LSU’s beloved live mascot, Mike the Tiger, has been diagnosed with a rare, inoperable and terminal form of cancer. But his medical team estimates the 11-year-old, 420-pound big cat could live ...

That's as in Mike I, the first live tiger that served as LSU's mascot between 1936 and 1956. The Bengal cub originally was called Sheik at his birth in 1934.

No one is saying that Mike the Tiger VI wasn’t properly cared for. He lived in a nearly $3 million dollar enclosure on the LSU campus, complete with a waterfall, live oak trees, and, as ...

The current Mike — Mike VII — took over in 2017 following the death of his predecessor, and he resides in a $3.7 million habitat adjacent to Tiger Stadium which was constructed in 2005.

It's Mike the Tiger, the LSU Tigers' live mascot. The 11-month-old Siberian-Bengal mix officially replaced Mike VI late last month — just in time for the start of school and football season.

The original Mike, acquired in 1936, cost $750, funded by LSU students' contributions. Know more on Mike The Tiger on Sportskeeda.

BATON ROUGE, LA - JANUARY 28: 'Mike the Tiger', the live mascot of the LSU Tigers, walks in the sleet and snow in his habitat prior to a game at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center between the LSU ...

A live tiger, later nicknamed Mike, first arrived at LSU in 1936. What started as a group fundraiser turned into a decades-long game day tradition until veterinarians retired the practice for Mike ...