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re: Any word on Mike?
Posted on 9/1/15 at 8:57 am to TheCaterpillar
Posted on 9/1/15 at 8:57 am to TheCaterpillar
Better than a dentist getting him in the trailer 
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Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:07 am to rattlebucket
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Better than a dentist getting him in the trailer
So because we aren't killing him its ok to drug him and freak him the frick out by putting him in a tiny cage inside a drum of 100k people screaming at him?
I side with the vet school on this one.
Its just stupid when people say "its just this tiger". No its not. We have just changed the way we deal with him (for the better). You will live not having him in the stadium 45 minutes before kickoff in a cage so dense that he is hardly visible from the stands.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:11 am to TheCaterpillar
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So because we aren't killing him its ok to drug him and freak him the frick out by putting him in a tiny cage inside a drum of 100k people screaming at him?
I really don't get why the athletic department/vet school can't spend a few thousand dollars to upgrade the trailer so that it cancels some of the crowd noise.
I imagine it would be considerably easier to get him in the cage once he realizes it doesn't have to be a stressful experience.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:12 am to TheCaterpillar
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Its not this tiger that is different, its the way they treat him.
They no longer drug and force him into a tiny cage to be paraded around inside an insanely loud stadium with 100k drunk people screaming at him. Could you imagine what that's like for him? I bet its absolutely terrifying.
I don't blame Mike for not wanting to do that and I certainly don't blame the vet staff for not putting him through that. Big cats are going extinct, do we really want to treat our beloved mascot like that?
People need to get the frick over it and realize this is bigger than their want to see a Tiger freak out in a cage.
This post says it all. Nothing to add, except that now tigers are an endangered species, and if you overgrown frat boys want to guarantee that Mike VI is the last tiger to live in that habitat, keep bitching and moaning about him not going to games.
Some traditions are obsolete, and thankfully this one is dying. Mike represents LSU quite well in his habitat. All year long, not just football season, thousands come by to see him and he is very interactive.
I never understood the attraction about him in that tiny cage. From the NEZ, you can't tell whether there is a tiger or an aardvark in there.
And please. You think opposing college football players are "scared" of him?
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:13 am to TheCaterpillar
Need the flying lawnmower jimmie rustled gif inserted if anyone would oblige.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:16 am to RickyDonSkaggs
It's the kinder gentler Tiger Stadium. We don't want to offend or frighten anyone.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:17 am to rattlebucket
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:24 am to timlan2057
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Some traditions are obsolete, and thankfully this one is dying. Mike represents LSU quite well in his habitat. All year long, not just football season, thousands come by to see him and he is very interactive.
I just don't understand how parading him around in a cage for half an hour is detrimental to his health. Is there any data to back this up? I'm not advocating drugging him to get him in here. But I truly don't understand why we can't throw a steak in there and let him enter on his own.
I love how no one has a problem with us locking up a Tiger on a few thousand square feet of land 365 days a year but we can't put him in a cage for 30 minutes.
"But it's a multimillion dollar habitat and he has caretakers"
Justify it however you want though.
This post was edited on 9/1/15 at 9:25 am
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:26 am to Mike da Tigah
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It's the kinder gentler Tiger Stadium. We don't want to offend or frighten anyone.
It has nothing to do with people. Its about Mike and his well-being. Its extremely hard on him when they drug him and force him into a cage to be yelled at by 100k people. The incredible vet school at LSU has deemed this so, yet the morons on TD argue with them.
Its just embarrassing.
Sure, we used to do it. We used to do lots of shite in this world before we learned it was fricked up. Move on, its not like you could see him in the cage from the stands anyway. If you want to see him, go to his incredible enclosure 50 yards outside the stadium anytime you want.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:30 am to PhiTiger1764
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I just don't understand how parading him around in a cage for half an hour is detrimental to his health. Is there any data to back this up? I'm not advocating drugging him to get him in here. But I truly don't understand why we can't throw a steak in there and let him enter on his own.
The vet school and his handlers have said so. You should email them and ask.
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I love how no one has a problem with us locking up a Tiger on a few thousand square feet of land 365 days a year but we can't put him in a cage for 30 minutes.
"But it's a multimillion dollar habitat and he has caretakers"
He was born in captivity and has no other options. He would die if released into the wild. His habitat is one of the best Tiger habitats on planet Earth.
If you can't understand how big and strenuous of a process it is to get him in the cage and then have that many people screaming at him from all angles, then I don't know what to tell you.
Why do people want him in the stadium? Whats the fricking point? So you can see a cage from 100 yards away without being able to discern whats in it?
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:30 am to TheCaterpillar
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It has nothing to do with people. Its about Mike and his well-being. Its extremely hard on him when they drug him and force him into a cage to be yelled at by 100k people. The incredible vet school at LSU has deemed this so, yet the morons on TD argue with them.
Its just embarrassing.
