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Mike the Tiger
Mike VI the Tiger (Louisiana State University mascot).jpg

Mike VI

University Louisiana State University
Conference SEC
Description Royal Bengal tiger
Origin of name In honor of able-bodied trainer Chellis "Mike" Chambers
Beginning seen Oct 21, 1936

Mike the Tiger is the mascot of Louisiana State University (LSU) in Billy Rouge, Louisiana, and serves as the graphic epitome of LSU sports. Mike is the proper name of both the live and costumed mascots.

Past tradition the tiger is a live Bengal tiger, although the current mascot and his two firsthand predecessors are mixed-breeds. Mike Five was a Bengal-Indochinese mix, Mike VI was a Bengal-Siberian hybrid, and Mike 7 is too a Bengal–Siberian mix.[1]

LSU teams are called the Fighting Tigers and Lady Tigers, with "Lady Tigers" used merely for women'southward teams in sports that are too sponsored for men, and the university's football team plays its home games in Tiger Stadium. LSU offset adopted its "Tigers" nickname in the autumn of 1896.[2] The moniker references Confederate era military machine regiments; the Louisiana troops of Robert E. Lee'southward Army of Northern Virginia became known as the Tigers during the Civil State of war after two New Orleans brigades, the Tiger Rifles and the Washington Artillery (whose logo featured a tiger's head since 1838).[3]

History of Mike the Tiger [edit]

Mike I (1936–1956) [edit]

Born on October 10, 1935, the first Mike was purchased from the Picayune Rock Zoo with coin raised by collecting 25 cents from each LSU student for a total of $750. Originally named Sheik, the new mascot was renamed in honor of Mike Chambers, LSU's able-bodied trainer at the fourth dimension, who was the person nearly responsible for bringing him to the school. (It was after discovered that "Sheik" may have been fond of his original name, because even years afterwards, handlers could get him to roar simply past calling "Sheik!") Mike assumed his duties as the living symbol of LSU but three days after arriving on campus on October 21, 1936. In the 1950s, Mike was kidnapped by Tulane fans before a Tiger-Green Moving ridge football. He was found, and returned safely in New Orleans—he and his muzzle had been sprayed Tulane green. The original Mike lived xx years before dying of kidney disease in 1956. He has been displayed in LSU's Natural Sciences Museum in Baton Rouge.

Mike Ii (1956–1958) [edit]

A few days later Mike I's decease, a resolution endorsing the buy of another tiger was introduced in the Louisiana legislature and a fund was prepare upwardly by LSU students to underwrite the cost. Mike 2 had a brusque but somewhat mysterious life. He was born on February 28, 1956, at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans and was chosen because his paws were larger than those of the other cubs.[4] He was unveiled on September 29, 1956, during the opening game of the new football season. Legend has it that less than a month after his inflow at LSU, Mike II died of pneumonia, at only eight months of age, during a half-dozen-game losing streak and that a second Mike II was secretly brought in as a ringer. To explicate Mike'south absence, and later much rumor, the LSU student paper, The Daily Reveille, printed a statement that the young tiger needed time lonely to adjust to his new abode and position as mascot, with its attendant excitement. All rumors of Mike Two's death and replacement were denied, and the school claimed that he had finally adjusted. On May 15, 1958, however, less than ii years later his debut, Mike II (or his impostor) died at the Audubon Zoo due to pneumonia,[5] while recovering from multiple fractures to his left rear leg.

Mike III (1958–1976) [edit]

Mike Three was born on November 26, 1957, and arrived from the Seattle Zoo just in fourth dimension for LSU's 1958 National Title football flavor. During Mike III'south 18-year reign, LSU won iii Southeastern Conference football game championships (1958, 1961, 1970) and eight of 13 bowl games. Mike III died of old age in 1976[half dozen] after the merely losing LSU football flavor of his lifetime. The mascot's death affected the students and kinesthesia so greatly that the vet at the fourth dimension, W. Sheldon Bivin, said he would never allow another tiger to die on campus.[7]

Mike IV (1976–1990) [edit]

Mike 4, originally chosen Jerry, was born at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida in 1974. He was donated past August A. Busch Three and was two years former when he came to LSU in August 1976. One memorable incident involving Mike Iv began in the early-morning time hours of November 28, 1981 when pranksters cutting the locks on Mike's cage. The tiger roamed freely for hours, attacked a small tree, and appeared to be enjoying himself before becoming trapped in the Track Stadium near his cage. Three tranquilizer shots later, the wandering mascot was returned to his habitation without further incident and awoke without ill effects.[4] Mike Four reigned for xiv years and retired in 1990 to the Baton Rouge Zoo where he lived until his death in 1995 at the age of 21, the oldest of the tigers serving as LSU's mascot.

