blogs.ajc.com - 11/24/2009
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While it sounds like something Georgia Tech might suggest, Tim Bryant with WGAU (1340AM) in Athens just posted this:
People for Ethical Treatment of Animals has a suggestion for the University of Georgia, which is looking for a replacement for Uga VII, the Georgia Bulldog mascot who died last ...
onlineathens.com - 11/25/2009
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onlineathens.com —
An animal rights organization has asked the University
of Georgia to quit using a live bulldog as...
the school's athletic mascot. Instead, PETA suggests, the Bulldogs could use a robot dog or costumed mascot, like Hairy Dawg or inflatable Spike, to ...
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UGA draws PETA protest
1340wgau.com - 11/24/2009
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1340wgau.com —
People for Ethical Treatment of Animals has a
suggestion for the University of Georgia, which is looking...
for a replacement for Uga VII, the Georgia Bulldog mascot who died last week in Savannah: PETA says the University should use what it calls an ...
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WGAU Local News on 1340wgau.com
onlineathens.com - 11/24/2009
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onlineathens.com —
An animal rights organization is asking the University
of Georgia to quit using a live bulldog as...
the school s athletic mascot. Instead, PETA suggests, the Bulldogs could use an animatronic or costumed mascot, like Hairy Dawg or inflatable Spike, to ...
(more)
PETA: Give up Uga tradition
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PETA Implores Georgia to Use 'Robot Bulldog' for Next Mascot
FanHouse —
... Events A recent FanHouse post on the tragic (albeit peaceful!) death of Uga VII inspired some emotional responses from the passionate readership. So I'm pretty excited to find out what folks think about the latest news regarding the Georgia Bulldogs mascot. PETA, the ever-popular, never-annoying animal rights activists, want an animatronic bulldog to take the place of the real live bulldog. Yeah, I know. I wish I was kidding too. Via the Atlanta Journal Constitution: PETA Implores Georgia to Use 'Robot Bulldog' for ...
BEHOLD THE FUTURE OF UGA MASCOTING: ROBODAWG
Every Day Should Be Saturday —
... PETA really is onto something here: a robotic mascot prevents so many of the issues confronting universities who use live mascots while providing opportunities live mascots can never offer. ...
PETA says the time has come for the SEC's first robot mascot
Dr. Saturday —
... welfare," although their point seems to depend at least in part on the dodgy ethicality of existing as a bulldog in the first place. Obviously, flesh and blood will reign in Georgia for the foreseeable future, but the times, they change: If the animal rights lobby comes back in 50 or 60 years with a hunk of barking metal that occasionally attacks unwitting Auburn players who wander too close, they may have a shot with Uga XXIV.
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Hat tip: AJC, via EDSBS.
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