The controversial fight, "Dog Wars" app, "Combat KG" was renamed and is back in the Android market.
Created by the developer of games Kage, "Combat KG" lets you "feed, water, train and your virtual dog-fight against other players." It caused quite a stir among groups of animals with human society and the American society for the prevention of cruelty to animals urging Google to remove the application more early this week.
"Android should abandon"Dog Wars"of its online marketplace and join the national movement to save the dogs of this violent practice," said Humane Society President Wayne Pacelle. "Because"Dog Wars' actually players gives on the manner of a dog using methods which are the standard in organized combat, this game the condition can be a ground of virtual training for aspiring dogfighters." His calendar and message are all wrong. ?
Perhaps the most famous build the former, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick also spoke out against the game.
"I have just learned the hard way this fight is a street without end," he said Monday in reference to its passage from 20 months in federal prison for a conviction of combat. "" "". Now I'm on the right side of this issue, and I think it is important to send the smart message for children and not glorify this form of cruelty to animals, even in an Android application. ?
The note of game manufacturers that it is "just a game" and its listed as "maturity."
"We have heard of the thoughts of many lovers of dog and animal of our app and first of all, as long as dog owners and dog lovers ourselves, we want to thank you for your thoughts and for the work that many of you are for our canine friends"reads the page in the application"" on the Android market. "We tolerate violence against animals or humans, and we are confident in the ability of humanity to make the distinction between a rudimentary game and the consequences of real life".
Google said the app was "deleted based on a complaint of infringement of trade mark", but the company refused to comment further on this subject.
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