PETA criticizes use of fighting pit bulls in Mafia Wars

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PETA criticizes use of fighting pit bulls in Mafia Wars

by Dave Rudden April 23, 2010 10:20 AM PST

The animal advocacy group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is protesting Zynga's use of animals as attack items in Mafia Wars. In particular, PETA is accusing the Facebook game developer of perpetuating the stereotype of pit bulls as a dangerous breed.

Earlier this week, Zynga introduced pit bulls and African lions as items in Mafia Wars in preparation for an upcoming update in which "animals will become a fully-fledged combat item class." PETA has taken exception to the move, stating on its official blog that "perpetuating the image of pit bulls as fighting machines is reckless and wrong."

While PETA doesn't completely condemn Zynga, mentioning the positive portrayal of animals within games like Farmville, the group does encourage anyone offended by the move to email Zynga's customer service department to register a complaint. Do you think Zynga went to far, or is PETA just overreacting?

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Let’s see....

Jobs Completed 1487
Job Assists 104
Most consecutive days doing jobs 25
Most jobs done in one day 119
Fights Won 1391
Fights Lost 133
Fights Won in Cuba 291
Death 8
Mobsters Iced 217
Mobsters Whacked 48
Hitlist Kills 0
Longest Hitlist Survival 00:00:10
Robbing Wins 309
Robbing Losses 126
Robbing Board Clears (9-0) 0
Gifts sent 52
Mega Casinos Sold 0
Wars Won 1
Wars Lost 0
Times Betrayed by Mafia 0
War Assists 28

Lot’s of murder and mayhem on virtual human beings there....still can’t hear any complaints from the PETAfiles about those...

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