LSU Students Get Close-Up of Mike the Tiger’s Habitat

LSU’s mascot is known as Mike the Tiger, the only live tiger mascot in the country. Students in the LSU College of Agriculture’s Residential College got an up-close look at Mike’s habitat and learned what it is like to take care of such a magnificent creature.

LSU Ag Center Correspondent Craig Gautreaux has the story.

Mike the Tiger will celebrate his 10th birthday in July, and the bengal-siberian tiger mix weighs approximately 450 pounds.

KLAX ABC 31 News 2/10/16