Baltimore's African white-naped raven

Baltimore is training a live bird to serve as a team mascot. I bet PETA hates this sort of thing. Hopefully they complain loudly. Not because I don't like the prospect of having a real, live African white-naped raven flying around the stadium, but because PETA never raises much of a fuss unless the quote-unquote offender is a high-profile target, and unless the Ravens win a bunch of games this year, that won't be the case. From Ken Murray at the Baltimore Sun: "If all goes as planned, at least one of the birds will make an appearance at the team's Westminster training camp next month. And at least one will fly out of a smoky tunnel at M&T Bank Stadium ahead of the players when the Ravens face the Cincinnati Bengals on Sept. 7, and at every home game thereafter. The season opener will mark not just the dawning of the John Harbaugh coaching era, but a new Baltimore tradition."