Random: PETA Makes Woolly Statement About Sheep Pokémon Wooloo, Backlash Ensues

Uh.. why are we supposed to care about what PETA thinks?

I wish I could be typing this comment on a Mink keyboard.

Everyone: Awww...a cute sheep Pokemon...
PETA: WHY U WANT TO SKIN WOOLOO?!?
Everyone: ????

O please, PETA.

You know something's bad if the memes in the comments have more likes then the actual tweet.

I would type a comment but I'm just going to go put on my sheep wool sweater

PETA is totally nuts here. 🤨
Wooloo is not even a Real sheep animal. 😒
Get out from our Pokemon party, PETA !

It's great that PETA is standing up for animals but they can really go overboard, huh? Yeesh.

PETA never cease to amaze me lol.

Hey look, it's Team Plasma!

Their heart seems to be in the right place...even if their brain isn't.

Cen we all just agree to ignore PETA till they become so irrelevant that they die off?

@GrailUK I agree, there is a place for an organisation concerned with animal rights. However, PETA is only doing animal rights & it's own reputation harm with ill-considered publicity stunts like this.

Checking their twitter, I'm surprised that their still beating that SeaWorld dead horse considering that SeaWorld will probably be gone within the next 10 years along with Gamestop.

Animal rights is of course a worthy cause but PETA definitely goes about it the wrong way. Instead of alienating people and condemning everything, they should work grassroots and work within communities to educate people about real issues.

These pet killers don't deserve to say that people shouldn't harm animals.
That's what they do for a living.

People here don't seem to know that they kidnap pets to kill them because "it's better than being treated as pets".
They've been found doing this multiple times.
They have shelters for animals, but don't expect them to live for more than a day there, because, yeah, you guessed it : better dead than pets.

We should protect animals from them. They don't have the heart in the right place. They just want you to hand over animals for their shady business.

We need to stop giving PETA attention.

New Pokemon game: Exsists
PETA: "This is free realistate"

I don't think anyone takes PETA seriously at this point.

The moment I read the title I knew they were going to try an attempt to make it seem like pokemon was promoting animal cruelty.

Sheering sheep is beneficial to the sheep. Overgrown wool can cover their eyes and blind them, cause them to suffer from heat exhaustion in the summer, get caught or tangled in the wild, and even prevent them from using the bathroom.

To be fair, the wool grows so long because humans breed them this way over the course of thousands of years... but even then it was still beneficial for the sheep. They are natural prey, and shepherds protected them from predators when they are under their care.

Pretty sure that's worth a bi-yearly haircut.

PETA is a front for a money making machine. They rake in massive amounts of money with stupid stunts like this, and then spend very little on animal welfare (something like 1% of cash raised goes to helping animals). They’re a hypocritical bunch too, killing many animals themselves.

Still, I’m looking forward to sporting a digital, 100% wooloo sweater soon. Play games, ignore PETA.

For awhile I almost missed PETA's annual anti-Pokemon "stunt".

I don't think they did one since Pokemon Black. This flash game with Ash saying like "Pikachu, when did I ever care about you?".
When did Ash ever give a **** about anything BUT the rat? Know your source material, PETA.

Also, Gen 6 catching random mon and blindly trading them to strangers online to fund Pokemon GTS gambling addiction. Where was PETA to make fun of that?

Symbiotic research awkwardness aside, I'd really appreciate if special messages delivered by fictional characters were handled - or at least greenlit and coordinated with - the people behind the fiction in question. Otherwise, we end up talking a fanfic at best and unauthorized image appropriation at worst. If one believes in the cause they're sending across, even simply asking Pokemon Company in advance should be a natural thing to come to mind, especially when you're acting as an organization rather than a random audience account doing memes.

This enslaved creature bloodsport game has been around for over 20 years and PETA is just now getting upset? Don't let them play "A Plague's Tale." You don't even want to know what I did to a pig yesterday!

PETA: Pokém-
Fans: You summoned the wrong fanbase...

@Galarian_Lassie don’t insult Team Plasma like that 😂

@TheFox No, PETA has been upset at Pokemon for YEARS. In fact they made some fan games around the time of Pokemon Black and White where you play as Pokemon fighting against the evil slave masters. Funny enough they portray Ash Ketchum in that game as some evil circus carny, despite the fact that Ash Ketchum showed us that Pokemon weren't just tools to be used, they were much more than that.

What inhumane thing is this? Of all things! I mean there's been many video game controversies that just goes too far. And things like this that makes say: You know what grinds my gears? I'll tell you what! PETA you suck!

How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?!

@yuwarite not at all what peta is saying. They’re saying shaving sheep is bad, which is false, not shaving sheep is bad.

Also to anyone saying peta’s message is meant well but they bring it wrong, I don’t believe that any company killing dogs or cats and going against their own beliefs all the time mean well.