Mike Five (1990–2007) [edit]

Mike V was considered to have the all-time personality of all the tigers that have served as LSU's symbol. Originally named Stevie, he was donated by Dr. Thomas and Caroline Atchison of the Animal Firm Zoological Park in Moulton, Alabama. Born on October 19, 1989, the 7-pound infant tiger was introduced to LSU fans at a basketball game in February 1990. In his 17-year reign, Mike V saw an LSU football squad win another National Championship (in 2003) and received both a new trailer and a massive renovation of his enclosure.

In March 2007, Mike V officially began a three-stage retirement. His personal vet, David Baker, cited his age and health as reasons. Mike Five retained his mascot status and lived in his on-campus habitat until his decease.

Mike the Tiger died on May 18, 2007, at 2:23 AM, which coincided with the undergraduate commencement ceremonies. The crusade of expiry was renal failure.[8]

Mike VI (2007–2016) [edit]

After Mike V'southward death, PETA contacted the academy and urged it not to replace him with a new tiger.

However, LSU chancellor Sean O'Keefe rejected PETA's asking by stating that LSU would acquire a new tiger. O'Keefe further defended LSU'due south decision by noting that iv of the previous five Mikes lived to be at least 17 years, nearly twice the normal viii–ten year lifespan of tigers in the wild. O'Keefe further explained that tigers were currently a critically endangered species in the wild, and whatsoever endeavour to preserve them as a species would require some level of raising them in captivity, such as at LSU's veterinary school.[9]

LSU did not wish to buy a tiger but instead sought for one to be donated to the school. On July 27, 2007, WBRZ ABC News two announced that LSU had located a tiger at Neat Cats of (Idaville) Indiana, an Indiana-based large true cat and carnivore rescue facility.[10]

"Roscoe" arrived in Billy Rouge on Saturday, August 25, 2007, later on a plane ride from Indiana and was kept quarantined in the "night house" in the LSU habitat, away from the public. On Baronial 31, 2007, LSU officials decided that the tiger was adjusting well and allowed him into the public habitat during morning outings. He was returned to the night house each evening. On his showtime outing on September 1, 2007, LSU staff invited members of the media and the public to view and accept photographs of the tiger.[11]

On September 8, 2007, LSU staff acknowledged that "He's Mike VI" in a press release. A anniversary dedicating the tiger as officially "Mike Half-dozen" took place on September 14, 2007, Mike Vi was to brand his Death Valley debut at the September 22 game against the University of South Carolina,[12] but LSU Veterinarian David Baker felt that a day game would exist rough for the new tiger, delaying his anticipated debut until the October half dozen, 2007 night game confronting the University of Florida.[8] [13]

By 2015, Mike Six was a 10-yr old Siberian-Bengal mix male person weighing over 420 pounds. The product of an "unintended convenance" at Great Cats, University staff believed his youth, size and temperament may give the athletic department a "more than ferocious mascot much sooner than watching a cub grow up at LSU." Estimates by LSU Veterinary staff were that Mike VI may meridian out at 600 lb (270 kg) or more, making him LSU'southward largest tiger mascot always.[xiv]

In Mike VI'south first year as the LSU tiger, the LSU Tigers football squad won the BCS National Title for the 2007 college football game season.

