More prove that PETA have gone completely bonkers and instead of protecting real seals spend money on protecting virtual ones.
Source Gamespy:
As part of the Canadian seal slaughter protest, PETA is taking its sentiment to the Howling Fjord.
By Bryn Williams | April 8, 2009
A guest post on PETA's website is trying to drum up support and stage a protest in World of Warcraft to stop the slaughter of digital seal pups. This action is being taken to move alongside with the organization's real-life protest of what it calls the "Canadian Seal Slaughter." PETA poster Ryan has the following to say:
That's right, gamers, get ready: This Saturday, World of Warcraft (WoW) players will have the opportunity to combat a team of four Horde seal killers. We need your help to stop them from bashing in the heads of any more seals!
Thrall refused to ban the slaughter of seals, despite multiple requests from the Alliance to do so, because Orgrimmar stands to make a large profit from the fur.
Activists from across the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor are banding together to put a stop to the atrocious seal slaughter. Anyone who slaughters baby seals for their fur must surely be in service to the evil Lich King.
Drawing support and ire alike, reader comments on the blog go as far as to point out that the WhisperWind server where the event is taking place is in fact a PvE server, so the targeted Horde players will not be able to be physically stopped from carrying out whatever actions they want in-game. As one other comment states, "I actually do find this somewhat ironic, as there is soooooo much animal killing involved during the leveling of your characters."
Source Gamespy:
As part of the Canadian seal slaughter protest, PETA is taking its sentiment to the Howling Fjord.
By Bryn Williams | April 8, 2009
A guest post on PETA's website is trying to drum up support and stage a protest in World of Warcraft to stop the slaughter of digital seal pups. This action is being taken to move alongside with the organization's real-life protest of what it calls the "Canadian Seal Slaughter." PETA poster Ryan has the following to say:
That's right, gamers, get ready: This Saturday, World of Warcraft (WoW) players will have the opportunity to combat a team of four Horde seal killers. We need your help to stop them from bashing in the heads of any more seals!
Thrall refused to ban the slaughter of seals, despite multiple requests from the Alliance to do so, because Orgrimmar stands to make a large profit from the fur.
Activists from across the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor are banding together to put a stop to the atrocious seal slaughter. Anyone who slaughters baby seals for their fur must surely be in service to the evil Lich King.
Drawing support and ire alike, reader comments on the blog go as far as to point out that the WhisperWind server where the event is taking place is in fact a PvE server, so the targeted Horde players will not be able to be physically stopped from carrying out whatever actions they want in-game. As one other comment states, "I actually do find this somewhat ironic, as there is soooooo much animal killing involved during the leveling of your characters."
