The latest entry into the Mario Kart franchise added a number of unique characters to play as, including being able to race as one of the cows from the Moo Moo Farm track. PETA has taken offense with a choice regarding Cow in Mario Kart World, however, and has sent a letter to Nintendo's president Shuntaro Furukawa asking the company to make a change to the character. The animal rights group explains that nose rings on cows are cruelty, and they shouldn't be featured as part of the character's design.

We know Mario Kart World is just a game—and that’s exactly why Cow’s nose ring needs to go. Mario Kart is supposed to be a fun escape, not a reminder of the painful tools used on cows in the meat and dairy industries. No one wants to think about animal suffering while zipping around a race track.

PETA has made a number of requests to Nintendo in the past, advocating on how Animal Crossing: New Horizons cultivates abusive behavior towards fish and insects by capturing them and putting them in a museum, and in 2012, even made a parody flash game decrying the violence of the Pokemon series.

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[UsernamesAreWeird]

It's just an accesory

 

[smf]

PETA, the organization that kills more animals than it saves. No one playing MKW would think of animal cruelty because of a nose ring. I bet a lot of people wouldn't even have noticed it if not for this letter

Somehow you've managed to misunderstand why they did this, and what PETA do.

PETA murders animals, they do not care about helping animals they care about killing them without even eating them afterwards.

They don't murder animals.

Nose rings are put on cows so they don't eat every greenery, not to torture them. Sure it leaves cows having a hard time eating by themselves, hence why it is not done with cows that feed of grass besides grain.

Let's do something similar to you, see how you like it. I mean, it won't kill you. It will be uncomfortable sure. But why do I care?

Exatcly, it's not in order to torture them and I've seen very few cows that do have nose rings

I think you've missed the point.

 

[Thardus]

I see nose rings on cows every time I go to the grocery store

 

[smf]

why is peta still in existence?

they should've been shut down years ago when they were exposed for murdering MILLIONS of pets every year

Because they work to prevent animals from being put down. Without them, more animals would be put down and less ethically

I'm sure you won't understand.

 

[a_username_that_is_cool]

found the peta member

 

[KingVamp]

I'm trying to remember, if I ever seen anyone defend Peta before.

Someone should play Super Metroid and not save the animals. Surely that will make PETA happy.

And shoot the poor Metroids? Savagery!

 

[Deleted member 753700]

Veganism = unhealthy. Carnivore = healthy.

Don't remember asking

 

[leon315]

just curious, since PETA is basically a group of angry feminist karens or kevins, what will they do if a foreign company refuses to change as they request? Will they simply type something?

 

[Deleted member 753700]

Sure it leaves cows having a hard time eating by themselves, hence why it is not done with cows that feed of grass besides grain.

So normalised to mutilate them

 

[raxadian]

They don't murder animals.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/17/peta-sorry-for-taking-girls-dog-putting-it-down

Found it in less that two minutes and is not the only example.

Yes Peta OUTRIGHT STEAL PEOPLE PETS AND KILLS THEM!

And not just that.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/peta-people-for-the-ethical-treatment-of-animals/

"When it comes to science PETA has promoted that Milk is a cause for Autism. They have also claimed that beer is more healthy than milk"

 

[whitesword7]

Looks like a hint for me to eat some beef bowl tonight

 

[subcon959]

Wait, don't PETA care about gorillas then? Or were there also complaints about Bananza?

 

[baobao43]

The bigger issue is the cow isn't wearing protective head gear. Absolutely sickening that Nintendo would allow this. I'm literally shaking right now.

 

[Ambers_Crimson_8K]

I'm sure there is no harm brought to this animated animal, that isn't real!
PETA needs to find a life and stop targeting irrelevant stuff.

 

[Deleted member 753700]

Weird that people happily accept a cow has no life but their dog does.

If I applied a nose ring to a dog, people would scream abuser…

 

[IceBlazeWinters]

Because they work to prevent animals from being put down. Without them, more animals would be put down and less ethically

I'm sure you won't understand.

not once, ever, in the history of peta existing, have they saved even a single animal

they are on the fbi terrorist watch list because they actively steal animals and murder them and have been doing such since the organization was founded.

stop white knighting for animal murderers. it's embarrassing to the animals.

 

[Retrojunkies]

Lmfao up next PETA sends letter regarding capturing animals to use for fights as this sends across the message that using animals for fights is ok, when its illegal.

Mario, teaching kids its ok to take mushrooms.

Zelda, its ok for little children to carry blades.

And people moan about GTA, where if you do anything illegal, theirs in game consequences, unlike nintendo games.

 

[Thardus]

I actually own cows. None of them have rings. They have ear tags. For the most part the cows spend most their lives in a lush grassy paradise. Very happy. Most cows don't come from CAFOs. I'm basically surrounded by cattle and I've never seen a nose ring on a cow in real life. Have you?

I took all this to say, who cares!? You're arguing about a non issue. to put in in perspective, WAY more people cut the ears and dock the tails of dogs than put rings on cows.


Eat cows. It's health food. We're meant to eat them. Don't eat dogs unless you have to.

 

[Bladexdsl]

i know it's attacking nintendo but this is fucking ridiculous. there are countless cartoons with cows in it and they all have nose rings!
and as for PETA I'm going to get a bucket of kfc for lunch!

 

[Shape]

I swear, people are so disconnected from where food comes from these days. I live near some smaller farms and some backyard farms, and this may come as a surprise to some people, but the farmers and butchers do very much care about and care for the animals they're raising as livestock. Now, I'm not saying corporate mega-farms work the same way (in fact many are horrible to both humans and animals)... but a cartoon cow is a far cry from the real abuses being perpetuated on both animals *and* HUMANS in the industry.

For reference, the fumes in a corporate chicken farm can *literally melt your face* in the course of a year or two.