PETA
Pissed At UConn …
Livid Over Goat Dealing with At Auriemma Ceremony
UConn’s reside goat reward to Geno Auriemma on Wednesday night time has infuriated animal rights activists … with PETA telling TMZ Sports activities it did not suppose the scene was cool in any respect.
Officers for the group mentioned in a press release to us on Thursday it was obvious to them the goat was below duress as a handler introduced it onto the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion court docket to have fun Auriemma’s 1,217th profession victory.
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PETA claimed the goat “was visibly anxious” — and to make issues worse, it mentioned the particular person main it “both did not discover or did not care that his collar was digging into his neck.”
The org. mentioned it’s going to be sending UConn a letter later this week to induce the varsity “to make this merciless courtside spectacle its final.”
“The College of Connecticut cannot conn individuals into considering it is okay to topic a stressed-out animal out to the chaos of brilliant lights and screaming followers,” PETA added.
UConn clearly did not see a lot mistaken the gesture … as Auriemma and different Huskies fortunately spent a number of minutes with it following their 85-41 win over FDU.
Auriemma pet it, spectators took pics with it … and the teaching legend even made a joke about its bowel actions.
As for what occurred to the goat following the festivities, college officers informed us Thursday it was returned to the native farm it was borrowed from simply after the on-court celebration concluded.
