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1 Original enclosure  





2 I Like Mike campaign  





3 Mike the Tiger habitat  





4 Gallery  





5 See also  





6 References  





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Mike the Tiger Habitat
Mike the Tiger (Mike V)

Mike the Tiger is the official live and costumed mascotofLouisiana State UniversityinBaton Rouge, Louisiana. LSU's men's and women's sports teams are called the Tigers.[1]

Original enclosure

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LSU has had a live tiger mascot on campus since Mike I arrived on campus on October 21, 1936.[2] The original enclosure was only 2,000 square feet in size and offered minimal amenities for the tigers. It had a building and a covered, caged enclosure with logs where Mike could climb and roam.[3]

I Like Mike campaign

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In fall 2001, a grassroots "I Like Mike" campaign was begun to build Mike the Tiger a new and larger home. The first phase of the campaign consisted of placing Tiger trucks accepting donations around LSU's campus during home football games. In addition, collection boxes were placed at all concession standsinTiger Stadium and at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center during basketball season. A collection box was also placed at Mike the Tiger's original enclosure.

The next phase involved people donating $100 and having a brick engraved. These bricks were then used in the construction of the walkway around Mike's new habitat. Student organizations as well as the Tiger Athletic Foundation's (TAF) Collegiate Club joined forces to actively raise funds for the campaign. The $10.00 membership for the TAF Collegiate Club went directly to the "I Like Mike" campaign. A committee headed by the wife of former LSU Chancellor, DeLaine Emmert and Bill Hulsey was formed to seek additional sponsors for the project. World-renowned Louisiana artist George Rodrigue created a painting which could be purchased for $500 with donations going to the project.[4]

Mike the Tiger habitat

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In 2005, a new $3 million habitat was created for Mike by Torre Design Consortium, LTD. The habitat (situated between Tiger Stadium and the Pete Maravich Assembly Center) features state-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.[5] The habitat has, as a backdrop, an Italianate tower – a campanile – that creates a visual link to the Italianate architectural vernacular of LSU's campus. The new habitat ranks among the largest and finest tiger preserves in the United States and expanded Mike's home to 15,000 square feet (1,400 m2).[6][7] It also features research, conservation, and husbandry programs, as well as educational, interpretive, and recreational activities. Mike attracts more than 100,000 visitors each year to the habitat and can be viewed via the live Tigercam at MiketheTiger.com.[4][3]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "LSU building new habitat for Mike the Tiger". ESPN. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  • ^ David G. Baker and W. Sheldon Bivin, Mike the Tiger: The Roar of LSU, LSU Press (2003) ISBN 0-8071-2888-0
  • ^ a b "Join the team behind the Tigers - Tiger Athletic Foundation".
  • ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  • ^ "LSU's Live Tiger Mascot". lsusports.net. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  • ^ "The Mascot will sit this one out". The New York Times. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  • ^ "LSU's Mike the Tiger to stay in for rest of football season". nola.com. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
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