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PETA calls for Nintendo to remove Cow's 'cruel' nose ring from Mario Kart World


It's "a tool of cruelty that causes lasting pain and discomfort".

Animal rights group PETA has written to Nintendo to request that they remove Cow's "cruel" nose ring in Mario Kart World. Further elaborating on the matter, the organization also said that no real-world cow would have the same "goofy grin" as the game character if they wore a ring – an instrument it called "a tool of cruelty that causes lasting pain and discomfort". PETA has previously taken aim against other games from Nintendo, such as Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which it said "encouraged abusive behaviour towards fish and insects", and involved "tearing wildlife out of their homes and displaying them in cramped cases in a museum".

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