The Tigers are hoping to be ready for their Mike VII by August, and will be renovating the animal’s new habitat starting in April. This way, he’ll be available as soon as the new freshman class arrives.
The program has also realized the ideology of the treatment of live mascots and animals in general is evolving, and the university’s way of thinking will be shifting with it. The most major change to come of this new thinking is that Mike the Tiger will no longer be present in Tiger Stadium on football game days.
The LSU animal care staff will also be sure that the animal gets to be out in his yard a full seven days a week.