GTA 5: Animal Rights Group Demands Boycott Of ‘Grand Theft Auto V’

[Kent]

In Defense of Animals, an international animal rights and rescue organization, called for the boycott of the game because it allows players to run over and kill animals. The group feels such violence sends an unacceptable message to players, many of whom are children.

Jack Carone, a spokesman for In Defense of Animals, told TMZ the game propagates animal torture and "institutionalized violence" against animals.

"The makers of this game have traded decency for money" Carone told TMZ, adding, "Encouraging the darkest impulses of young people is not an admirable pursuit … Animals don't need any more targets painted on them in the name of fun."

It is not immediately known how the producers of the game, which was five years in the making, are going to react to the boycott demand.

"Grand Theft Auto V" has been the fastest-selling game in recent times, and just three days after the initial release of the “Grand Theft Auto V” on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, the game took in $1 billion in global sales. The fifth installment of the series is expected to continue raking in money for the next several weeks.

“'Grand Theft Auto' is a cultural phenomenon, and Rockstar Games continues to redefine what can be achieved in interactive entertainment," Strauss Zelnick, Chairman and CEO of Take-Two, which is a developer, marketer and publisher of interactive entertainment, said in a statement. “We are incredibly proud of the extraordinary critical and commercial response to 'Grand Theft Auto V'.”

Source: http://www.ibtimes.com/gta-5-animal-rights-group-demands-boycott-grand-theft-auto-v-1409222

[RizzE.]

Oh well they are all a bunch of assholes, they care more about animals than other human beings. People are way to sensitive nowadays.

[Omar Aly]

Lemme get this straight.. It's okay to run over people, which is what GTA players have been doing for more than 10 years, but it's not okay to run over animals? Oh yeah!

[Khm]

Yeah! Save the cows! 

[Kent]

The group feels such violence sends an unacceptable message to players, many of whom are children.

The game is rated 18+ for a reason

The group feels such violence sends an unacceptable message to players, many of whom are children.

And killing, robbing, molestering, torturing people isn't?

Encouraging

So because GTA 5 contains animals, they are suddenly encouraging it? It seems like a lot games need to be boycotted then.

[Ehks]

Oh well they are all a bunch of assholes, they care more about animals than other human beings. People are way to sensitive nowadays.

This... You can kill people in the game too, how about that? Lol.

[Petarda]

I'd throw that guy in a cage full of lions and throw him a shotgun.

[RizzE.]

I'd throw that guy in a cage full of lions and throw him a shotgun.

a Shotgun? It would be too easy.

[TiMoN]

So we have been killing people since 1998(if I am correct), then a bunch of guys pop up defending "animal rights" that has been "violated" for just a week. They should defend humans' rights first, what a bunch of idiots.

Reminds me of the feminists insisting on adding female police officers to games and then complaining about gamers killing them.

[RizzE.]

So we have been killing people since 1998(if I am correct), then a bunch of guys pop up defending "animal rights" that has been "violated" for just a week. They should defend humans' rights first, what a bunch of idiots.

Reminds me of the feminists insisting on adding female police officers to games and then complaining about gamers killing them.

Yeah, just wait until the feminist starts to moan that there are female officers in the game.

[[WS]Jacob]

It allows you to kill humans and they aren't protesting about that. Get your damn priorities right people...

[DeeJay]

I took a coyote with a truck today. Felt great

[Petarda]

a Shotgun? It would be too easy.

The point is that he will shoot lions, so other peoples should act like him now "OH GOD HE KILLED A LION ZOMG"

[Nexus_Riggs]

I can understand why they would be outraged, but it's a game after all. But Rockstars should have only included wild animals instead live cows and dogs.

[Mikal]

I can understand why they would be outraged, but it's a game after all. But Rockstars should have only included wild animals instead live cows and dogs.

Why? What is wrong with cows and dogs being on there? Millions of cows get slaughtered for McDonalds everyday, they don't complain then do they? But I guess it's worse if it's a cow getting ran over in a video game.

They don't complain when it comes to killing humans on the game, but they complain when it's animals, honestly thats like sending the UN into Syria to save all the cows from area's where bombs are going to be dropped but leaving all the people.