Consequently, it should not be surprising to see that their statements include instances of what can be classifed as almost antagonistic towards humanity, as it was in the case of Charles Wickersham, a young man who was bitten by a shark when he was fishing with friends. A few days after this incident PETA launched a campaign with a slogan "Payback is Hell. Go Vegan", with a poster depicting a shark with a human leg in his jaws. Claiming the humans are the murderers of various species living in the sea PETA showed no empathy to the person who almost died, as he did not shared their vegan beliefs and it was even suggested that he deserved it. (CITATION!) On that note, it is interesting that PETA has a history of protesting against games that show any kind of animal violence, however, games that include gory imagery and explicit murders of people are not criticized. And the protests were inspired by cases like Mario (one of the most iconic video game characters, owned by Nintendo) wearing a japanese racoon dog suit. PETA treated the suit resembling the animal like a fur and, consequently, as a cruelty to animals, and Mario as an animal killer. (Kain) Another game that was was criticized for depicting humans being cruel to animals (dogs in this instance) was Call of Duty series, even if the game was about the war and majority of those who were killed were humans. Focusing on animals in public protests does not directly influence …show more content…
PETA is against keeping pets like dogs and cats in a house, and insists that a better fate for them is to die. For those who insist on having a pet, they encourage a vegan diet for their animals (http://www.peta.org/issues/companion-animal-issues/companion-animals-factsheets/meatless-meals-dogs-cats/), even though dogs and cats are carnivores and thus diet lacking protein and focused on carbohydrates may result in health problems. Additionally, 94% animals kept in PETA's animal shelters were euthanized (CYTAT). It was claimed that it is better to let them die peacefully than stay in the shelters. If members of the group want to support animal's well-being, should not they try to find a home for an abandoned animal? However, the worst of all, there are documented cases of PETA's workers breaking into private houses after monitoring families that kept animals as their pets in home, stealing dogs or cats and then killing them, such as in the case of Maya, the dog of Wilbur Cerate (http://pilotonline.com/news/man-says-peta-took-his-dog-from-porch-killed-her/article_391c8510-cbf1-51a4-a61f-09d6a7a9f3c0.html). Such news were denied by organization, but after surveillance videos that proves their guilt were found the reaction of the group was shocking. After being sued in court by the family, PETA claimed that "the dog was unlicensed so