 Philippe <unk> stated that the scene in which Tintin shoots a herd of antelope was " enough to upset even the least ecological reader " in the 21st century . When India Book House first published the book in India in 2006 , that nation 's branch of the People for the <unk> Treatment of Animals issued a public criticism , and chief <unk> <unk> <unk> stated that the book was " replete with instances that send a message to young minds that it is acceptable to be cruel to animals . " 
