[IMG]http://www.theeca.com/newsletters/Pitbull.jpg[/IMG]PETA has a little problem with Mafia Wars, and it’s not about the social game clogging up its Facebook stream.

Zynga [URL=http://www.facebook.com/MafiaWarsFans#!/notes/mafia-wars/animals-unleashed/384645379911]plans to debut animals[/URL] as a “fully-fledged combat item class” and is offering two limited edition versions—an African Lion and a Pit Bull.

PETA takes issue with the use of the latter, [URL=http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/04/mafia_wars.php]writing on its blog [/URL]that:

… perpetuating the image of pit bulls as fighting machines is reckless and wrong. Pit bulls already face a public relations battle and are the most abused breed of dog. PETA's fieldworkers see pit bulls in horrific conditions every day. They are frequently kept chained or penned, they are taunted and trained to be aggressive, and they are beaten and starved—sometimes to death.

[URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2010/04/23/peta-barks-about-inclusion-pit-bulls-mafia-wars]read more[/URL]

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