PETA Isn't Happy With Animal Crossing's Blathers, Or His Fish-Trapping Museum

Bunch of morons...

Wow. Pathetic.

I'm all for animal rights but PETA continues to just go overboard all the time, huh?

PETA...

I go back and forth between thinking that they are a troll organization that doesn't actually care about their so-called "cause". Or they are actually too stupid to realized nonsense like this does absolutely nothing positive for animals anyway.

Of all the ways to push your message. Tiktok? TIKTOK? AHAHAHAHA. I'm sorry, there's zero way I can take this seriously. This company is such a joke.

Harassing an owl for animal rights.

Nintendolife need to stop giving publicity to this aggressive organisation.

Are they ever happy?

Never post about PETA again. You're giving them what they want.

Am I in the Twilight Zone?????

Don't fall for these posts!

They have nothing to do with gaming, and are just posted here so there are 100+ angry comments and it creates ad revenue!

Best you can do is just ignore them (the irony 🙄)

Mushroom and Turtle Preserving Society raised a petition against shocking practices in Super Mario Bros.

Using someone else's coattails to push there agenda sounds like America.

Come down PETA for goodness sake! It’s just a video game!

I'm not happy with PETA killing animals

Is it just me or did they capture the fish in the first place??? Shouldn't they have an empty aquarium?

So, All those people had to have or buy a Switch, buy the game and sign up for Switch Online for their "protest". That'll show Nintendo...

Look at all the villagers doing the protest. I’m sure Nintendo is laughing at the morons who bought not only a copy of Animal Crossing, but also a copy of a Switch just to perform this idiotic stunt.

Peta using this platform because it's popular, but giving it traction on here is not the best idea, but anything for clicks I guess.

Polygons don't have rights.

The stunning irony here is that the only reason the fish are in the tanks is because those members of PETA willingly caught them and gave them to Blathers in the first place

Yeah, PETA would probably prefer Blathers kills them like PETA does with their shelter animals...

Ah PETA, still fighting with tooth and nail to escape insignificance.
Good for them I suppose.

Yeah, Blathers looks really shocked...

But Red Dead and Far Cry where u skin every little creature under the sun is alright ? FFS

Do these people realize that domesticated animals have a longer lifespan than animals in the wild?

Wow.. still at it huh? And thay wonder why ppl Hate them/ see them as nothing but a joke.. let alone there HUGELY Hypocritical BS and prity mutch Iligal and animal abusive crap...

@RupeeClock totaly agree there... I'm reminded of the song from Simpsons tree house of Horror ep "Just dont look" stop giving these monsters attention and thay will starve and die out.

@glaemay thay litrly dont cear... thay have had several statements or what ever the correct term is in that thay think anny form of pet ownership is Animal abuse as "All animals suld be free to Rome in the wild and not be some Toy for a Human" even though lots of animals live in Symbioses with Humans.. finding a coexistence beneficial but Noooo you have a Pet? in there eyes you are Evil and deserve to have your life pulled apart.. again and thay wonder why ppl can not stand them...

I’m surprised PETA haven’t sponsored a game where you can go around assassinating zoo keepers. Splinter Cell style creeping around and taking dudes out. There are tons of virtual fish tank videos on Youtube of actual fish in captivity but no, let’s pick on the insanely popular game. I’d be surprised if even 1 player of this game will imitate it and catch a fish and donate it to a museum.

And i'm not happy that PETA kills animals. So what?

The best part about all of this is that for there to actually BE fish in the museum PETA would've had to put them there.

@I_member worse. you're in the 2019 twilight zone reboot!

They do realise this is a game ? It’s not real.....

So it's just the sealife they have an issue with? What about the bug section of the museum or do bugs not matter to them? Maybe that's next weeks video?

At least Blathers only takes one of each species. What about Tommy and Timmy? Those two will literally buy anything I hand them; fish, bugs, trees, trash, weeds... What are they doing with those pockets full of fish and bugs they buy from me? I reckon PETA are targeting the wrong person here...

SO youre telling me PETA went out, caught fish with their own hands, donated the fish willingly to the museum, and then got pissed because their own donations were accepted lmao

@Ogbert I know right? Surely an Owl should have the right to have some pet fish like us human

@KillerBOB

You're absolutely correct. This post is 100 percent troll bait. And look at all the ac fans with their pitchforks out.

