PETA Criticizes Nintendo's 'Super Mario 3D Land'

from National Public Radio

The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is attacking Nintendo's new video game Super Mario 3-D Land. In the game, Super Mario sometimes wears the skin of a tanooki, which is a raccoon dog. Since tanooki are, in real life, killed for their fur, the group says the game "sends the message that it's OK to wear fur."

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, November 16, 2011