If you want to support animal rights and actual animal activists, support WWF, they are doing great jobs!

Peta is a scourge on this earth. Complete hypocrisy given a voice.

ROFL the original SJW’s

They can't keep their nose out of this, can they?

Now I want a Wooloo sweater

LOL. Oh...PETA... never change. Remember when they freaked out when Mario 3D Land came out on 3ds because of the tanooki tail? They are such clowns.

You gave them the attention they so desperately crave. Well done.

No matter how divided we may be, globally and within our own nations, our mutual disdain for PETA will unite us as one.

@edhe THIS. Stop with the PETA articles.

PETA is like the Red Skull of activists.

Even though a lot of those activist groups are full of monsters being exactly what they claim to fight against, not even those groups want to be partners with PETA, just like in the Marvel Comics, the Red Skull is such a monster that not even the other villains join forces with him.

Peta: im not your wooloo sweater.
also Peta: let's make a flash game base off of something we don't like!

Oi, PETA... shouldn’t you spend your time protecting real animals, instead of looking snootily down your nose at fictional characters? Get your priorities straight.

I am totally with you, PETA! That's why I only wear full body leather suits. Need to protect those poor sheeps from getting a good, old shaving.👍

Aside from the fact that PETA is a sham of an organization, I would just like to comment on Nintendolife's failure to link to the original tweet. They only link to their own pages in the main article. I would appreciate a direct link to the thing you're reporting on. Or do you have to pay a fee to Twitter anytime you host a direct link? Granted it's a minor annoyance, but I've encountered this problem on Nintendolife many times.

Yeah I think it's already been established that PETA cherry picked their facts on sheep shearing and intentionally based their findings on botched, rushed shearing jobs conducted in Australia. Real sheep shearing is not only harmless to the animal but beneficial to them. Of all the animal products we use, this is by far the most harmless to the animal if done properly.

Not that it matters seeing as how the sheep in question is completely fictional. Reminds me of how they depicted Mario violently skinning a raccoon, ignoring the fact that the means of activating the Tanooki Suit in Mario games is done by simply collecting a leaf.

Oh and while I'm at it, PETA destroys animals. They even have a webpage titled "Why we euthanize". Yay, hypocrisy.

That aside, I'm getting me a Wooloo sweater. Try and stop me, PETA.

@PBandSmelly I'm sure if a peta person met up, let's say a bear, that they would try and convince it not to hurt them for it wouldn't be nice. 😁

Umm... It's pokedex description says it is literally used just for that: shearing! And there's nothing wrong with that lol, that's WHY people own sheep. My family has raised sheep for years, and we shear them once or twice a year. It's good for them, and for us! Mutual benefit

Peta is a joke.

Can PETA ever shut up?

screw them peta has a track record of not treating animals right either its time for them to go out of business.

Eh. Its PETA. They're about as genuine as a fake fur coat when it comes to actual animal rights.

Just a little tweet? Uh, they were nice today. PETA did wayyy worse in the past.

@Desrever Beautiful speech.

It's honestly impossible to hate PETA, what they say is so hilariously asinine that any hatred I have for them is buried by how much I laugh at them.

PETA, isnt that the guy from familyguy?

Wake me up when PETA express their misdirected indignation with nudity again.

Look the group that is worse than EA they might be run by the same anti everything group

I didn't think my most upvoted comment ever would be about PETA passively accusing gamers of wanting to skin a Pokemon.

What a world we live in...

Classic, classic PETA here.

At this point PETA is nothing but a troll organization at best. They are made up of either total fools who don't know what they are talking about, or people who are just trying to cause trouble.

PETA, just treat the animals well and leave us (gamers) alone.

Thank you Peta, very cool.

Here, you can kill my pets as a reward.

Peta make me smile... In Italian peto means fart... And looks like it's really adequate, becouse all they say is a fart.

@Anti-Matter

@Anti-Matter whoops sorry for that! I didn't mean to write that last empty comment with your name in it! My browser stinks like PETA and my phone screen is too small.

What the heck is wrong with shearing sheep for wool?! It doesn't hurt them. This is even worse than their silly arguments over cow milk!

Besides, wool-bearing Pokémon have been around since the 2nd Generation with direct references to shearing them made in the anime. Why only complain about it now?

@HadesThePyro They are doing it very wrong and clearly are out of touch - but standing up against cruelty should not die off... they just need to be framing their issues differently than what they currently do.

@BulbasaurusRex I think the post was rediculous don’t get me wrong - but (I assume) the reason they don’t like shearing is that from my experience it can be done very fast and appeared almost violent where the sheep are distressed and could get badly gashed / cut from it.. but that’s just from what I’ve seen, so I assume that’s why.

@FTL Just about anything can be harmful if you do it in a reckless manner or try something as an amateur that should be left to competent professionals.