On May 23, 2016, LSU issued a press release stating that Mike Vi had been diagnosed with a spindle jail cell sarcoma, a type of cancer, which afterward spread.[fifteen] LSU announced on September half dozen that despite handling, the tiger'south cancer was terminal, and that he would be expected to alive at most two years. Mike 6 would remain in his on-campus habitat, and would no longer attend games. On October 5, 2016, it was announced that Mike 6'south cancer had returned and spread to his head. Vets at the LSU Veterinarian Schoolhouse announced that he had one to two months to live.[sixteen] Six days later, he was euthanized.[17]

Mike 7 (2017–nowadays) [edit]

Following the death of Mike VI, LSU issued statements that they intended to seek some other tiger to become Mike VII, in a like manner to previous Mikes: to be donated to the academy and not purchased or bred; and, like the acquisition of his would-be predecessors, that conclusion was also met with controversy.[18] [19]

On January 19, 2017, LSU appear a timeline concerning searching for a tiger to become Mike VII, hoping to have him join an incoming freshman grade in August 2017. Additionally, they appear the would-be Mike 7 would no longer visit the stadium during game days. The schoolhouse likewise attempted to have Mike'due south habitat accredited as a tiger sanctuary.

On August i, LSU appear that it had located a ix-month-one-time male person Siberian–Bengal hybrid tiger that may become Mike VII. The tiger was donated from an Okeechobee, Florida sanctuary that had inverse owners and practices after a prosecution of the previous owner.[xx] The tiger, named Harvey, arrived on campus on August fifteen to begin a one-week quarantine before officially becoming Mike 7. LSU appear that Harvey had get the official Mike VII on August 21, the kickoff day of classes in the autumn semester.[i] Mike Vii oversaw LSU Football's outset College Football Playoff National Title in his third flavor on campus.

Mike VII received two-doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in the summer of 2021.[21]

Title Reign Given proper noun Lifespan Subspecies Place of interment Football record *
Mike I October 24, 1936 – June 29, 1956 (upon death) [22] Sheik Oct 10, 1935 (at Little Rock Zoo, Petty Rock, Arkansas)–June 29, 1956[22] (of kidney disease, in Mike the Tiger'south Cage,[23] Billy Rouge, Louisiana) Bengal[24] Mounted remains displayed in LSU Museum of Natural Science, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 109–76–xiii (.583)
Mike Ii A) September 29, 1956–Early Oct 1956[25] (upon death) [26] Not specified by university February 28, 1956 (at Audubon Zoo, New Orleans)–Early October 1956[25] (of pneumonia, in Mike the Tiger's Cage, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) [26] Bengal[25] Remains informally buried next to unspecified willow tree along Mississippi River, Billy Rouge, Louisiana[27] 0–1–0 (.000) or 0–2–0 (.000) **
B) Early[28] November 1956[29]–May 15, 1958 (upon death) Not specified by academy Feb 26, 1956 (at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle) [thirty]–May xv, 1958 (of pneumonia,[5] while recuperating from multiple fractures of left rear leg, in Audubon Zoo, New Orleans) Bengal[31] Not specified by university 7–6–0 (.538) or 8–six–0 (.571) or viii–7–0 (.533) **
Mike III October 4, 1958 – Baronial 12, 1976 (upon death) [32] Not specified by university Nov 26, 1957 (at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle) [32]–Baronial 12, 1976 (of old historic period, in LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) [6] Bengal[6] Remains were to be cremated[half-dozen] but plans and then changed to mount remains (due to medical procedures performed shortly before death and the tiger's advanced age in general, remains were unsuitable for mounting across head and shoulders);[33] mounted head and shoulders formerly displayed in Golden Star Trophies, Baton Rouge, Louisiana only at present displayed in unspecified private residence[34] 131–48–7 (.723)
Mike IV August 29, 1976[35]–April 30, 1990[36] (upon retirement) Jerry May xv, 1974 (at Busch Gardens, Tampa)–March 3, 1995 (euthanized, due to multiple wellness issues, in Baton Rouge Zoo, Billy Rouge, Louisiana) [35] Bengal[37] Cremains inurned in Jack & Priscilla Andonie Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana[38] 100–57–half dozen (.632)
Mike V April 30, 1990[36]–May 18, 2007 (upon death) Stevie October xix, 1989 (at Animate being Business firm Zoological Park, Moulton, Alabama)–May eighteen, 2007 (of kidney failure, due to anesthesia applied for otherwise successful surgery to treat pneumonia, in LSU Schoolhouse of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) [39] Bengal–Indochinese mix Cremains inurned in Jack & Priscilla Andonie Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana[39] 124–78–1 (.613)
Mike Half dozen September fourteen, 2007 – October 11, 2016 (upon decease) Roscoe July 23, 2005[40] (at Great Cats of Indiana, Idaville, Indiana)–October 11, 2016 (euthanized, due to terminal spindle cell sarcoma in head, in Mike the Tiger Habitat night house, Baton Rouge, Louisiana[17]) Bengal–Siberian mix Cremains inurned in Jack & Priscilla Andonie Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana[41] 93–30 (.756)
Mike Vii August 21, 2017–Present Harvey September thirteen, 2016 (at Wild at Heart Wildlife Heart, Okeechobee, Florida [42]–Present Bengal–Siberian mix Not applicable 37-11 (.771) (Record as of 12/iv/2020)

