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re: How are other live mascots able to take the field but Mike has to stay in his kitty lair?
Posted on 10/22/23 at 3:57 pm to TigerFan244
Posted on 10/22/23 at 3:57 pm to TigerFan244
LSU had to be certified as a zoo, because Mike is considered an exotic animal. LSU cannot, therefore, expose Mike to any unnecessary trauma, which apparently includes pray to him around the stadium in his cage. You might remember that Mike the sixth was not brought out on the field either because of an agreement with the rescue center in Indiana, where he was living before coming to Baton Rouge. You may, or may not agree, however, but that the way it is.
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Posted on 10/22/23 at 4:05 pm to LSUDonMCO
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A Tiger is an exotic animal and has way more rules about their care than a cow, dog or chicken.
For years and years Mike was in tiger stadium with the cheerleader's beating on his cage to make him roar. Show me written evidence that says this was detrimental to Mike.
Posted on 10/22/23 at 4:08 pm to Born in BR
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LSU had to be certified as a zoo
No it didn’t.
Posted on 10/22/23 at 4:08 pm to jlovel7
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It was fine for 80 years then suddenly in like 2014 it wasn’t and now everyone clutches their pearls and acts like you’re an idiot for suggesting it continue. The issue was the fireworks. We should never have done the fireworks while he was in the stadium.
I'm reposting your quote because I could not upvote it enough.
Posted on 10/22/23 at 4:09 pm to Chinese Bandit Boy
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Show me written evidence that says this was detrimental to Mike.
Idiot.
Posted on 10/22/23 at 4:11 pm to TigerFan244
Coach O wanted to ride Mike out of the tunnel to hype up the team and crowd. It was in the binder.
Posted on 10/22/23 at 4:14 pm to LSBoosie
Here is the man that can make it happen.
Posted on 10/22/23 at 4:27 pm to TigerFan244
Pressure from PETA
Pussy administration
Pussy administration
Posted on 10/22/23 at 4:28 pm to ColdTurkey
Don't explain it to them. They ask same question every year for past several years. They dumb or just likes being an arse
Posted on 10/22/23 at 4:37 pm to TigerFan244
quote:how about you comparing a Tiger to a dog.
the “he’s a wild tiger” BS
Posted on 10/22/23 at 4:39 pm to Chinese Bandit Boy
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Show me written evidence that says this was detrimental to Mike.
Contact the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. I’m certain they will have the documentation you seek.
Posted on 10/22/23 at 4:45 pm to Dizz
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For decades our parents smoked in cars, coaches gave out salt tablets, and concussions were not a thing. Doing it for a long doesn’t make it correct.
Soy boy.
Nothing wrong with having Mike in a cage riding around the field
Posted on 10/22/23 at 4:46 pm to KC Tiger
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Contact the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. I’m certain they will have the documentation you seek.
Did they lose the documentation all those years before?
Posted on 10/22/23 at 5:17 pm to NOSA
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If you start parading the tiger around and putting it in the stadium, you don’t get a new tiger.
Ultimately this is the answer, and it blows my mind that people don’t understand this.
Whatever your feelings on PETA, general social attitudes toward tigers, etc… none of that matters.
There are only 2 things that matter:
1. LSU will not buy another tiger from a for-profit breeder, and they have not purchased a tiger since 1958. That is definitely not changing now in the wake of Tiger King and the public perception of these for-profit breeders.
2. LSU’s ability to obtain tigers from nonprofit sanctuaries hinges on those sanctuaries’ perception of LSU. If LSU does things that are not viewed as acceptable by the sanctuaries, LSU won’t be able to get another tiger.
So the options are A) parade Mike around the stadium and forfeit your ability to get another tiger in the future or B) keep Mike in his habitat and have a chance at getting another tiger when he passes.
If it were up to some of the dipshits in this thread there wouldn’t be a Mike VII.
Posted on 10/22/23 at 5:18 pm to CP3LSU25
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Did they lose the documentation all those years before?
This may come as a surprise to you, but science (including medicine) evolves and learns.
Sir Isaac Newton once established formulas that were used for hundreds of years and universally thought to be unarguably accurate; the entire civilized world used them…until they were corrected and improved by Albert Einstein. These formulas evolved as society got more knowledgeable. This is just one of many thousands of examples of science evolving and learning.
That being said, you asked for documentation. I promise you the LSU Vet School has what you’re asking for.
Posted on 10/22/23 at 6:06 pm to TigerFan244
If you’d like to grab a large apex predator by a leash and run it around a loud field for our entertainment, I’d buy a ticket to that.
Posted on 10/22/23 at 6:08 pm to TigerFan244
Cause he's an alpha predator? 
Posted on 10/22/23 at 6:12 pm to SG_Geaux
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University and vet school decision
Thank peta and woke America. Lsu has caved to both in the last 2 decades. Don’t you know we’re smarter and more caring than everyone who came before us? Just don’t ask what gender Mike is.
This post was edited on 10/22/23 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 10/22/23 at 6:13 pm to tigerfoot
Maybe he should have compared it to a longhorn or buffalo instead. Other people have large animals that can get out of control. North Alabama has lions. Baylor with Bears. Even Arkansas’ wild boar looks pretty mean.
This post was edited on 10/22/23 at 6:17 pm
Posted on 10/22/23 at 6:18 pm to TigerFan244
Mike has been pussified ……the world was fine when they put #’s 1-5 in the trailer and paraded around the field pulled by a Audubon Ford truck with the cheerleaders on top and and costume Mike making him roar. You liberal bastards screw everything up.
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