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Help Marty the Marmot top D.C. poll of mascots

Here's another opportunity for Greater Victorians to help our beloved Marty the Marmot top a poll for squirrel-like mascots.
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Marty the Marmot is a popular fixture at Victoria Royals games, having begun his tenure with the Salmon Kings in 2008.

 

Here's another opportunity for Greater Victorians to help our beloved Marty the Marmot top a poll for squirrel-like mascots.

Washington Post blogger John Kelly has introduced his readers to nine different rodent-like mascots and Marty is currently sitting second.

In his post, he has this to say about our globally beloved mascot:

"The official mascot for this junior hockey team in western Canada is Marty the Marmot. Marmots are a member of the squirrel family. Marty is an endangered Vancouver marmot, one of the world’s 14 species, known for its chocolate brown fur and white patches on the nose, chin, forehead and chest. Marty was previously the mascot for the Salmon Kings hockey team, moving to the Royals when that team folded and he became a free agent."

We'll forgive him for mistaking "Vancouver" for "Vancouver Island."

Tops on the list (at the time of this posting) is Gladys the Fighting Squirrel from Mary Baldwin College.

Cruise on over to John's blog, bone up on your mascot knowlege and cast your vote.

[UPDATE: Marty is now No. 1. Let's keep him there.]

@CaleCowan