Notes: *—a superstition strongly tied to the line of Mikes is the success of the school'southward football program (LSU has won national championships during the start seasons of the reigns of Mike I, Mike III, and Mike Half-dozen, although the title nether Mike I was not a consensus, despite being named champion by multiple selectors); **—gimmicky accounts maintain the existence of only one tiger property the title of Mike Two, but mod inquiry indicates the being of 2 carve up tigers; however, it is not immediately articulate precisely when the reign of the first Mike II ended and the second Mike II began.

Mike the Tiger Habitat [edit]

In 2005, a new $3 million habitat was created for Mike. The Tiger Athletic Foundation (TAF) raised funds, entirely from private sources, to subsidize the construction project. The habitat (situated between Tiger Stadium and the Pete Maravich Associates Center) features country-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 ranks among the largest and finest tiger preserves in the state and expanded Mike'due south abode from ii,000 to xv,000 square anxiety (1,400 mii). It also features research, conservation, and husbandry programs, as well as educational, interpretive, and recreational activities. Mike's new domicile can be viewed via the live Tigercam.[43]

Traditions [edit]

  • Until 2016, on home football game days, Mike'due south cage on wheels was topped by the LSU cheerleaders every bit it rode through Tiger Stadium before the start of the game, and was parked by the opponent's locker room at the southeast end of Tiger Stadium, forcing opposing players to pass by Mike's cage in gild to attain their locker room (Nevertheless, Mike is never forced into his trailer: if he does non get in on his own, he remains in his habitat. Mike VI was known for rarely entering his trailer).[44] Nonetheless, post-obit the death of Mike VI in 2016, LSU appear that time to come Mikes volition no longer go out their habitat.[20]
  • According to folklore, LSU will score a touchdown for every one of Mike'due south roars on game twenty-four hour period.[45]
  • Many students seek to accept a picture with Mike on graduation day wearing cap and gown.[ citation needed ]

Retirement [edit]

Subsequently the expiry of Mike 3 in 1976 while he was still LSU's active mascot, a 3-stage retirement plan was instituted for the tigers:[vii]

  • Stage 1: He no longer participates in pre-game events such every bit the roar before the game.
  • Stage 2: He stops attention the games altogether.
  • Stage 3: He retires to another location.

Mike the Mascot [edit]

LSU has a costumed mascot as well named Mike. Mike the Mascot appears at LSU sporting events (as the live Mike the Tiger does not exit his habitat as of 2016, and previously did not attend away games for some time) and too appears at several LSU-related functions. In August 2007, Mike the Mascot was featured on a This Is SportsCenter Commercial with LSU alum Shaquille O'Neal.[46] In 2005, Team Mike was formed by a group of students and has carried on its tradition at LSU. This squad of students aid Mike become to his games and events on time, help him with his costumes, and bring him to Walt Disney Globe every Jan to compete in a mascot contest.[ commendation needed ]. Forth with other college mascots, Mike was featured in the Brad Paisley video Country Nation in 2015.

Encounter also [edit]

  • LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers

References [edit]

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Farther reading [edit]

  • David G. Baker and West. Sheldon Bivin, Mike the Tiger: The Roar of LSU, LSU Press (2003) ISBN 0-8071-2888-0
  • David G. Baker and Margaret Taylor Stewart, Tales of Mike the Tiger: Facts and Fun for Everyone LSU Press (2006) ISBN 0-8071-3118-0
  • Game Day: Mike the Tiger's Manner
  • Tiger Tales: Mike the Tiger

External links [edit]

  • Official website

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