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Mike the Tiger - what’s going on?
Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:23 pm
30,000-plus ink petition to free LSU'st Mike the Tiger who 'shouldn’t be ... entertainment'
LSU friends, I know this has been discussed before ... but I see the topic of your mascot is back in the news this week. My apologies if other threads have already been posted on the subject—I must’ve missed em.
But what exactly is going on now? Why the latest outcry? Is it just a factor of it being a new FB season?
Obviously these folks come outta the woodwork regularly to protest the idea of keeping a tiger in captivity; this isn’t y’all’s first controversial rodeo. But what are your gut feelings on how the university may choose to handle the issue, long term? Do they seem to vehemently support the idea of a live mascot?
Genuinely curious.
LSU friends, I know this has been discussed before ... but I see the topic of your mascot is back in the news this week. My apologies if other threads have already been posted on the subject—I must’ve missed em.
But what exactly is going on now? Why the latest outcry? Is it just a factor of it being a new FB season?
Obviously these folks come outta the woodwork regularly to protest the idea of keeping a tiger in captivity; this isn’t y’all’s first controversial rodeo. But what are your gut feelings on how the university may choose to handle the issue, long term? Do they seem to vehemently support the idea of a live mascot?
Genuinely curious.
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Many are from overseas. “You cretins at Louisiana University - this is a TIGER! Tigers are loners, they must roam wide and free. Caging them is torture, out and out torture,’ wrote Judith A. of Queensland, the Sunshine State of Australia.
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Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:25 pm to EKG
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But what are your gut feelings on how the university may choose to handle the issue, long term?
Hopefully tell these people to go F themselves.
Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:25 pm to EKG
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wrote Judith A. of Queensland, the Sunshine State of Australia.
It's a shame she can't be supper for Mike the Tiger.
Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:26 pm to EKG
This has been proven time and time again. These tigers both live longer and BETTER than "free roaming" tigers.
They receive better treatment than some humans get for christs sake.
This arguement is tired.
If these snowflakes spent this amount of time on racism and starvation this country might actually get somehwere.
Rant over.
They receive better treatment than some humans get for christs sake.
This arguement is tired.
If these snowflakes spent this amount of time on racism and starvation this country might actually get somehwere.
Rant over.
Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:26 pm to EKG
+30,000 people can STTDB.
Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:27 pm to EKG
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“We believe that animals shouldn’t be used as entertainment, they aren’t here for our amusement,”
So dumb. The tiger needed a home and is probably in excellent conditions. So what are animals to be used for? To eat? To make clothes? LSU does talk a lot about Tiger Meat.
This post was edited on 9/14/18 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:27 pm to GeauxTigerNation
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This has been proven time and time again. These tigers both live longer and BETTER than "free roaming" tigers.
They receive better treatment than some humans get for christs sake.
Do you work in the PR department at Seaworld?
Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:28 pm to GeauxTigerNation
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If these snowflakes spent this amount of time on racism
I agree with you on the tiger part but I'm pretty sure we're tapped out on the racism stuff about now too.
Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:28 pm to SanAntoneAg
DONTfrickWITHSEAWORLD
Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:28 pm to EKG
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Do they support the idea of a live mascot?
LSU invested $3 million for Mike's home.
Would the tiger rather a $3 million home or going back to the wild to fend for himself? frick these losers.
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Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:29 pm to EKG
I've become immune to these. Happens at least twice a year, but nothing ever actually happens. LSU is just an easy target for fake outrage.
I am convinced most of them think LSU sends a group to Africa to capture a wild tiger and bring him back to Baton Rouge. Mikes are donated from Tiger sanctuary's now, and given a drastically better life than they would otherwise have. The reality is that Mike would be slaughtered in the wild.
I am convinced most of them think LSU sends a group to Africa to capture a wild tiger and bring him back to Baton Rouge. Mikes are donated from Tiger sanctuary's now, and given a drastically better life than they would otherwise have. The reality is that Mike would be slaughtered in the wild.
Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:30 pm to Chimlim
If we were to lose our live mascot in the Joe Alleva era, he better never set foot in the state lines again 
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Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:30 pm to EKG
The funny part is if Mike was released to the wild like they want he'd probably die quickly...well I guess not the part about him dying but the irony of it all.
This post was edited on 9/14/18 at 3:31 pm
Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:30 pm to GeauxTigerNation
That would be the breaking point for sure.
Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:31 pm to Chimlim
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LSU invested $3 million for Mike's home
Does the university fund his habitat, or do private donations?
FTR, I’m a Mike fan.
Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:33 pm to EKG
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“We believe that animals shouldn’t be used as entertainment, they aren’t here for our amusement,” said Rebecca Gerber of Care2, a California-based social media operation with 40 million members.
Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:34 pm to EKG
We can all agree with our Tiger bretheren that these people should indeed go and frick themselves, and, and, the horse they rode in on.
Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:38 pm to EKG
I don’t know what Mikes situation is. I would think that since he is living in captivity it would be hard if not impossible for him to survive in the wild. I think wild animals should live in the wild but once they have been removed from their natural environment they should be given the best life we can give them. I susoect that he is getting that at LSU
Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:46 pm to EKG
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Does the university fund his habitat, or do private donations?
FTR, I’m a Mike fan.
It was completely funded through the Tiger Athletic Fund (TAF) and additional funding from supporters of TAF's "Mike The Tiger Brick Foundation" is used for maintenance of the habitat.
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In 2005, a new $3 million habitat was created for Mike by Torre Design Consortium, LTD. The habitat (situated between Tiger Stadium and the Pete Maravich Assembly Center) features state-of-the-art technologies and includes among its amenities lush plantings, a waterfall, a flowing stream that empties into a wading pond, and rocky plateaus. The habitat has, as a backdrop, an Italianate tower – a campanile – that creates a visual link to the Italianate architectural vernacular of LSU's campus. The new habitat ranks among the largest and finest tiger preserves in the United States and expanded Mike's home to 15,000 square feet (1,400 m2). It also features research, conservation, and husbandry programs, as well as educational, interpretive, and recreational activities. Mike attracts more than 100,000 visitors each year to the habitat and can be viewed via the live Tigercam at MiketheTiger.com.
Posted on 9/14/18 at 3:48 pm to EKG
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