@FTL even though yes there should still be organizations that research and prevent animal cruelty PETA specifically should die off because they are well known for both spreading misinformation and doing things that have put more animals in danger than they claim to save(EG the sheep and wooloo thing in this post)

@BulbasaurusRex Absolutely - however in this particular case, it was the ones doing it super fast and for efficiency (professional) that was the issue because if the animal gets cut or damaged ‘superficially’ it doesn’t matter - and it’s the speed and efficiency that could cause the damage.

Hahahahaha

PETA makes it very easy sometimes to make fun of them.

Just had a bit of sheep sausage for breakfast, and am wearing a wool sweater. But I'll stay away from catching any wooloo. Digital animals are people too!

I eat bacon almost every day, probably not good for me, but it tastes nice and I'm funding PETA's enemies so that's good enough for me.

We should stop referring to PETA as an "animal rights" group. They're much better described as "dog killing enthusiasts".
I wish their deranged practices were more widely known and law would crack down on them.

Also the part about them not knowing that shearing is vital to sheep health is just cherry on top.

@FTL The reason PETA doesn't like shearing is because they believe any human involvement in an animal's life is inherently harmful – it's why they steal pets and euthanize them, they think they're doing the animal a favor by taking it away from the evil humans!
They claim to organize animal shelters, but when in a normal shelter the animal could be living for a long time before it may be euthanized (allowing for adoption), PETA kills the dog right there in the truck.
They're also known for spreading misinformation, like when they released a video showing a man whacking a living raccoon dog and breaking its internal organs and bones and later skinned it alive (IIRC), with PETA claiming that this is how the fur is always taken off – it was an outright lie, the man was paid by PETA to do it. Normal fur traders just kill the animal beforehand, in a much less cruel way.
And then there's their irrational hatred for pit bulls. All because their founder was bit by one.

PETA needs to go. It will improve animal life around the world.

Is Team PETA the new Organization that we're going to face in Pokémon Sword/Shield?

Everyone shames them for everything and they know that. They obviously only want the attention and publicity, so could we maybe not play right into that?

Shame on Peta. A quest for a cruelty-free world is a fine thing indeed, it's just a shame these muppets have anything to do with it. I don't know much about the wool trade, and I'm sure there must be highly questionable practices within some of the companies involved. But this isn't going to help. It seems at their best Peta are highly unskillful... and at their worst...

Makes me sad.

@SmaggTheSmug All of that info is interesting - thanks for explaining. I understand what your saying, however I would hope there is a ‘version’ of PETA (or different organisation) that can do what PETA is ‘supposed’ to be doing, and protect from animal abuse / cruelty. It seems it’s not them - but I would prefer they become that or another organisation does, rather than have nothing.

I don't know of a single animal rights person who cares for PETA anymore. After everything that was exposed with them, they are pretty much the Westboro of animal rights. Loud, crazy but irreverent

@FTL There probably are, but PETA's shock jockeying eclipses them and hurts their reputation as well.
I do know of WWF and Greenpeace, I don't know if they have any particular dirt on their record. Both seem to be more about protecting species from extinction rather than animal cruelty. That is often taken care of simply by the law enforcement (animal cruelty is a crime in many countries).

Rise up. We want YOU to join the Grookey Gang!

Lol @ all the comments. People still fall for the bait.

You gotta respect the marketing machine that is PETA.

@PBandSmelly I’m in no way a vegan or advocate against meat eating, but it has to do more with the mistreatment of animals, and the negative effects raising animals on factory farms has on the environment.

@PBandSmelly I disagree that it is in our nature. That is why our stomach and digestive system can not handle raw meat and our teeth are blunt, not sharp like canines, etc. There are plenty more reasons. For what it's worth, I think meat was to some degree an evolutionary step but I also think people eat way too much. You don't need it everyday for a good iron and B2 supply.

wooloo's fw

Despite everyone's hate on PETA, I get what they're saying. They're not criticizing Pokémon players, but using a well-known series to warn everyone about the cruel reality of what's going on in this industry. And this is a good thing. I'm excited to play it though

@Galarian_Lassie That's an insult to Team Plasma, LOL!

I'm clearly the only Vegan person in the comments. It's sad to read people thoughts about PETA. This organization is not the best but it do its possible. God, so much hate and misinformation... And selfishness...

I heard peta barely uses any of the money they make from donations on animals from the news they use a small percentage of it towards animals and animal rescue so screw them

I raise a throbbing middle finger towards PETA for their appropriating a video game to push their warped agenda. Animal rights is one thing we should all agree on, but their methods are highly inappropriate.

@Vectorman I don't like dogs myself, but I'm not going around snatching them up from porches and killing them. PETA does. And not just pitbulls, they're happy to kill harmless dogs like chihuahuas.
Restrictions on dangerous dog breeds is another issue.