Things like that happen every time animals are featured in popular movies. Rescues have been flooded with unwanted dalmatians after the Disney movie; St. Bernhards became fashionable, after 'Beethoven' etc. With wild animals this is surely worse. A clear statement against it from JKR and WB is the least they can do.
I remember the reaction of the German children's book author Cornelia Funke (Inkheart; Thief Lord), when she was informed that a group of girls formed a gang and bullied their classmates under the names of her series 'Die Wilden Hühner (Wild Chicks)'. Funke not only addressed it at her website, but met with the victims and the bullying girls and forbid the use of the name. She said it is totally unacceptable that her books should be used as inspiration for such behaviour by so-called fans.
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Date: 2010-11-04 08:35 am (UTC)With wild animals this is surely worse. A clear statement against it from JKR and WB is the least they can do.
I remember the reaction of the German children's book author Cornelia Funke (Inkheart; Thief Lord), when she was informed that a group of girls formed a gang and bullied their classmates under the names of her series 'Die Wilden Hühner (Wild Chicks)'. Funke not only addressed it at her website, but met with the victims and the bullying girls and forbid the use of the name. She said it is totally unacceptable that her books should be used as inspiration for such behaviour by so-called fans.