{"id":131989,"date":"2025-08-09T15:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T15:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/131989\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T15:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T15:05:08","slug":"krakens-viral-bear-video-earns-peta-letter-about-fishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/131989\/","title":{"rendered":"Kraken’s viral bear video earns PETA letter about fishing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Watch bear charge at Seattle Kraken mascot in Alaska<\/p>\n

Seattle Kraken mascot Buoy and player John Hayden were startled by a bear during the team’s annual trip to Alaska.<\/p>\n

Seattle Kraken<\/a> mascot Buoy avoided getting caught when a bear interrupted a fishing excursion<\/a> in Alaska this summer.<\/p>\n

But the viral video caught the attention of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The animal rights group sent a letter about fishing<\/a> to Kraken CEO Tod Leiweke.<\/p>\n

“Buoy has wisely advised fans on\u00a0Instagram\u00a0to\u00a0‘always respect wildlife in their natural habitat,’ but fishing sends the opposite message \u2014 one that says it\u2019s OK to injure or kill animals,” PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk wrote. “A\u00a0recent study\u00a0shows that fish gasp and endure intense pain for over 20 minutes after being taken out of water \u2014 and even when they\u2019re tossed back, they have been mutilated.<\/p>\n

“In fact, fish who are released after\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0hooked often die slowly from their injuries and the trauma of being handled. Imagine having a hook through your mouth, then having it yanked out, and being released. Hardly harmless.”<\/p>\n

Buoy, a troll, and Kraken forward\u00a0John Hayden<\/a>\u00a0were on a fly fishing outing near Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park as part of the team’s annual partnership trip with the Bristol Bay Native Corp. A bear appeared on the shoreline and began approaching, causing everyone to scatter. The bear charged toward the mascot but turned around.<\/p>\n

In addition to the viral video, Buoy posted a picture of a fish that was caught on the trip.<\/p>\n

“Just as a grizzly bear decided to\u00a0keep\u00a0Buoy off his plate that day in Alaska, we hope your team will keep fish and other animals off theirs,” Newkirk wrote. “Thank you for your consideration.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Watch bear charge at Seattle Kraken mascot in Alaska Seattle Kraken mascot Buoy and player John Hayden were…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":131990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[934,4749,17969,19302,75883,1571,5382,293,47551,159,2086,2999,62,67,132,68,4748,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-131989","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-alaska","9":"tag-animal","10":"tag-animal-welfare","11":"tag-fishing","12":"tag-kraken","13":"tag-national","14":"tag-national-sports","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-peta","17":"tag-science","18":"tag-seattle","19":"tag-seattle-kraken","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-welfare","25":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114999428726014797","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}