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After the University of Georgia<\/a> won its second consecutive national championship, PETA called attention to the school’s use of a live bulldog for a mascot.<\/p>\n

The group claimed last month<\/a> the school’s use of Uga “drives demand for breathing-impaired breeds (BIBs),” like pugs, boxers and English and French bulldogs.”<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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Two former Bulldog players snapped back at PETA and defended the use of Uga.<\/p>\n

“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.”<\/p>\n

Former running back Knowshon Moreno<\/a> echoed King’s comments.<\/p>\n

“You’d be getting rid of a lot of tradition,” he said. “I feel like those pets live the best lives. \u2026 Uga live the life.”<\/p>\n

Uga might even get better treatment on road trips than the players, King said.<\/p>\n

“Even on away games, you get on the plane. Uga’s the first seat on the plane. \u2026 Uga’s very well treated,” he added.<\/p>\n

PETA wrote that<\/a> using a live mascot is “outdated.”<\/p>\n

“As the back-to-back national champion, can\u2019t UGA find it in its heart to honestly examine the impact of its promotion of deformed dogs and call time on its outdated, live-animal mascot program?” PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital last month. “PETA is calling on (University of Georgia president) Jere Morehead to be a peach and replace poor Uga with a human mascot who can support the team in a winning way.<\/p>\n

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“PETA \u2014 whose motto reads, in part, that \u2018animals are not ours to use for entertainment\u2019 and which opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview \u2014 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.”<\/p>\n

Despite multiple pleas from the organization<\/a>, it doesn’t look like there will be a change.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We are proud of our beloved mascot and grateful for the excellent care provided by Uga\u2019s devoted owners, the Seiler family,” Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks said in a statement last month to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

There have been 10 “Ugas” since the mascot was first introduced in 1956, each a descendant of the original Uga.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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