The live tiger mascot isn’t a new thing, though. LSU has owned tigers— always named Mike— since 1937. But following the death of the tiger Mike V in 2015, LSU cut the tradition of rolling a ...
The Netflix series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness brought unprecedented public attention to the activities of roadside zoos such as Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park (GW Zoo) in Oklahoma.
The tiger was later killed by the authorities, as per Free Press Journal. Regardless, concerns related to ‘animal cruelty’ still stayed strong, keeping in mind the way the capturers were ...