Animal advocacy group PETA has sent a letter to NCAA Southeastern Conference (SEC) Commissioner Greg Sankey, urging him to prevent University of Texas (UT) at Austin from bringing its live longhorn steer mascot, Bevo, to Friday’s Cotton Bowl Classic game against Ohio State University.
Bevo XV, the fifteenth Texas longhorn to represent UT Austin as its live mascot in its athletic programs, made his debut during the 2016 season-opener game against Notre Dame, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
Though he is a very beloved animal amongst Longhorns fans, he was banned from December’s Peach Bowl due to there being “not enough room on the sidelines of Mercedes-Benz Stadium,” event organizers said in a statement.
The large animal also found himself in controversy in 2019 after
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