PETA criticized the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins in letter over the team’s use of penguins for its pregame entertainment before the team took the ice against the Philadelphia Flyers in a game at Heinz Field last month. The Penguins and Flyers were set to play in front of a packed house at Heinz Field on Feb. 25 and a video shows penguins waddling across the ice, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Thursday. “The penguins who attended the Winter Classic are some of the same penguins that participate in our weekend Penguins on Parade event,” Gray said. In addition, it was a great enrichment opportunity for our penguins to be introduced to new sounds, sights, and smells. The Post-Gazette reported that the NHL was responsible for the pregame show and not the Penguins franchise.

Source: Fox News March 05, 2017 11:15 UTC