PETA has canceled its plans to put up a Tiger Woods billboard after a complaint from the controversial golfer's legal camp. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals were "kindly but firmly" told by the lawyers of the 34-year-old top athlete that they cannot use his image in their campaign.

The billboard would have featured Woods' face and the message: "Too much sex can be a bad thing? for little tigers too. Help keep cats (and dogs) out of trouble: Always spay or neuter!"

But after learning of the billboard, his legal team contacted the animal rights organization and forced them to abandon their plan.

A source told Page Six, "We were contacted by Tiger's lawyers at IMG who kindly, but firmly, told us we were not authorized to use his image on the billboard, and would we desist. We agreed and have now turned the focus of our campaign to Mark Sanford."

Sanford, the South Carolina governor, hit newspapers' front page last year after he disappeared. He told his staff he would be hiking on the Appalachian Trail, but it was subsequently revealed that he spent time with an Argentine woman in Buenos Aires.

Page Six said a possible tagline for the Sanford billboard would be: "Your dog doesn't have to go to South America to get laid." icelebz