Godday Superbowl Ad Makes A "joke" Of Animal Cruelty.

[JuniperPark]

As someone who has done work and contributed a lot of money to animal rescue over the years, this is highly offensive and inappropriate. There is nothing "funny" about backyard breeders, animal sellers, or people who transport animals unsafely. We have to kill almost 4 million dogs a year because of idiots who abuse them and more idiots who keep breeding more for profit.

 

[vital]

pretty poor ad.

 

[Jack Gordon]

oh my god.

that is horrendous.

please tell me it is a hoax.

 

[Vanster]

Seems to be the official GoDaddy youtube account.

I hope "Buddy" was acquired by a loving owner that will train him well and above all, feed him good quality, nutrient rich dog food

 

[draggar]

Apparently it was their real ad but rumor has it that it has been pulled.

IMO that ad was in extremely poor taste.

 

[Dorkside]

Video seems to have gone private. Anyone have a mirror?

 

[Gerry]

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...r-bowl-puppy-ad-controversy-article-1.2094705

Ad was deemed related to a puppy mill organization.

And, the person taking the puppy away at the end of the ad is Danica Patrick.


Looks like this ad is getting a colder reception than the Blizzard of '15.

 

[JuniperPark]

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...r-bowl-puppy-ad-controversy-article-1.2094705

Ad was deemed related to a puppy mill organization.

And, the person taking the puppy away at the end of the ad is Danica Patrick.


Looks like this ad is getting a colder reception than the Blizzard of '15.

The ad has now been pulled, it seems my friend Laura Nativo's tweets to the CEO finally got to them.

Glad they pulled the ad, but the fact that they even made it shows that they are some seriously sick individuals. I guess they'll have to go to Plan B... in which a black man is kidnapped off the street, dragged behind a pickup truck, then "sold" on a Godaddy website by a rich white girl.

 

[domainoid]

to op: video says private and does not play.

 

[JuniperPark]

to op: video says private and does not play.

Like I said, the ad has been pulled.

 

[Biggie]

Like I said, the ad has been pulled.

From Danica's boobs, to Bob shooting an elephant, to producing a commercial throwing a puppy out the window, what will GD do next for attention?

imo....

 

[domainoid]

saw it online. disturbing to watch for any pet lover and they dare make fun of it.
the subject of selling pets to strangers who may abuse them and may be more disgusting than the pet owners on the ad can't be funny.

 

[Biggie]

in response to that GD screw-up

sedo is running a rotating ad on their home page that says " At Sedo, puppies are in the best of hands... like your domains"

 

[domainoid]

and a dog's life is valuable just like an elephant's.

danica agreed to be the driver of the car that takes the dog at the end. what was she thinking of?? it's probably in her contract to do as bob says.

 

[Jack Gordon]

It is easy to sit back and critique that hideous misfire... but I wonder what it would take to see the conversation shift to how we as a community react to such behavior?

GD is a behemoth in registrar land. Maybe they feel invulnerable to public opinion?

Personally, I have never been a fan and don't keep domains there past their next renewal date. But if they lost a good chunk of the 47 million dog households in the US, maybe they would become a bit less stupid?

As a marketer, I just don't see how heads don't roll from this. Well, with a proud elephant hunter at the helm, I guess I do. But the bigger point is that there should be market consequences for being so offensive, not just a bunch of tut-tuts.

 

[JuniperPark]

It is easy to sit back and critique that hideous misfire... but I wonder what it would take to see the conversation shift to how we as a community react to such behavior?

GD is a behemoth in registrar land. Maybe they feel invulnerable to public opinion?

Personally, I have never been a fan and don't keep domains there past their next renewal date. But if they lost a good chunk of the 47 million dog households in the US, maybe they would become a bit less stupid?

As a marketer, I just don't see how heads don't roll from this. Well, with a proud elephant hunter at the helm, I guess I do. But the bigger point is that there should be market consequences for being so offensive, not just a bunch of tut-tuts.

I agree.

As I learned when I tried to stop a huge fundraiser a few years ago for an animal abuser who had been SHUT DOWN by authorities (and getting people to raise money to put him back in business), most people care but there are some that don't. Even when mass graves were discovered behind the abusers "rescue shelter", some people said they didn't care, it was publicity for them and free drinks.

I certainly think less of Godaddy, and you're right, they seem to be OK knowing they have some sick, perverted individuals on their staff, and they don't seem to care.