesting that she end the [[Calgary Stampede]]'s [[Chuckwagon racing|chuckwagon races]] that have resulted in the deaths of 50 horses since 1986 (the horses were euthanized after suffering injuries). Lee, in his capacity as a member of PETA, wrote, "There was a time when cowboys respected their horses instead of riding them to death just to show off for a crowd"; the ministry responded that Lee's letter was worthwhile.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kaufmann |first=Bill |title=Drummer Tommy Lee urges stop to Calgary Stampede's chuckwagon races |newspaper=Toronto Sun |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2013/04/26/drummer-tommy-lee-urges-stop-to-calgary-stampedes-chuckwagon-races |access-date=October 11, 2013}}</ref>