PETA is facing negative backlash (again), this time for calling out Google and Steve Irwin on Friday.
The Google homepage featured an illustration of Irwin, the late Australian zookeeper and conservationist, holding a crocodile on what would have been his 57th birthday. It was an image that PETA referred to as “dangerous” and “fawning.”
PETA quote tweeted Google about 12 hours after the graphic went up, which still fell squarely on Irwin’s birthday (he died after being stung by a ray in 2006).
#SteveIrwin was killed while harassing a ray; he dangled his baby while feeding a crocodile & wrestled wild animals who were minding their own business. Today’s #GoogleDoodle sends a dangerous, fawning message. Wild animals are entitled to be left alone in their natural habitatshttps://t.co/9JfJiBhGLw
— PETA (@peta) February 22, 2019 Read more…
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