Mike the Tiger

LSU’s mascot is a Royal Bengal Tiger named Mike. Mike the Tiger attracts more than 100,000 visitors each year and is one of the most important symbols of LSU’s school spirit. He is the fifth tiger to be named after former LSU football trainer, Mike Chambers, who was largely responsible for finding Mike I in 1936.

Housing and caring for a wild animal is a responsibility that the University and the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine take very seriously. Tigers in the wild usually live between eight and twelve years, but LSU’s tiger mascots have averaged lives of 20 years.

Plans are under way to build a new home for Mike, one that would increase the size of his current cage several times. Designers of Mike’s new home are also planning to use the latest in technology to replicate the natural surroundings of a Bengal tiger in the wild.

The Tiger Athletic Foundation (TAF), along with campus student organizations, have begun the “I Like Mike” Campaign to raise money for the project.

Last updated April 2002

• Mike the Tiger: Preserving the Roar! (LSU Highlight, Fall 2004)
• Tiger Tales (LSU Highlight, Summer 2004)
• Preserving the Roar! (LSU Highlight, Spring 2004)
• Game Day: Mike the Tiger’s Way (LSU Highlight, Fall 2003)
• Tales Of The Tiger (LSU Highlight, Summer 2003)
• Caring for Mike the Tiger (LSU Highlight, Spring 2003)
• History of Mike the Tiger (LSU Highlight Fall 2002)
• Mike the Tiger: Symbol of School Spirit (LSU Highlight, Summer 2002)
• The Tiger Mascot (LSU Highlight, Spring 2002)
• Built for Royalty... (LSU News Release, October 2001)

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