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In nature, bobcats and deer rarely clash. A bobcat might attack a fawn, but the feline predator is too small to present much threat to an adult deer. At Comfort High School, the peaceful coexistence of the two animals exceeds that in the natural world. This is because the school, located about fifty miles northwest of San Antonio, has two mascots: a bobcat, for the boys teams, and a deer, for the girls teams. According to the school district’s website, “Comfort may be one of a few, if not the only school district with two mascots.” I intended to leave no stone unturned to prove this claim and help the unincorporated Hill Country town drop the “may be.”My search quickly led me to Comfort athletic director and…

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