re: Petition to remove Mike from his LSU habitat

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I agree Stankelbr,but then you have the idiots that want his handlers to cattle prod his balls and anus, beat him with a stick, or drug him to the point of near unconsciousness just to see him in the cage on game day.

If those idiots continue to exist, so will the ones trying to have him removed.

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With the quality of Mike's habitat and the quality of his care, I think any effort to remove him from campus is misguided.

However, I applaud the vet school for not forcing or tricking him into that tiny cage for football games. This practice is outmoded and should be retired, given the attention this issue is getting.

So yes, if you ever want to lose Mike, then by all means, you overgrown frat boys keep bitching and moaning about him not getting in the trailer for games, and that he should be tasered to go in. This is one "tradition" that needs to die. Mike serves well as LSU's mascot and ambassador from his habitat.

Tigers are now an endangered species. Just be thankful you have a live tiger on campus. That tradition is justified and defensible, given Mike's care and his habitat.

Keep up the drumbeat of bitching and moaning because he doesn't want to go to games. I assure you, you will insure that Mike VI will be the last live tiger to live in that habitat.