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PETA displeased with upcoming Ringling Bros. Wii title
PETA’s is at it again, this time setting their sights on Take-Two and their upcoming Ringling Bros. video game for the Nintendo Wii.
For those unfamiliar with the organization PETA stands for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and they do just that, make sure people are treating animals correctly. And, as you’ve sure to have heard, Ringling Bros. and pretty much every other circus out there has evidence against them to prove their mistreatment of animals. So, PETA sent out an announcement that included the following quote:
I was shocked to hear that Take-Two is partnering with Ringling Bros. to create a circus-themed video game. Video games might be a fun way to pass the time, but circuses are no fun for animals. Ringling has a long history of animal abuse and neglect. To get elephants to “perform,” Ringling Bros. rips babies away from their mothers and stuffs them into poorly ventilated boxcars…
As Destructoid points out, Take-Two is likely to showcase the fun in a circus, not the animal cruelty. In reality, PETA should be working against the real problem, Ringling Bros., not a perfectly harmless video game.