PETA weighs in on Mafia Wars Pit Bull weapon?!?!

***The following post was written by Melina. It is her opinion and her’s alone.  It’s The Pits will not take any responsibility for the following blog post. WARNING: some of these pictures are very graphic!***

After doing some more research about the recent blog post “Zynga Removes Pit Bulls From Mafia Wars” I came across MANY articles glorifying PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) for speaking out against Zynga for “perpetuating the image of pit bulls as fighting machines.” I would like to take the opportunity (as PETA does without fail) to expose PETA’s true feelings about pit bulls.

As taken from PETA’s blog on April 22, 2010:

“Mafia War(s) Declared on Animals!

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The popular Facebook game Mafia Wars has just introduced a new game “tool”: animals to use in the fights, including but not limited to snarling pit bulls.

This is not the image of pit bulls that people should be promoting.

Sure, it’s just a game, but perpetuating the image of pit bulls as fighting machines is reckless and wrong. It is particularly troubling in light of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a law banning the distribution of videos glorifying such cruelty to animals. Pit bulls already face a public relations battle and are the most abused breed of dog. PETA’s fieldworkers see pit bulls in horrific conditions every day. They are frequently kept chained or penned, they are taunted and trained to be aggressive, and they are beaten and starved—sometimes to death.

This is a rare, er, misfire for Zynga, the maker of lots of popular online games (you might have heard of a little one called Farmville). Zynga recently started offering special bulldogs in YoVille, the proceeds of which are donated to the San Francisco SPCA. So let’s hope that it will listen to our appeal. You can also send the company your own polite comments asking it to leave animals out of Mafia Wars.

Thanks for all your support and your fantastic comments about this awful addition to Mafia Wars. Please be sure to let Zynga know how you feel, too, by sending a polite comment to Zynga’s customer help center.

Posted by Jennifer O’Connor”

Mafia Wars Wiki shared PETA’s blog post to which my response to them was:

“Zynga listened and pit bulls are no longer an option as a weapon on Mafia Wars. A little FYI about PETA they are for BSL (breed specific legislation) meaning they WANT all pit bulls to be euthanized. They use the excuse that they want to stop the suffering of the abused and abandoned pit bulls, so instead of educating pit bull owners, children and communities People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals supports wiping out the pit bull breed entirely???? Doesn’t sound so ethical to me!”

Once again PETA is doing everything it can to try to make headlines. This time going as far as to defend a breed it advocates wiping off the face of the planet. Instead of addressing the problem at hand being

1. uneducated and irresponsible owners and breeders
2. unjust and false media reports
3. negative stereotypes held by the public

PETA advocates BSL (Breed Specific Legislation) claiming it would be the best thing for the breed because it has “the potential to prevent an enormous amount of suffering.” Why not prevent suffering by educating our community and dispelling the negative stereotypes pit bulls harbor?

PETA’s Position on Pit Bull Bans has been removed from their website (very interesting).

PETA- Please take the hundreds of thousands of dollars you spend on

outrageous stunts

advertising

and pricey billboards

and use it to do some good for dogs like

Slim who was only 32 lbs and used as a bait dog. He is located in Georgia but thanks to donations of kind hearted people he will be moving to San Diego in a couple weeks for some much needed TLC.

Blue who was shot by the police as a result of a drug raid and had to have his front leg amputated.

6 week old puppies that were in such poor health, their 4 siblings died. They have mange, worms, skin infections, and other health problems.

Smokey who suffered severe burns after some heartless sad excuse of a person poured chemical/acid down his back. If that wasn’t enough they dumped him out in the desert to suffer and die alone.

Charlie who had to endure the same grotesque abuse as Smokey.

Or this poor soul

Or this poor baby

I DO NOT CARE about Obama killing a pesky fly. These are the animals that need the help, the stories that need the press and media exposure, and the heart wrenching cases that are in dire need of the financial backing you could provide! Think about how many animals you could save, treat and re-home in exchange for the next billboard, the next stunt, the next half nude campaign.

I recommend if your organization ever wants to be seen in the light it should be striving for you put your money where it is NEEDED, NOT where it will get the most media attention. Thank you.

Sorry. I had to share this!