Post by larry on Jun 28, 2008 20:28:36 GMT -5
ATHENS, Ga. — The University of Georgia’s mascot, Uga VI, has died of congestive heart failure.
The university said Saturday that the 9-year-old English bulldog died after being taken to a veterinarian. Its owner found the mascot breathing heavily at home the night before.
The dog became the mascot in 1999 for the school’s teams.
He was a regular on the sidelines of home football games in a shirt stitched with the letter ‘G.’
Damon Evans, the university’s athletics director, called it a “sad day for the entire Bulldog nation.”
The university said Saturday that the 9-year-old English bulldog died after being taken to a veterinarian. Its owner found the mascot breathing heavily at home the night before.
The dog became the mascot in 1999 for the school’s teams.
He was a regular on the sidelines of home football games in a shirt stitched with the letter ‘G.’
Damon Evans, the university’s athletics director, called it a “sad day for the entire Bulldog nation.”