PETA speaks out against SMU’s usage of live mascot Peruna at ACC Championship game
SMU announced that it would be bringing Peruna IX, its black Shetland pony live mascot which has been tradition since 1932, ...
SMU Mascot Peruna Roasts Bevo for Being Too Large to Attend SEC Title Game
Texas and SMU haven't met on the gridiron since 1995—the last year the two schools played together in the old Southwest ...
Pony up: The interesting tales of SMU’s 9 generations of ‘feisty’ Peruna mascots
Peruna, SMU's live mascot, is a black Shetland pony that gallops on the field after the football team scores. Peruna has been ...
Did SMU's pony really kill another mascot?
Yes, as legend has it, one of Peruna's predecessors allegedly kicked the Fordham Ram mascot -- a live ram -- so hard that it ...
PETA calls on SMU to end live mascot program ahead of Peruna’s appearance ACC title game
PETA has called on SMU to end its live mascot program after the Mustangs announced the Peruna would attend the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game against Clemson on Saturday.
PETA asks SMU to spare pony mascot from ‘fear and stress’ at ACC championship game
Animal organization writes letter to the university, asking it to keep Peruna IX, a Shetland pony away from Bank of America ...
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SMU horse Peruna joining team for ACC championship against Clemson
SMU is bringing all its horsepower—literally—to the ACC Championship. Their live mascot, the Shetland pony Peruna IX, will ...
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Did SMU's pony really kill another mascot?
DALLAS — Peruna, SMU's built-like-a-middle-linebacker miniature pony of a mascot, had to flex on Texas' Bevo this week when news came down that the famed Longhorn wouldn't be allowed to travel ...
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Peruna don’t lie.
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