This is the college student who was filmed biting the head off a live hamster , DailyMail.com can reveal . Brady Eaves , 18 , is a University of Mississippi scholar , Phi Delta Theta fraternity brother , star football player , and stepson of one-time Mississippi Governor candidate John Arthur Eaves Jr , who is now an esteemed pro-life lawyer . Sources close to Eaves told DailyMail.com he was top of his class at private Jackson Preparatory School , and described him as an 'animal lover ' whose numerous pets include a raccoon and a parrot . However , on Saturday the teenager from Madison , MS , swept the internet in a video that showed him pull a hamster from a cage , bite off its head , and hurl its body into the distance - shrieking with laughter . According to sources connected to the incident , the party of college students force-fed the hamster vodka and 'hot-boxed ' its cage with marijuana before the sickening stunt . The footage , allegedly filmed during a drunken spring break party in Florida , could see Eaves charged with felony animal cruelty charges , which carry a maximum jail term of five years and $ 5,000 in fines . His stepfather John Arthur Eaves Jr , a born-again Christian who was slammed for blaming unemployment on the state 's Hispanic population during his 2007 election campaign , has yet to respond to DailyMail.com 's request for a comment . WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT - SCROLL DOWN FOR EXCLUSIVE VIDEO . Pictured : This is Brady Eaves ( right ) , the privately-educated fraternity brother , described by friends as an 'animal lover ' , who was filmed biting the head off a live hamster during a drunken spring break party . Horrific : This video shows University of Mississippi student Brady Eaves , 18 , biting the head off a live hamster at a spring break party in Florida . The stunt could see him charged with felony animal cruelty . A censored picture of the hamster 's head and front arms shared exclusively with DailyMail.com via Snapchat . Elite family : His stepfather is John Arthur Eaves Jr , pictured with his mother Angel Eaves , during the 2007 campaign for governor of Mississippi . Eaves Jr , the Democratic candidate , lost and is now a pro-life lawyer . Now CEO of Eaves Law Firm in Jackson , Mississippi , Eaves Jr has unsuccessfully run for state governor and U.S. Congress . He lost to the Republican incumbent Haley Barbour , winning 42 per cent of the vote , following controversial claims about the state 's growing Latino population . His clients today include victims of the Costa Concordia cruise boat crash . He has three sons from his first marriage , and a young daughter with Brady 's mother , advertising executive Angel Eaves , in leafy Madison , MS . In the video , his stepson Brady is surrounded by friends in beachwear who shriek with laughter as he pulls the animal from a blue cage . He is a star soccer player with a scholarship at the University of Mississippi where he is a Phi Delt brother . Eaves ( circled ) is pictured at Jackson Preparatory School after winning his scholarship to college . Graphic : He bites , spits , then throws the rest of the animal over a fence . Sources close to Eaves described him as an 'animal lover ' who has numerous pets including a raccoon and a parrot at home in Madison , MS. Beaming : Eaves , and other party-goers , shriek with laughter and beam gleefully into the camera . Sources told DailyMail.com the students force-fed the hamster vodka and 'hot-boxed ' its cage with marijuana . The footage starts with the voice of one party-goer balking : 'Oh my f***ing God ! No way ! ' Others can be heard jeering : 'So good ! So good ! ' Hurling the hamster over a fence , Eaves bellows a yell as others are seen grinning and laughing behind him . The video was uploaded to YouTube on Friday night under the name 'psycho drunk spring breaker bites head off of hamster ' . Within minutes , it was removed from the video-sharing site for violating its codes of conduct . Caching the video , animal rights group PETA launched a manhunt to track Eaves down . Screaming : Eaves bellows a yell and smiles into the camera as party-goers look on open-mouthed . Stephanie Bell , PETA 's Cruelty Casework Director , told DailyMail.com they plan to press charges . 'It is horrific . We do n't know who this man is but we are working to track him down and prosecute , ' Bell said . 'Animal abuse is a community concern . People who abuse animals rarely do so only once and almost never stop there . 'The link between cruelty to animals and inter-personal violence is undeniable . Many of our nation 's serial killers and most school shooters share a history of animal abuse . 'Often , humans and animals are abused at the same time . For example , the guy who kicks the family dog is likely abusing his spouse and children too . Cruelty to animals is always a red flag . '
Brady Eaves , 18 , was filmed biting the head off a live hamster at a party . He is the stepson of John Arthur Eaves Jr , Democratic candidate for marijuana governor in 2007 , now an esteemed pro-life lawyer . The teenager is a University of marijuana scholar , Phi Delta Theta frat member , star soccer player , was a top student at private school in Jackson . Sources told DailyMail.com he is an 'animal lover ' with a pet raccoon . They said Eaves and his friends fed the hamster vodka and 'hot-boxed ' its cage with Mississippi before the sickening stunt was caught on camera . Eaves could be charged with felony animal cruelty charges if it was filmed in Florida , where there is 5-year maximum jail term and $ 5,000 fine .