Animal rights activists have repeatedly called for college sports teams to stop using real animals as their mascots. Are these complaints fair or an overreaction?

Byrn is also a University of Colorado alumnus. However, she's never supported her alma mater's use of a live mascot.

Mike the Tiger, LSU's live animal mascot, used to be a staple during home games at Death Valley. Now, it's been nine years since Mike made an appearance in the stadium, but Louisiana Gov. Jeff ...

There will be a buffalo-sized hole at Folsom Field when Colorado opens the season against Georgia Tech. When Deion Sanders ...

This relationship means animals can be used as motivators of change and inspire people to join a cause. However, there are several criteria an animal must meet in order to capture the empathy of ...

PETA called on Texas and Georgia to retire their live animal mascots, saying it's "indefensible to subject animals to the stress" of screaming fans in a packed stadium ...

Days after the Butterfly Pavilion said that its popular Chilean rose hair tarantula was done meeting the public after 28 ...

The animal rights organization wrote letters to the presidents of University of Texas at Austin and University of Georgia asking them to retire their live animal mascots After a close call between ...

OddsSeeker compiled 10 of the most popular live animal college mascots on social media. - Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images ...

Former Indiana football coach Lee Corso put on his final mascot head on ESPN's "College GameDay" on Saturday morning, and a ...

For several years now, the wife and I have had a running joke about the Pollo Campero mascot, this extremely giddy chicken who, with wings wide apart in welcome, appears to beseech us to enter his ...