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re: Big Cat Rescue has an anti Mike VII form e-mail on their site
Posted by QuiteTater on 10/12/16 at 12:45 pm to LSUalum2000
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Mike only goes to the games if he wants to.
Mike only gets in the trailer if he wants to, I already acknowledged that. But it's not like Mike can tell the driver where he wants to go once he's in there.
I'm not at all saying bring Mike to the games is inhumane. But since LSU does not and never will force, lure, or attempt to train Mike to enter the cage for the games, there's no way to make sure this tradition even happens regularly. It's the only thing outsiders can point to to plausibly argue that Mike's life isn't objectively better than the life of the vast majority of zoo tigers or tigers at rescue facilities. And since so many people get so pissed off when Mike doesn't get in his cage voluntarily, I just that the whole thing is more trouble than it's worth. Is it fun for the kids? Maybe, but most of them can't even see Mike in his cage, it's not fun and can probably be disappointing if Mike doesn't show up, and it'd be more fun for their parents to just take them to see Mike in his habitat before or after the game anyway (or even on a non-game day).
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re: Big Cat Rescue has an anti Mike VII form e-mail on their site
Posted by QuiteTater on 10/12/16 at 9:05 am to vl100butch
This may not be popular, but I think the only way the live mascot tradition can continue sustainably is to stop bringing the tiger to the games. If we did force him into the games, the people who yell abuse would have a point. And since we don't, when the tiger doesn't voluntarily get in the trailer, there are too many fans that get mad and run their mouths about how we SHOULD force it, and that's bad for our image too.
If we announced now that we were ending the tradition of bringing Mike to the games, it'd be that much less ammo for the people who oppose getting a mascot, both this time, and in the future (hopefully very far in the future) when we're in this position again.
If we announced now that we were ending the tradition of bringing Mike to the games, it'd be that much less ammo for the people who oppose getting a mascot, both this time, and in the future (hopefully very far in the future) when we're in this position again.
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