PETA should be protesting Yoshi's presence in SMB games.
Cloning dinosaur DNA just to bring it back as a glorified donkey for Mario to ride on....I mean that's just shameful and really sends the wrong idea
Not to mention the countless turtles that he's stomped on and sent to drown in some random, bottomless well.
The guy's a sick freak and now that I really reflect on it, Super Mario Bros. has always been, at it's core, about brutal carnage and animal exploitation.