This week, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) called for Georgia to retire Uga X, the university’s live mascot.
PETA took a clip from Georgia’s win over Texas A&M of Uga sitting in his doghouse avoiding the hard rainfall that most of the 93,000 other people were sitting in.
“HE LOOKS MISERABLE! No dog deserves to be packed up, carted from state to state, and paraded in front of a stadium full of screaming fans,” PETA said in its tweet. “Animals are NOT mascots. UGA Athletics must retire Uga immediately! He should be at home with a loving family.”
At this point, it was clear that PETA had messed with the wrong fans, school and dog.
Ok, PETA, listen up. You need to back it up. Whoever wrote that tweet would probably love to live the life of Que (Uga’s given name).
He has his own personal bedroom and car at home in Savannah, he is pampered like no dog I’ve ever seen before, he enjoys Georgia games from the comfort of his sideline doghouse that has both heating and AC and he is to us what Hachiko is to Japan (great movie).
And by the way, I have a bulldog who is loved like crazy, enjoys swimming during the summer, gets to do pretty much whatever he wants, travels with me and eats like royalty – and he still never looks happy. It’s how the breed looks and literally anybody who has ever seen a bulldog knows they always look pissed off.
Georgia fans swarmed on this one like crazy. Talking about calling the Dawgs.
Here are our favorite responses to PETA’s ridiculous tweet.
Next time I recommend you do your research, PETA.
