Should UGA Give Up Bulldog Mascots?
Should UGA give up their real bulldog mascot? PETA says yes.
Published: November 25, 2009
An animal rights organization says the use of a live bulldog mascot contributes to the breed’s health problems and wants the University of Georgia to consider an alternative.
PETA suggests Georgia could use a robot dog or a costumed mascot instead of the white English bulldogs that have represented the school at football games since 1956.
Last week, bulldog mascot Uga VII died at the age of 4, apparently of a heart ailment.
Desiree Acholla of PETA says bulldogs are prone to heart problems and other medical issues because of inbreeding.
Acholla made the comments in a letter to university athletic director Damon Evans. The Athens Banner-Herald reports that an assistant to Evans replied that the letter makes good points that deserve consideration, but promised no specific action.
Advertisement
Reader Reactions
Here is just another instance of how the animal right’s activists are using any available vehicle to push their agenda of ridiculousness forward. While there may be some inherited health problems with the current UGA line, the breeder can and probably is working to correct this. That is what responsible breeders do. AR (animal rights) people would rather erase purebred dogs from the face of the earth. They are currently attempting to push laws that destroy current breed standards that have been built over hundreds of years. In the end, many times their actions result in harming the very animals they profess to protect. Give us all a break on UGA and go do something worth while. And Friday come out to the Coastal Expo Center on Meding Street Friday - Monday to see purebred dogs shown at their finest, the very dogs PETA wants erased from the face of the earth.
Advertisement