After a few recent bans and a near-disastrous incident from a few years back, PETA has once again urged the Southeastern Conference to not allow Texas to have its live mascot, longhorn Bevo, at Friday's Cotton Bowl playoff game. Bevo was banned from Texas' last two games away from the Lone Star State, both at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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Friday's College Football Playoff Semifinal will be played in Arlington's AT&T Stadium, about three hours north of campus and Bevo's natural habitat. Bevo is slated to be in the Dallas Metroplex for the Cotton Bowl, where the winner will face Notre Dame in the national championship on January 20.
That has not stopped PETA from sending a letter to SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey about the matter. 'Dear Commissioner Sankey: PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) was highly concerned to see that Bevo would be attending the Cotton Bowl Classic at the AT&T Stadium this Friday,' the letter stated. 'After being banned from the SEC Championship game in December and the Peach Bowl on New Year’s Day because of safety and sideline space issues, it is wildly irresponsible to allow him to attend the Cotton Bowl Classic. We urge you to bar this senseless and dangerous stunt.'.
PETA has urged the SEC to not allow live mascot Bevo on the sidelines of the Cotton Bowl. Texas is set to play Ohio State in the CFP semifinal on Friday evening with their longhorn in tow. I’ll never forgive Bevo for this pic.twitter.com/33iIWIbEAB. 'Bevo deserves to spend his days grazing with his herd. Being forced into a stadium full of bright lights, screaming fans, and frightening noises is stressful - even terrifying - for sensitive, intelligent animals like longhorns, and this stress could cause Bevo to react in ways that might result in injury to himself or others, as we saw back in 2019 when he charged Uga at the Sugar Bowl.'.
