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07-29-2007, 09:16 PM
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By JORDAN BLUM Capitol news bureau
LSU has a new tiger selected, which will officially become Mike VI after it has been on campus for two weeks in August, LSU officials confirmed today. “We have identified a tiger,” said Ginger Guttner, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine spokeswoman, “and plans are under way to transfer that tiger to LSU sometime in August.” Because there are still health and safety issues to work out until the new tiger has been cleared on campus, Guttner said LSU will not release any more details about the tiger’s age, whereabouts or origin. “Once the tiger is here and gone through a (two-week) quarantine will it be formally introduced,” Guttner said. “And only then will it become Mike VI.” A tiger’s arrival in August would bring the mascot on campus in time for the home football opener scheduled for Sept. 8.
Mike V died in May of renal failure at age 17.
By JORDAN BLUM Capitol news bureau
LSU has a new tiger selected, which will officially become Mike VI after it has been on campus for two weeks in August, LSU officials confirmed today. “We have identified a tiger,” said Ginger Guttner, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine spokeswoman, “and plans are under way to transfer that tiger to LSU sometime in August.” Because there are still health and safety issues to work out until the new tiger has been cleared on campus, Guttner said LSU will not release any more details about the tiger’s age, whereabouts or origin. “Once the tiger is here and gone through a (two-week) quarantine will it be formally introduced,” Guttner said. “And only then will it become Mike VI.” A tiger’s arrival in August would bring the mascot on campus in time for the home football opener scheduled for Sept. 8.
Mike V died in May of renal failure at age 17.