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Animal rights group PETA calls for Nintendo to remove Cow's "cruel" nose ring


Animal rights campaign group PETA is calling on Nintendo to remove Mario Kart World's Cow's nose ring.

"It's not a style choice," the organisation added, "It's a cruel tool used to control and hurt cows in the meat and dairy industries, which causes lasting pain and discomfort." PETA has previously taken action against other games, including Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which it said encouraged "abusive behaviour toward fish and insects [...] tearing wildlife out of their homes and display them in cramped cases in a museum". Nintendo sold 5.82m Switch 2 consoles worldwide in its first month of release and 5.63m copies of Mario Kart World, meaning the launch title had an attachment rate of around 97 percent.

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