Animal rights group urges Crystal Palace to retire bald eagle mascot

Peta calls on club to never again use a live animal mascot‘There’s no reason to drag a wild animal into a stadium’A leading animal rights group has urged Crystal Palace to retire their American bald eagle mascot because, it says, the matchday experience can leave the bird “frightened, disoriented and panicked” and put spectators at risk.In a letter to Palace’s chief executive, Sharon Lacey, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) called on the club to end Phoenix’s appearances at Selhurst Park and commit never to use a live animal mascot again. Continue reading…

Peta has urged Crystal Palace to retire their eagle mascot because, it says, the matchday experience can leave the bird ‘frightened, disoriented and panicked’ Peta calls on club to never again use a live animal mascot ‘There’s no reason to drag a wild animal into a stadium’ A leading animal rights group has urged Crystal Palace to retire their American bald eagle mascot because, it says, the matchday experience can leave the bird “frightened, disoriented and panicked” and put spectators at risk.

In a letter to Palace’s chief executive, Sharon Lacey, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) called on the club to end Phoenix’s appearances at Selhurst Park and commit never to use a live animal mascot again. Palace, known as the Eagles since 1973 after the then manager Malcolm Allison changed their nickname from the Glaziers, introduced a pre-match display from Kayla the Eagle in 2010. She died in 2020 after a decade’s service but Kayla’s