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Sigh...and Loot Lefton is worth $1800 per night at your local 5-star, European hotel...yeah, right!

Please, dear PETA folks, don't forget that you're dealing with an administration that has very little regard for either the queers or domestic partners on "their" campus, eh?

Perhaps you should request a "fact-finder" to help determine the legitimacy of your desires.

I have always been taught that to succeed in life, you need to pick the right battles. PETA please do not further waste your time with this issue and move on. By no means is this a cruel act and the care that is provided to the Eagle is the best you can find. As well, Kent State is one of the more liberal schools in the state. Taking this into consideration, would the administration at all jeopardize any animals well being? Acts like ths continue to diminish the perceived public purpose of PETA.

I just don't understand the purpose of the eagle. That bird has to be freaking out with all the air horns, the band, bright lights. I thought it was supposed to be rehabilitated not exploited.

I saw this majestic bird flying free in Alaska. Free is what it belongs to be. If you need a living mascot on a leash, let me modestly propose you make it any or all administrators at Kent State University. That's right; move from the highest form of a living being to the absolute lowest.

PETA is right, we should lose the bird and instead adopt the black squirrel as our mascot. Then we can cage up a black squirrel and flaunt that little black ba$tard all over town.

PETA is worthless. Remember, PETA cares about the STATUS of the animal, not the animal itself. Who cares that the eagle is rehabbing, set it loose, it doesn't deserve to be cooped up.

That is PETA's stance and that will never change. Until PETA changes their stance to actually care about the animals they think they protect with all their nut job ads, I will remain an avid supporter of the other PETA, People for the Eating of Tasty Animals.

I understand Kent is trying to "raise awareness" about nature and get people to reconnect with nature and the natural world again, but I don't think the best place to attack this issue is at a college basketball game. I'm sure most of the students in the stands would be intrigued by the eagle while it was out and then not give it (or nature) any more further thought, focusing their attention back to the basketball game, which is why they are in a gymnasium in the first place.
I, however, do not understand how Kent is allowed to spend so much money on this bird. "Back To The Wild received an initial $5,000 payment for use of Flash and receives $1,000 each time she visits Kent State, $750 for each photo session and a $1,000 annual fee to use her." It makes me outraged that this is where my tuition money is going, and this is coming from one of the biggest animal lovers on the planet. If given the choice of getting some of your tuition money back or being able to look at an eagle during half time, the first option would be chosen by so many more people. Kent really needs to rethink how it is spending it's money, since we are the second highest costly state for college tuition, as I also read in the paper today. It's a good thing all our money is being spent to enhance our educational experience.

Okay, I see what PETA is saying, but the bird has a permanent injury and due to this cannot be released back into the wild. The eagle is being taken care of and trust me, its life could be a lot worse. Im sorry but I cannot personally stand PETA. They talk about how animals deserve fair treatment, yet they are for breed specific legislation (BSL). I know this is off topic but this is when certain breeds of dogs are banned from areas because they are "violent" breeds. Did you know that there are more labrador bites than pitbull bites each year? When a pitbull is properly raised it can be one of the nicest dogs on earth. It's not the dogs, it's the owners!

PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals

PETA are a whole bunch of stupid hippy wacks so brainwashed on their BORN FREE type ideas they have no idea that these live animals mascots are well cared for or is PETA just looking for more suckers to join their rediclous cult of animal worshippers

PETA is a bunch of stuoidhead idiots why dont they help injured animals instead of pushing their rediculous philosephies on us all

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No other Kent State team will be affected
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PETA is so stupid if they had their way all animals would be running loose and starving all becuase PETA is run by a bunch of jerks PETA IS FOR THE EXTREMLY STUPID ONLY