PETA, the animal rights organization, wants Nintendo to remove the brass nose ring from Cow, an animated character from Nintendo's latest video game. It's a painful reminder of the cruelty cows endure in the meat and dairy industries" says PETA in their press release.
Launched in June of this year, in a video game called, 'Mario Kart World', the game has sold over 5.6 million copies to date. Nintendo, thus far, has not issued a response to PETA's request.
If this is any indication of what PETA determines is their cause - it's totally off mark. Each year thousands of 'real' birds are killed by wind turbines around the world - yet not one peep from PETA regarding this carnage.
Also, you see many people with nose rings. The baristas at the coffee shop I frequent have nose rings.
This is not the first 'run-in' Nintendo has had with PETA. In 2017 PETA wrote that "Nintendo had sold its soul by partnering with McDonalds to include a Super Mario toy in Happy Meals. Nintendo should stick to making video games, not cruel and unhealthy chicken nuggets."
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