Yeah, and remember in the DP series when Ash actually became encased inside of Pauls former Chimchars fire, once its Blaze became activated. Then he bit Ash in the arm... So Ash was set on fire, and bit, at the same time by his Chimchar and he still kept on hugging it and never let go, until Chimchar calmed down. And that is just one example... Or how about the time when Dawn would feed poffins to Mamoswine even though it hated dawn when it first evolved and would always disobey her. She kept at it, and treated it with love and affection by letting watch contests, protecting it, giving it peace offerings, complimenting it, and even saving it's life.
It is almost as if some people in the world only look for the bad things, or evil in people, and then make them out to be some sort of criminal/monster. You can not overlook the good...In Pokemon 99.99% of the time, the good outweighs the bad, so PETA needs to get over it... Especially if all they want is money from a law suit..