We did cattle prod him way back in the day when it wasn't socially unacceptable to get him to roar. Also used to beat like hell on his cage as he drove around the stadium. We cleaned all that stuff up when we were ordered to improve his habitat (we went from 2k sqft to 15k sqft and spent millions so you can't say we didn't take it seriously).

Mike IV actually escaped and roamed around the PMAC and North Stadium Drive for a while until they hit him with a few tranq darts.
I think he went ape shite on a tree or two, but didn't hurt anyone.

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Posted by DawgsLife

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Posted on 8/8/14 at 9:58 am to TheRookbird

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We cleaned all that stuff up when we were ordered to improve his habitat (we went from 2k sqft to 15k sqft and spent millions so you can't say we didn't take it seriously).

LSU, like most schools with live mascots, treats their mascot VERY well. Years ago, PETA wanted hem to do away with the live Tiger, and then it was pointed out that the LSU Tiger lived 10-12 years longer than the average lifespan of a tiger in the wild.

Wiki is a wonderful, tool. BUT, I used to be a LSU fan, so I knew a good bit of this before.

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