Sure, we used to do it. We used to do lots of shite in this world before we learned it was fricked up. Move on, its not like you could see him in the cage from the stands anyway. If you want to see him, go to his incredible enclosure 50 yards outside the stadium anytime you want.
Yet one more example of how incredibly pussified this country has become. TS in general is much less intimidating than it was when I was growing up and in school. It's the people, not the animal that's the problem, and if you do away with traditions like this that have made a name for LSU and cause LSU to stand out and be different from The rest of the pack, you'll do away with Mike entirely. I guarantee you you will. It's just a matter of time. You'll cave, and you'll think it's a good idea too, because you always do as you're told.
This post was edited on 9/1/15 at 9:32 am
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:32 am to PhiTiger1764
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I'm not advocating drugging him
They have to tranq him because he would absolutely lose his shite in that cage with people screaming at him if he wasn't.
Its not to get him in the cage. Its to keep him tranq him while he's in it.
The event is so stressful for him that he can't handle it without being tranquilized. Do you think that's good for him?
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:35 am to RickyDonSkaggs
We could just put a loud lifelike video close-up of Mike growling on all the video screens right when the visiting team is getting ready to come out.....
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:36 am to Mike da Tigah
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Yet one more example of how incredibly pussified this country has become. TS in general is much less intimidating than it was when I was growing up and in school. It's the people, not the animal that's the problem, and if you do away with traditions like this that have made a name for LSU and cause LSU to stand out and be different from The rest of the pack, you'll do away with Mike entirely. I guarantee you you will. It's just a matter of time. You'll cave, and you'll think it's a good idea too, because you always do as you're told.
The Tiger is not the reason TS was intimidating. Its the drunk cajuns screaming louder than anyone in the country. Its our incredible band and our fans reaction to that band. Its our tradition of our never relenting ability to create noise and disrupt the opponent, especially at night.
Its not an animal no one can see in a cage 45 minutes before kickoff. I certainly don't go to games to see a cage.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:37 am to TheCaterpillar
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The vet school and his handlers have said so. You should email them and ask.
I think I actually will do this if I can find the right person to email. I really want to understand.
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Why do people want him in the stadium?
Because it is a decades old tradition that we don't want to see end? And on the surface seems completely harmless
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So you can see a cage from 100 yards away without being able to discern what's in it?
Yes
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:40 am to PhiTiger1764
Well, I'm glad Mike's well-being isn't in the hands of you people and it doesn't matter what we say on here, Mike won't be forced into the cage ever again.
Time to move on.
Time to move on.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:40 am to TheCaterpillar
Well, I've seen him in the cage before and he looked chill. Maybe they just gave him the tiger version of some Xanax. I'm not sure why that's so awful. I understand not wanting to use the stun gun rod to poke him into getting in, but LSU themselves have created this issue. They didn't train him well enough to get in the cage. Now he doesn't want to do it so he just sits there, and they don't even try. I've seen that tiger there with a thousand people standing right by his habitat and he was running around and jumping in the water for them.
It's one of LSU's best and oldest traditions. And as far as opposing players go...umm yea, many many players have come out and talked about how freaked out they were that there was a live tiger 10 feet from their locker room door. Maybe it doesn't scare you, but you're not playing college football.
It's one of LSU's best and oldest traditions. And as far as opposing players go...umm yea, many many players have come out and talked about how freaked out they were that there was a live tiger 10 feet from their locker room door. Maybe it doesn't scare you, but you're not playing college football.
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:42 am to Mike da Tigah
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Yet one more example of how incredibly pussified this country has become. TS in general is much less intimidating than it was when I was growing up and in school. It's the people, not the animal that's the problem, and if you do away with traditions like this that have made a name for LSU and cause LSU to stand out and be different from The rest of the pack, you'll do away with Mike entirely.
What a steamy pile of bullshite this post is
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:43 am to TheCaterpillar
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The event is so stressful for him that he can't handle it without being tranquilized. Do you think that's good for him?
What happens if he isn't tranquilized? Have we ever put him in the cage without drugs? If not, how does anyone have a clue how he will handle it?
Posted on 9/1/15 at 9:43 am to TheCaterpillar
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The Tiger is not the reason TS was intimidating
Like I said, it's not. It's not the animal, but the people who've become jello.
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Its the drunk cajuns screaming louder than anyone in the country. Its our incredible band and our fans reaction to that band. Its our tradition of our never relenting ability to create noise and disrupt the opponent, especially at night.
Its not an animal no one can see in a cage 45 minutes before kickoff. I certainly don't go to games to see a cage.
midating.
While drunk fans have always played a part, it's actually the hunger that's been lost. We used to be a fan base that came to the damn stadium with a chip on their shoulders looking to make people respect them. Now, we think we're owed it, and we deserve wins because we're so big time. That's why people leave so early. That's why people don't go ape shite with noise like we used to. The Tiger in the cage is just a side effect of a more casual approach to the game by everyone.
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