"PETA is urging SMU to consider Peruna IX’s perspective, cancel this appearance, and leave ponies in peace by ending the school’s live mascot program." In a post on X, PETA said "ponies are ...

SMU will bring its live horse mascot Peruna to Charlotte for Saturday's game, but PETA is requesting that the team leave the horse in Dallas. "Cancel the senseless stunt and put an end to the ...

Peruna, SMU’s live mascot named after a prohibition-era tonic, may be a pampered pony but he’s also feisty with a strong kick. The SMU football team won a lot this season, and while fans got ...

SMU debuted a live mascot in 1932, a Shetland pony by the name of Peruna. The name has been given to every successive mascot since and was named after the popular patent medicine at the time.

Yes, as legend has it, one of Peruna's predecessors -- SMU is on Peruna IX, by the way -- allegedly kicked the Fordham Ram mascot -- a live ram -- so hard that it killed it. This tale of Peruna's ...

“PETA is urging SMU to consider Peruna IX’s perspective, cancel this appearance, and leave ponies in peace by ending the school’s live mascot program.” As of Friday afternoon, there’s no ...