http://kotaku.com/5201889/peta-protests-baby-seal-clubbing-in-world-of-warcraft

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/90757-PETA-Protests-Seal-Slaughter-in-World-of-Warcraft

PETA Protests Baby Seal Clubbing In World Of Warcraft

PETA is taking the battle against Canadian baby seal slaughter to a whole new front - World of Warcraft.

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals would really like it if Canada would stop killing adorable little baby seals, and this weekend they're making Azeroth their battleground. This Saturday on the Whisperwind server, activists are urged to travel to the Howling Fjord zone to take on four Canadian Horde seal killers. Why Horde?

Thrall refused to ban the slaughter of seals, despite multiple requests from the Alliance to do so, because Orgrimmar stands to make a large profit from the fur.

I'm guessing this special event doesn't fall within World of Warcraft story canon, and I'm not so sure that PETA picked the correct venue for their protest. I have personally skinned thousands if not tens of thousands of animals over the course of my first rogue's career as a leatherworker, from bunnies to turtles to kittens to small, fluffy, doe-eyed animals that don't even have real-world counterparts.

I do like their overly specific instructions on how to participate, however.

* You must be in the WhisperWind realm in order to fight. Visit WorldofWarcraft.com if you need information about how to switch into this realm.

* Once in the WhisperWind realm, go to Northrend, where you will find a zone called Howling Fjord, where the baby seals live on glaciers and boats float in the fjords. This will be the battleground to stop the slaughter. (Note: You must be at least a Level 70 player in order to enter Howling Fjord.)

* The battle will take place on Saturday, April 11, at 1 p.m. EST.

Anyone who has reached level 70 is going to know how to transfer servers, and most likely isn't going to be too keen to pay for the service in order to participate. Also, you don't need to be level 70...you just need to know you stuff...or be a Shadow Priest.

They did, at least manage to not pick a PVP server for their event, which saddens me to no end. So much for audience participation.

Here's the promotional video they've put together to commemorate the event, in which Canadian Horde seal hunters sound very much like some of my neighbors here in Georgia, because everybody knows that Southern accents equal ignorance.

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PETA Protests Seal Slaughter in World of Warcraft
Andy Chalk | 7 Apr 2009 11:36 am
Filed under: andy chalk, canada, howling fjord, kalimdor, northrend, peta, seal hunt, whisperwind, world of warcraft

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is taking the fight against seal clubbing online, calling for online gamers to help protest four Horde seal killers in World of Warcraft.

PETA's opposition to the Canadian seal hunt is well known, of course, but now they're taking the fight to a whole new arena: The digital World of Warcraft, where four Canadian Horde sealers are apparently planning on beating the crap out of cute, white, furry little baby seals this weekend.

"Thrall refused to ban the slaughter of seals, despite multiple requests from the Alliance to do so, because Orgrimmar stands to make a large profit from the fur," the PETA website says. "Activists from across the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor are banding together to put a stop to the atrocious seal slaughter. Anyone who slaughters baby seals for their fur must surely be in service to the evil Lich King."

Players must be on the WhisperWind realm if they want to participate in the battle, which will take place in the Howling Fjord zone of Northrend at 1 pm EST on April 11. The PETA site says players need to be level 70 to reach the zone, although Kotaku questions that claim and also notes that the event, sadly, isn't being held on a PvP server.

I'm not sure what all this means. Is this a "real" thing? Did PETA enlist four of its members to play Horde characters in this protest or is there an actual Horde guild of seal clubbers that runs around bashing and skinning seals? And if these guys are the "Sons of Canada," why exactly does one of them sound like stereotypical Georgia backwoods in-breeders? We don't talk like that.

If you're interested, PETA has created a Facebook event in support of the protest and also has a series of videos posted on its YouTube channel. They don't do much to help explain what's going on but at least they're kind of amusing.

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