PETA Is Not Happy That Google Used a Camel To Get a Desert "StreetView"

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PETA Is Not Happy That Google Used a Camel To Get a Desert "StreetView"

Posted by samzenpus on Monday October 13, 2014 @02:34AM from the the-camera-that-broke-the-camels-back dept.

First time accepted submitter flopwich writes Google used a camel-mounted camera to get a 'street view' of a stretch of desert in the United Arab Emirates. PETA's director Ingrid E. Newkirk is upset about it, saying they should have used jeeps. "These days, jeeps are in common use in the desert, as are light planes and even dune buggies, and satellite images could also easily have been taken instead," she said. "(Google) should leave camels out of its activites altogether."

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And? by Hartree · 2014-10-13 02:36 · Score: 5, Funny

It's Ingrid Newkirk. What did you expect?
1. Re: And? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-13 02:41 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Would someone please think of the camels?!?!?!?
2. Re:And? by bondsbw · 2014-10-13 04:32 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I worked at a Chick-fil-A about 15 years ago. A man walked up to me and asked for the corporate office number.
  Me:
  
  Sure thing, can I ask what this is in regards to?
  Him, holding up a table-top display:
  
  I am a member of PETA. I do not like what you are doing to these cows, making them stand up and hold signs while wearing costumes.
  I'm pretty sure I started laughing, until I noticed the guy was completely straight-faced.
  
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dolphin? by leomekenkamp · 2014-10-13 02:37 · Score: 5, Funny

If Google had used a dolphin, I would say that the PETA would have a point.

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1. Re:dolphin? by Overzeetop · 2014-10-13 02:43 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Especially for a desert data collection mission.
  
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  Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
2. Re:dolphin? by Austerity+Empowers · 2014-10-13 02:56 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  The standards are pretty low... you may as well.
Re:PETA won't be happy until all animals are extin by Major+Blud · 2014-10-13 02:53 · Score: 4, Funny

Please think of the bacteria!

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