This is obviously another ridiculous peta gag and they've done some stupid things through the years, but Damien McFerran is just as gross for inciting all the hate we're reading right now.

Pissing people off to get attention is a big part of the world's problem right now, and it doesn't matter who's doing it.

Sorry to interrupt, everyone can carry on raging now.

Cancel the one who donated the fish, not Blathers. He's being accused of a crime he didn't commit. Justice for our man Blathers.

I am sometimes not sure if Peta really cares about animals. They seemed to attack only people in the pop culture scene like video game developers, instead of focusing on real problems like poachers and the Chinese market.

Are we really sure the PETA account isnt some joke account?

Do shut up, PETA ! 😒

@KillerBOB yes, but you replied

PETA and its members can’t differentiate fantasy from reality it would seem, a common symptom for INSANITY. Good grief- I wish that entire organization was wiped off the face of the planet.

How can they protest about animal rights in a game where the only human spends his or her whole time effectively enslaved to the whims of a talking raccoon and his assortment of animal villagers?

Why even give these clowns coverage...?

Oh. Right. The easy clicks.

there's clickbait and theres bad clickbait, dont share this nonsense again lol you dont need the money.

@Yosher God

You do realise its a joke
to bring awareness to animal rights. A cause you just said you supported. Don't be so serious, they obviously are not advocating for the freedom of virtual fish lol

Hmm... I see this pandemic has PETA and writers bored...

@glaemay
Do you realise this was a joke? to bring awareness to children on animal rights. they do not want virtual fish free you do realise? but want the kids to realise in the real world this could be a problem.

In many cases they would support the upbringing of domestic animals.

@KatiaManagan hahaha what? Its called a joke and a little fun while bring self awarness. Relax mate you sound like the pissed off one, over some peoples random game actions lol at ya....

Move to china if you don't want political messages !

You know when you report on PETA you're giving them what they want, right?

Ugh, please don't give PETA the column inches. They are absolutely awful.

We've had this debate recently. Another article on PETA vs video games seems like unnecessary fire-stoking.

Please no more PETA articles going forward. They are idiots that don't represent vegans or kind-hearted sorts in any constructive ways at all. We get it.

NintendoLife has returned back to the trashy articles:

1. Datamines
2. How much space the X game takes
3. Someone saying something on Tik Tok
4. Someone saying something on Twitter.

Are NintendoLife employees getting paid for these articles?

Meanwhile, Nintendo Everything, an amateuristic site run by one person, has most of the times, more interesting and professionally written articles.

Who is in charge here? I wonder!

Once again, it’s best not to think too hard about this game sometimes.

Jesus it's just a game

They they miss out on April Fools Day?
This is pixel fish...

Fish live in rivers and ponds too guys, If you are going to make a point at least make it factually accurate

Yet again, an organization that has ran such a life cycle that they now have to resort to self-justification based behavior to validate their existence as an organization....meanwhile someone, somewhere enjoys a bowl of (non pixelated) shark-fin soup......
AC is at the top and this site post a lot of hate articles toward this game, not sure if they realize it, but the wind does blow hardest at the top!

What a bunch of jerkoffs

Please please please stop posting stories about PETA. They are very bad people posing as animal rights evangelists. They kill so many animals, and crave attention and press. Please ignore them and don't give them what they want.

I like the Humane Society, they're not nuts

I’ve been vegan for almost 3 years now. I have seven fish aquariums in my house. PETA does not represent most vegans.They are a fringe group.

Something seems fishy here. They want to empty the tanks, yet they've fished and donated some fish to the museum. So... imprison fish to protest their release?

PETA wins again, people fall for it every time. Was pretty funny and clever joke. Well played.

It’s just a game 🤦🏼‍♂️

Come on, it’s just a game.

So I'm all for animal rights, but I can not support PETA. It's full of a bunch of morons it seems from what they post on social media. It's a freaking game. And honestly if their wasn't aquariums and zoos, people would be less likely to care about animals and fish. And if they don't care, there is more harm done to wildlife as a whole over all, not to mention the lack of funding for programs that help care for and release injured animals or protect them from poachers. Get a freaking clue PETA. You give animal rights activist a bad freaking name.

