Mario may be many things -- fat, moustachioed, Italian -- but we never had him pegged as the type who would endorse cruelty towards animals. Animal rights organisation People for the Ethical Treatment ...

New campaign targets Mario's fur suit. Guess PETA never had an issue with everyone's favorite plumber stomping on turtles and using their shells as weapons. Jeff is CNET Editor at Large and a host for ...

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Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has set its sights on iconic video game character Mario for wearing fur in Nintendo’s latest 3DS game Super Mario 3D Land. Since ...

NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Virginia-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is criticizing Nintendo icon Mario for donning a suit modeled after a raccoon. PETA said the video game ...

PETA's no stranger to taking on high-profile entities in their campaign for animal rights, but recently they've focused their energies on someone new: Nintendo's Mario. " in games like "Super Mario ...

The People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is expressing outrage over Mario’s Tanooki Suit. That outrage is not only misplaced, but shows PETA’s ...

Controversial animal rights group PETA is arguing that one of Nintendo character Mario’s most popular power-ups should be powered down. The group is taking the position that gaming’s most famous ...

Don’t buy Ashcraft’s explanation about why PETA is completely missing the point in its attack on Mario’s Tanooki suit? Here’s an animal friendly way to get your own temporary fur coat. Be warned, it ...

Beloved videogame star Mario is back in action this week following the November 13 release of Super Mario 3D Land. Now animal rights group PETA is attacking the hero plumber for wearing "fur" --the ...

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