“Even on away games, you get on the plane. Uga’s the first seat on the plane. … Uga’s very well treated.”
The group claimed last month the school’s use of Uga “drives demand for breathing-impaired breeds ,” like pugs, boxers and English and French bulldogs.”
The animal rights organization called on the school to discontinue its use of Uga and to be “a winner not only in football but also in its treatment of” animals.“I don’t think folks know how good of a life Uga lives,” former punter Tavarres King told TMZ Sports. “That dog’s loved, bro. Chill out, PETA.”“You’d be getting rid of a lot of tradition,” he said. “I feel like those pets live the best lives. … Uga live the life.
“Even on away games, you get on the plane. Uga’s the first seat on the plane. … Uga’s very well treated,” he added.Georgia’s mascot Uga IX is carried into Bobby Dodd Stadium during the traditional Dawg Walk in 2014.
UGA during a game between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the University of Georgia Bulldogs on Nov. 27, 2021 at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.“PETA — whose motto reads, in part, that ‘animals are not ours to use for entertainment’ and which opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview — notes that Uga is a living, feeling being, not a toy to be carted to chaotic football stadiums across the country and trotted out in front of scores of screaming fans.
There have been 10 “Ugas” since the mascot was first introduced in 1956, each a descendant of the original Uga.
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