14 DAY TRIAL // We aren't living in a perfect world, as it is host to a wide variety of cruelty acts. PETA, or People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, have fought for quite some time against cruelty to animals and have shown on numerous occasions that they aren't afraid to take on video games, for better or for worse.
We recently saw the organization brag about sending a copy of Nintendogs to Activision, in order to prevent the company from showcasing dog killing in its Call of Duty shooter franchise. Now, it seems that, in order to stop real-life cruelty, PETA will organize a virtual protest in one of the most popular online games, World of Warcraft.
That's right, in something that can only be described as mind boggling, the organization urges players to join it in the Howling Fjord zone on the Whisperwind server, in order to protest against four Horde baby seal killers. All of this is a sort of metaphor against Canada, as it is the main supplier of baby seal fur in the world.
Here's the official release from PETA: “The fight against the Canadian seal slaughter has gone digital! That's right, gamers, get ready: This Saturday, 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.”
The organization has also released a video that shows a few seal hunters being terribly happy that they will be able to kill some baby seals. Watch it and then share with us your thoughts on this very unique kind of protest from the organization.