[DWSUWF]

An alternative here would be to substitute for the cub a naked PETAfreak™, duct-taped to a hand truck a la Hannibal Lector in 'Silence of the Lambs'.

A small telephone crank generator could be wired to the PETAfreak's nether regions and cranked athletically when the home team scores.

"Two bits, four bits, six bits a dollar! All for Massillon stand up and holler!"

[bleudevil]

Don't they have enough trouble there already?

[Lunatic Fringe]

PETA says public appearances are stressful for exotic animals.

They were stressful for Elvis, too.

[Contra]

Is PETA going to saying anything regarding bin laden's group killing puppies with poison gas? Are they going to write mr. bin laden a letter of complaint or make some kind of formal statement of protest?

[archy]

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wrote Massillon City Schools Superintendent Al Hennon Monday. They asked that the district stop using tiger cubs from a show farm as mascots.

Ha! They may go after those high school cubs, but I bet they don't get very far with big ol' swettie Tom, mascot of the University of Memphis Tiger teams. Of course, he was a little cub once, back when the schiool was still called Memphis State....