by Its_Immanis - 9 years ago     show comments

In early December Blizzard announced the release of a new battle pet available through the shop, Argi the Space Goat. Like previous special pets, Argi would be used to raise money for a specific charitable cause. The charity selected for this pet was the American Red Cross to support their efforts in Ebola relief.

Earlier today Blizzard posted a blog announcing that through purchases of both individual Argi pets and the Grinning Reaver mount bundle which included Argi, they were able to donate more than $1.9 million dollars to Ebola relief efforts.

Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of World of Warcraft players around the world who purchased the Argi pet, we’ve raised a total of more than 1.9 million USD to support the ongoing Ebola relief efforts in Africa by the Red Cross. In December, we announced that for every Argi purchased by December 31, 2014, 100% of the adoption fee would be going to assist in aiding in the fight against this deadly disease — and the community embraced this cute little intergalactic nibbler, helping out a great cause in the process. Thanks again to everyone who helped make a difference.

This is yet another example of the Warcraft community and Blizzard coming together to do amazing things not only for each other, but for people all around the world.