Mike Tyson in his Animal Planet series "Taking On Tyson"
*People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals demonstrated outside Mike Tyson’s suburban home in Nevada to protest the former boxing champion’s role in pigeon racing.
PETA’s Lisa Lange says the protest followed Sunday night’s debut of the Animal Planet show, “Taking on Tyson.” It features Tyson competing with pigeon racers in the New York City area.
Henderson police spokesman Todd Rasmussen said Tuesday the PETA demonstration on Monday outside Tyson’s gated hillside neighborhood was peaceful.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that some of the 20 protesters carried signs reading, “Featherweights: No match for a Heavyweight,” and “Mike doesn’t give pigeons a fighting chance.”
Tyson has been a pigeon racing breeder and fan since childhood in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Meanwhile, Tyson was a guest on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” this week to promote his reality show. Watch below.
Does PETA protest outside of the homes of rich white people who race HORSES?
I was thinking on similar lines.
Is there anything that black people do with animals which they approve of?
Well we know they didn’t approve of Mike Vick’s treatment of animals. Now it’s Mike Tyson…maybe it’s the MIKE’S!
PETA needs to go eat a cheeseburger.