To repeat my joke from the previous time they whined about this:
They are mad because Blathers keeps the animals alive instead of euthanizing them on the spot.

@Cosats At least they aren't reposting 4chan posts as "leaks" or "rumours" like some other sites do.

Delete this post and stop giving them the publicity they wanted.

Maybe it's time to stop paying PETA any mind, even to make fun of them. It's very clear they either have a serious mental illness there, or they exist solely to prey on people who are mentally ill.

I'll just leave this here:

https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/botany/plants-feel-pain.htm

I feel like ignoring anything PETA says or does would be the prudent strategy, negative attention is better than no attention after all.

PETA doesn't care about animals at all, it's all a political game and they're all the more awful human beings for it.

Also news: Blathers Doesn't Give A Hoot.

I know news is slow but giving PETA attention is never a good idea.

If PETA were so against this in the game, they wouldn't have all just paid $60 for the game. So, Nintendo wins. That being said, that was a funny site seeing people "storm" the museum. Poor Blathers had no idea what was going on. hahaha

How stupid are they?!?! And how stupid are they that they had to play the game for quite some time to make all this and actually fill up their museum to then protest it, right?!?!?!
And their skills at creating those signs are very poor.
Idiots.

@KillerBOB
Exactly. wowbobwow

@Damo

Nintendo news is Nintendo news. Don't let the scrubs get you guys down. You keep putting out the Nintendo news like you dos.

Users complaining about clickbait are like fish complaining about fisherman while eating the worm on the hook...

That's pretty funny. I like it.

... They realize he is an owl, and he eats fish right? PETA will complain about this crap as long as we give them attention.

Everyone: What the heck PETA, it’s just a game! Don’t make such a big deal about it!

Pokémon fans, Paper Mario fans, Animal Crossing anti-time travelers: What’s the problem with that?

The sad thing is, since this is PETA, we can bet they're 100% serious about just "emptying the tanks" and letting the fish flop on the floor and suffocate to death. That's how PETA actually functions in the real world. They're like the real life INGSOC for Animals. Which, in Animal Crossing kind of blurs the lines.
Freedom is Slavery
War is Peace
Death is Life
...
Bells are Debt (Yes, yes.)

Don't these people have real things to worry about. This had to be peta,s dumbest action against an Nintendo property yet

@NoNoseNosferatu Well the pity can go both ways I suppose, regardless over PETA as a whole, this is a harmless albeit daft video calling for animal awareness that no one has to watch, yet people seem pretty annoyed about lol that is the joke!

Regarding PETA overall and its track record is another topic to this article, which can be Vilified (I partly agree)

And one point to make on PETAs horrible euthanasia of animals (this not a defence for peta just a point) they do taking a large percentage of unadaptable/injured and sick animal in some cases where other groups would not take them from the vet.

This in turn increase the chance of some groups/shelters Statistics being higher when taken outside of context. (Again this is not me agreeing to this just facts)

The RSPCA euthanise over 30% (albeit not in 90% range but UK is smaller) and they take a lot less sick/terminal animals

The RSPCA used to been heavily criticised in the past for example. Just not in the mainstream media because The media had no reason to make the public hate rspca

Point being this happens everywhere you just only read about peta.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rspca-denies-killing-too-many-healthy-animals-8433634.html?amp

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6098517/amp/RSPCA-rehomed-just-one-three-rescue-animals-nearly-30-cent-sleep-year.html

@Kniferoomba I just got animal crossing, I thought time travel was some cheat.

But it just means You can play the game at your pace.

I have not time travelled, i sent the rental copy back. I was not a fan!

Ridiculous. #leaveblathersalone

Bro, ***** PETA, and there stupid ass “cause”

I actually like these articles so I can see the laughably pitiful stunts PETA pull (concerning Nintendo). Wouldn't see them otherwise.

Just dropped in to say, "Seek professional help, PETA activists. Deal with the long list of personal issues you're clearly avoiding... it's causing you to embarrass yourself worldwide."

@Mince too long; didn’t read. Get lost, troll.

