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Animal loving students attack Call of Duty's dog killing
Destructoid — ... A bunch of Massachusetts high school students -- obviously idealists, too young to be dragged down by cynicism and misanthropy, bless 'em -- have attacked the Call of Duty franchise. Somewhat late to the party, the animal lovers object to killing dogs for entertainment. Even though, obviously, these dogs don't really exist. ...

Students Protest Call Of Duty Dog Killing [Activision Activism]
Kotaku — ... in which the animated gore piles high. No, her two dogs wouldn't survive two seconds. They'd be ripped apart by the virtual dogs she is trying to defend, possibly because they're named "Fluffy" and "Winnie the Pooh". Incidentally, I think the Germans would have been a lot less sinister had they deployed squads of attack Pomeranians. "Kleine Hunde angreifen!" NDA students protest video game's depiction of cruelty to animals [Lowell Sun via Game Politics] ...

Call of Duty: World at War catching heat for dog-shooting element
GoNintendo — ... Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals It’s so true…why let people play pretend like this? Why have books/games/movies/tv shows/songs/comics/ where dogs and people can be killed? We should really do away with all of them. I am an animal lover as well…bigtime. I’m more worried about the people that are out there really killing animals for various reasons, rather than someone that shoots a digital representation of a dog. Actually, I’m not worried about that last part at all. Link Posted March 20th, 2009 at 1:44 pm | ...

Teens Protest CoD: World At War's 'Animal Cruelty'
Wired: Game|Life — ... her brother play the game. "My little 12-pound Pomeranian, Winnie the Pooh, is sitting next to him, and I'm thinking, 'This looks horrible!'," she said before adding, "My brother is a sweetheart. He won't be killing dogs after playing. But some people might." I wonder if she grasps the irony of that statement. Image: mbtrama/Flickr NDA students protest video game's depiction of cruelty to animals [Lowell Sun, via GamePolitics] See Also: Rabbi Praises Call of Duty's ...

Mass. students protest Call of Duty: World at War dog violence
Joystiq — ... 'This looks horrible!'" Although she's sure her brother "won't be killing dogs after playing," she believes "some people might." Lucci plans to forward her petition, which has been signed by more than 100 of her fellow students, to Activision. Contrary to some petitions aimed at game publishers, hers is simply a show of disgust, and does not call for any executives to be fired, boiled alive or hung by their feet until dead. You go, girl. [Via GamePolitics] Mass. students protest Call of Duty: World at War dog violence ...