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Peta has urged Crystal Palace to retire their eagle mascot because, it says, the matchday experience can leave the bird ‘frightened, disoriented and panicked’

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[-] CombatWombat@feddit.online 0 points 1 week ago

I generally find PETA to be a bit over-the-top but this seems like it's not going particularly well?

In the letter seen by the Guardian, Peta said bright lights, loud noises and boisterous crowds mean stadiums are “no place for animals” and potentially put animals and spectators at risk. It detailed incidents of eagles that have collided with walls or glass windows and a falcon that landed on a spectator’s head, embedding its talons in the man’s scalp. Peta also referred to an incident involving Kayla in 2015 when a Charlton fan was found guilty of trying to punch her during a League Cup tie marred by crowd trouble.

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago

just get someone to dress up in a bird costume and leave the actual animals out of the games

I am generally 50/50 with Peta but this one makes sense

this reminds me of my only real Peta interaction, I remember once at some kind of public gathering, I was looking at the stickers on the Peta table and of course they put good looking young ladies behind those tables. They started talking to me and I said that I was not a vegan because that isn't right for me, my heritage is native american and my chemistry just barely tolerated vegetarianism. I said it was more important that I respect and understand what I was eating and that if I ate a fish, I knew I was eating a fish and I valued its life and I understood I was taking its energy and making it mine. So I had to make sure that I respect fish environments so that they can flourish and reproduce so when I take one, I do not harm the whole.

One of them told me that she wasnt going to sleep with me if I ate meat

I was like WTF I am married (showed her my ring) and I wasn't even interested in you. Why would you assume that?

They just ignored me and went to talk amongst themselves.

so thats my Peta story and it still is crazy to think about

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