@NoNoseNosferatu and that is why you are the problem, when you encounter a complicated issue you shut down and cant be bothered because its not as black and white as you thought it was.

Well enjoy your ignorance

@Mince good grief you’re a bore. Bug off, no one gives a crap about your nonsensical opinions.

@NoNoseNosferatu hmm considering you commented on my original opinion I disagree.

I quoted two newspapers from different political side that both shared the same information regarding RSPCA killing 53,000 animals.

I think it is you who is nonsensical and just a sheep at this point.

If you are fighting for virtual animal rights you really need to reevaluate your life.

Why do TikTok links cause the page to gradually scroll up, even after its fully loaded in?

I've seen the same thing happen on another news article on a different site.

@Mince oh shut up, troll.

You’re a delusional, vindictive sod and a complete bore.

@Toy_Link hack0rz apparently.

To quote Dawn M. Bennett (the voice of Freedom Planet’s Lilac)

"Raiding islands to free fish."

But the fish were already living on the island?

Even with that logic, you still had to fish for them???

Also, it's a game?????

THAT YOU CLEARLY BOUGHT??????

As if you needed more proof PETA is stupid, they did this through TikTok. This is what happens when you choose to eat paint chips over animal flesh.

They should spell their name "PITA."

They’d do anything except actually care for animals

@NoNoseNosferatu haha say the one being insulting, well done you hypocrite!
Stay on topic or shut up!!

your reply's seem more like a trolls all you can say are insults lol.

Idiots! Why give PETA the time of the day?

It’s a Video Game

My only experience with PETA in person was very positive. It's part of the reason I'm a vegetarian now. They weren't concerned with video games in the slightest.

Scanned through the comments and I haven’t seen a single posts that calls them SJWs. Pushing your animal rights agenda doesn’t count? 🤔

How do they feel about killing primates dressed up as Nazis?

@brandonbwii Yeah, to call them SJWs I think you'd have to say they give a crap about people.

@brandonbwii I feel like it's parallel to how folks are more sympathethic to dogs getting hurt in media versus people getting hurt.

For as obnoxious as PETA is, their activism just doesnt seem to fire the same synapses among certain camps compared to the causes/groups that care about people...

Maybe PETA should focus on helping real animals instead of digital ones made from a collection of polygons.

The biggest irony is the PETA people literally had to buy the game, giving more money to Nintendo, making the game even more profitable, for this little stunt. Nintendo don't care what these idiots think, they just thank them for all the money they give them.

Despite having been a liberal democrat for most of my adult life, it's exactly crap like this that turned me away from progressive politics - maybe permanently. What a joke these people have become!

@DTFaux @Andy_Witmyer comes close. Congratulations, my friend, you win the comments section for me. 😂

@RupeeClock You act like it's that easy.

At least PETA is advertising the game in a way. There's always a positive

You mean "anti-human terrorist group."

I love animals and all, but because PETA wants something makes me want Nintendo to just completely ignore them (like they will). I mean PETA is a complete joke, marketing department a bunch of drunk frat boys ("I'd rather go naked than wear fur" was one of their slogans), etc, etc. You'd think they'd put their efforts into something worthwhile, like I don't know... protecting actual animals.

@Entrr_username Except that it's PETA. But like I've said, when PETA wants something there are a lot of us that want to do the opposite just to spite them (in a good, non-cruel to actual animals way).

As someone who strongly supports animal rights and think PETA sometimes makes valid arguments, I find this really embarrassing.

NLife, this is not news.

@RupeeClock Peta (somehow) has over a million followers on Twitter. It really isn’t that hard to ignore an organization that’s been around for 40 years

TikTok was created by meat eaters, therefore Peta are hypocrites.

F U Peta. You guys are horrible!

The sooner people stop giving them the attention they want, the sooner they’ll stop.

I love you Nintendo Life, but you need to stop giving those PETA trolls attention.

@DrDaisy Peta euthanizes animals and steals animals from people's homes to euthanize them. They also don't believe in pet ownership and think pets are better off dead than with people. They don't really do anything for animals.

@Daisyette I don't think in black and white. I think in color. I also didn't look at the comments section for reasons like this.