The 1,700-pound longhorn paced in its makeshift pen as the 60-pound bulldog trotted over toward the giant steer to say hello.
It was more than an hour before the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day, pitting college football teams Texas against Georgia, and this was one of the hundreds of photo ops before the big game.
The moment that unfolded got very scary before it became cute and went viral, but one familiar voice in the debate on animals’ place in the world is calling it a “near-tragedy.”
That’s right; it’s People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA.