Why aren't the Bears allowed on the field anymore? Last time I checked, no one has been killed by any bear attacks on the Baylor campus in the last 5 years.

A&M gets to have their collie on the field. Texas has their cow. SMU, Oklahoma and Texas Tech are allowed to bring their horses. OSU has a cowboy. TCU has a horned toad and a grimace each game. WVU has a mountaineer with a gun. Are we the only school in the Big12 or nation that used to have a live mascot at games that no longer has one?

Seems like this animal control bs has gone way too far.

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Why aren't the Bears allowed on the field anymore? Last time I checked, no one has been killed by any bear attacks on the Baylor campus in the last 5 years.

A&M gets to have their collie on the field. Texas has their cow. SMU, A&M and Texas Tech are allowed to bring their horses. OSU has a cowboy. TCU has a horned toad and a grimace each game. WVU has a mountaineer with a gun. Are we the only school in the Big12 or nation that used to have a live mascot at games that no longer has one?

Seems like this animal control bs has gone way too far.

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Live mascots on the field?

Pictorial evidence, that indeed a bear does ____ in the woods.

Since you asked....

https://www.baylor.edu/lariatarchives/news.php?action=story&story=79328

Why don't we just get a mobile cage like the one LSU uses for their tiger? That way it's still confined to satisfy USDA regulations. I know we have a trailer for the bear, shouldn't be too hard to get a trailer cage.

https://goo.gl/images/zbLRg9

bum said:

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Why aren't the Bears allowed on the field anymore? Last time I checked, no one has been killed by any bear attacks on the Baylor campus in the last 5 years.

A&M gets to have their collie on the field. Texas has their cow. SMU, A&M and Texas Tech are allowed to bring their horses. OSU has a cowboy. TCU has a horned toad and a grimace each game. WVU has a mountaineer with a gun. Are we the only school in the Big12 or nation that used to have a live mascot at games that no longer has one?

Seems like this animal control bs has gone way too far.

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My favorite part of a TCU game is when the handlers run out onto the field being pulled by the horny toad on a leash, then Ronald McDonald tames the wild Grimace and rides off on the pink unicorn. Gotta love those live mascots.

Because the world's gone full puss.

With everyone so preoccupied about being "offended", or protecting so and so from such and such, etc etc . . . I'm embarrassed to be human.

They stopped letting the bears come to the field, because they first stopped letting us only keep young bears. The poor bears that we raised in relative luxury, with food, medical care, etc, were having to be sent off to zoos where they continued to live in relative luxury. It was a horror no one could stand for. So we had to start keeping the bears until they died of old age in luxury at our place. But then that meant they were "too big" to attend games. Because safety. Soooo, no games. Oh, and also because it's apparently mean for them to go be around crowds of people, because, you know, we know what bears think and all that.

So, again, the short answer is: The world's gone puss.

Because Baylor hasn't had anyone in a leadership position with a set of testicles for nearly 30 years. Jury is still out on Pres. Livingstone...

Bear cubs can be so ferocious... (sarcasm font)

At the Peach Bowl against Clemson in 1979. It is obvious that the crowd and noise was a big problem for the cub. (more sarcasm font)

I think they are not on the field because of the liberals

Were there plans to add a stadium habitat in the future, or was that just idle chatter? Seems like it was at least discussed.

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Were there plans to add a stadium habitat in the future, or was that just idle chatter? Seems like it was at least discussed.

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Definitely discussed and deemed too expensive.

Even up to at least 2005 Joy and Lady were sideline chilling...though we would've killed them in the Briles years because they would make them sprint across the field every time Baylor scored.

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Russell Gym said:

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Were there plans to add a stadium habitat in the future, or was that just idle chatter? Seems like it was at least discussed.

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Definitely discussed and deemed too expensive.

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I betcha fundraising would be easy, they did a Bear Drop to help facilitate the on-campus habitat renovation, getting a corporate sponsorship or figuring out how to pony up 500k or so for a bear enclosure shouldn't be that big a deal.

How old are you that you are jonesing about seeing live bear mascots at the game? It's a football game , not a zoo. I imagine it's pretty stressful to be in a stadium full of people with all the noise and the music. Before you call me a snowflake, who's the one who needs to see live animals at a sporting event. Grow up.

In game at Waco in the early fifties, a cub pulled up its tether and ran onto the field to our amusement and the Wake Forest team's dismay. We had good teams back then, but great and imaginative bears, fuelled Dr. Pepper.

The game was halted for a while until the cub could be corralled. Then the humanoid Bears continued whipping the Deacons. The game day experience, as it is now called, was fun and spontaneous, and the cubs played their part.

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How old are you that you are jonesing about seeing live bear mascots at the game? It's a football game , not a zoo. I imagine it's pretty stressful to be in a stadium full of people with all the noise and the music. Before you call me a snowflake, who's the one who needs to see live animals at a sporting event. Grow up.

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I have some growing up to do no doubt. But I like to see the bears on the field drinking Dr Pepper and leading the crowd in Sic'Em. It is part of what makes college football unique, having live mascots on the field. You can't tell me you don't get fired up when Sparty, Ralphie, Bevo or other live mascots lead their teams on the field.

The bears leading out the Baylor Line was one of the great traditions in football and I'm just sad that PETA forced us to quit doing it.

bum said:

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BearPa said:

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How old are you that you are jonesing about seeing live bear mascots at the game? It's a football game , not a zoo. I imagine it's pretty stressful to be in a stadium full of people with all the noise and the music. Before you call me a snowflake, who's the one who needs to see live animals at a sporting event. Grow up.

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I have some growing up to do no doubt. But I like to see the bears on the field drinking Dr Pepper and leading the crowd in Sic'Em. It is part of what makes college football unique, having live mascots on the field. You can't tell me you don't get fired up when Sparty, Ralphie, Bevo or other live mascots lead their teams on the field.

The bears leading out the Baylor Line was one of the great traditions in football and I'm just sad that PETA forced us to quit doing it.

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It was the USDA's ruling involving animals classified as wild that forced it which applies to all live mascots with that designation. And it was members of SHARK that initiated an international campaign against Baylor. Shark and PETA don't even want Baylor having bears on campus remaining in a zoo environment so they didn't get everything they want.

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bum said:

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BearPa said:

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How old are you that you are jonesing about seeing live bear mascots at the game? It's a football game , not a zoo. I imagine it's pretty stressful to be in a stadium full of people with all the noise and the music. Before you call me a snowflake, who's the one who needs to see live animals at a sporting event. Grow up.

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I have some growing up to do no doubt. But I like to see the bears on the field drinking Dr Pepper and leading the crowd in Sic'Em. It is part of what makes college football unique, having live mascots on the field. You can't tell me you don't get fired up when Sparty, Ralphie, Bevo or other live mascots lead their teams on the field.

The bears leading out the Baylor Line was one of the great traditions in football and I'm just sad that PETA forced us to quit doing it.

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It was the USDA's ruling involving animals classified as wild that forced it which applies to all live mascots with that designation. And it was members of SHARK that initiated an international campaign against Baylor. Shark and PETA don't even want Baylor having bears on campus remaining in a zoo environment so they didn't get everything they want.

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They don't want zoos, period.

Worship of animals, sky, earth, etc. It's just paganism in modern day form. Everyone needs something to worship.

BearPa said:

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How old are you that you are jonesing about seeing live bear mascots at the game? It's a football game , not a zoo. I imagine it's pretty stressful to be in a stadium full of people with all the noise and the music. Before you call me a snowflake, who's the one who needs to see live animals at a sporting event. Grow up.

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We need an "old man shaking fist at clouds" emoticon.

From the 1950 Roundup. I believe that's Barney and Bailey. I think their mother was Chita.

I cannot really add much to the discussion. The reasons are pretty obvious: American society has declined so much that we are a nation of wusses (obviously excluding those who serve in uniform & many ordinary folks) in that we allow PETA & other fascist organizations to dictate policy--often in defiance of common sense.

Personally, I don't see why Baylor cannot keep Joy & Lady on campus in the luxury they enjoy AND get a cub or two to raise into adulthood (& in luxury) to take to the games. I remember having a cub at the games in the 1980s and it was part of the fun. If we had leadership with spines, they could stand up to the morons & tell them to mind their own business. Then again, if we had leadership with spines, we might still have CAB on the sidelines.

There is a story that that mangy hound from Colley Station interrupted one of the Bear's Dr Pepper moments and the Bear slapped him into the middle of next week. Wish I could have seen that. However there is pictorial evidence that one of the Bears gave that hound from Tennessee what-for at the Sugar Bowl.

Abner McCall with a couple of cubs.

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Why don't we just get a mobile cage like the one LSU uses for their tiger? That way it's still confined to satisfy USDA regulations. I know we have a trailer for the bear, shouldn't be too hard to get a trailer cage.

https://goo.gl/images/zbLRg9

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Mike the Tiger will no longer attend LSU games as of this year..

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.seccountry.com/lsu/lsu-announces-timeline-mike-vii-new-mascot-will-not-enter-stadium/amp

Interesting article, thanks to the liberals LSU has become puss on a few matters. Also we are not trying to host a tiger sanctuary at Baylor. We have 2 bears. They could even split home game duties so that they are only in the mobile cage a max of 3 times per football season to help easy the puss liberals concerns.

We've already got the perfect place for them to hang out during the game. Sure, it might make the visiting team a little uncomfortable sharing their locker room, but it's only for halftime.

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Because the world's gone full puss.

With everyone so preoccupied about being "offended", or protecting so and so from such and such, etc etc . . . I'm embarrassed to be human.

They stopped letting the bears come to the field, because they first stopped letting us only keep young bears. The poor bears that we raised in relative luxury, with food, medical care, etc, were having to be sent off to zoos where they continued to live in relative luxury. It was a horror no one could stand for. So we had to start keeping the bears until they died of old age in luxury at our place. But then that meant they were "too big" to attend games. Because safety. Soooo, no games. Oh, and also because it's apparently mean for them to go be around crowds of people, because, you know, we know what bears think and all that.

So, again, the short answer is: The world's gone puss.

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I think it's more of a USA thing. The world looks on in befuddled amazement wondering why the moronic and insane are able to bully the normal folks in this country.

I think this kind of fascism is more widespread: Europeans have all kinds of crazy rules limiting what people can do. Same with the rest of the world. Entrepreneurialism is far more difficult in most other countries, gun rights are far more restricted (or non-existent), there are far more restrictions on what people can eat (for there own good!), and so on. But at least drugs are readily available and it's far easier to kill people "legally" (assisted suicide, etc).

This world is a crazy place and seems to be getting crazier all the time.