Carole Baskin of ‘Tiger King’ fame blasts Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry for live tiger at LSU-Alabama game
Carole Baskin, known for her role in the “Tiger King” documentary, was not a fan of the LSU Tigers having a live tiger mascot on the field in Week 11. It was the first time since 2015 that the Tigers had a live mascot on the field.
Instead of bringing in Mike the Tiger, the team’s live mascot that lives on campus, the school brought in a tiger from a sanctuary in Florida.
Baskin voiced her displeasure with Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry following the weekend.
“Bringing a live tiger to a football game is quite possibly a violation of the federal Lacey Act and Louisiana’s own dangerous animal laws, and it also sends the wrong message to students about respect for wildlife,” the “Tiger King” star told TMZ. “Trucking a wild animal all the way from central Florida for a spectacle is a blatant disregard for the tiger’s well-being and reinforces the dangerous idea that nature exists solely for our entertainment.”
Baskin is based in Florida, which is where the live tiger came from in Week 11.
Landry said bringing in the tiger was meant to honor the school’s previous live mascots. Still, many people other than Baskin were upset. One petition racked up over 14,000 signatures ahead of the weekend, and it’s unknown if the school will have a live mascot on the field again in the future.
The live tiger did not give the team any good luck in Week 11. The Tigers were dominated by Alabama, losing 42-13 and falling to 6-3 on the season. The Tide have defeated the Tigers in 4 of the last 5 meetings.
The next test for the Tigers will come in Week 12 against Florida.
Watch your back Landry…that lady’s dangerous lol.
I agree with her. It was an assine stunt to bring that over weight Tiger from Florida to the game as a replacement for Mike the Tiger. Gov Landry it was pure stupidity on your part. There’s only one tiger LSU fans respect and love…that’s Mike. We don’t want a fake Mike being on campus.
As far as stressing the animal goes, yes, bringing an animal into an environment of 102,000 screaming fans is cruel to the animal. That applies not only to a Tiger, it applies to bulldogs, longhorn steers and any other animal.
Squirrels? asking for a friend…
Lane DID NOT import that basket of squirrels…
right Lane?
Lane?..
LANE?
“That applies not only to a Tiger, it applies to bulldogs, longhorn steers and any other animal.”
$1000 says you voted for Kamala Harris.
“bringing an animal into an environment of 102,000 screaming fans is cruel to the animal. ”
You tell em, Karen! Go tell the manager and report these crimes!
I think the result of that game signaled the end of a live Tiger on the field at Baton Rouge. Lsu is in some trouble. Getting bombed at home by Bama? Heads will roll….. The Tiger Lady is right though. God didn’t Create the beautiful animals for Man’s entertainment; as mascots or as a hunter’s prey. The lack of compassion for innocent animals is another example of the lack of civility & hate we see every day–drive down the Interstate. In full display.
“God didn’t Create the beautiful animals for Man’s entertainment”
Noah would like a word with you.
“as mascots or as a hunter’s prey.”
I hunt deer, wild pigs, and turkey. I’m going to shoo t my next deer and think of you as I eat it.
“The lack of compassion for innocent animals is another example of the lack of civility & hate we see every day”
^^^^^^^^^^^^Kamala Harris supporter ^^^^^^^^^^
You do know the arrows are pointing up to you, right? Good to know who you voted for she/her
They’re point to the post I copy/pasted. It’s too bad you can’t read, Douche_From_AL.com
Oh, and Douche, I’m so sorry your precious Kamalalamadingdong lost.
HAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAH.
“They’re point to the post”
Huh? Auburn education for the win.
I’m only 14 and can’t vote. You are a grown individual that still lives in their parents basement.
“Huh? Auburn education for the win.”
Take the L, loser.
“I’m only 14 and can’t vote. ”
You can’t read either, child.
“I’m only 14 and can’t vote. You are a grown individual that still lives in their parents basement.”
I feel so sorry for your inbred parents having to raise a retard like you in a single-wide trailer.
Oh, I can read. It is that your sentence was grammatically incorrect. So, you take the L, loser.
You really only have a few insults on here. What’s that matter. Not smart enough to think of new ones?
I would say come listen to our conversations at the lunch table to learn new material, but we all know you are not allowed within so many yards of a school…
Have a great day. I would sit here and continue making fun of you, but I have to go learn and make something of myself, instead of you, who spends their entire day on here.
“Oh, I can read. It is that your sentence was grammatically incorrect. So, you take the L, loser.”
No, you’re an illiterate moron.
“You really only have a few insults on here. What’s that matter. Not smart enough to think of new ones?”
I save the best insults for people with higher IQ’s than yours, retard.
“I would say come listen to our conversations at the lunch table”
I’m not into hanging out with idiots like you.
“I would sit here and continue making fun of you, but I have to go learn and make something of myself,”
Say “hi” to your Special Ed teacher for me, Corky.
That was your come back? You pick little bits of my sentence but missed the insult I gave you. It is obvious you are missing a few cards of a full deck.
Next come back you give needs to be bigger than the c u m on your back your daddy gives you.
“You pick little bits of my sentence but missed the insult I gave you. ”
Try harder with the insult, retard.
“Next come back you give needs to be bigger than the c u m on your back your daddy gives you.”
Doug is a pedophile.
“One petition racked up over 14,000 signatures ”
Animal rights activists can eat a big fat d i c k.
Do the Florida Gators get their Gators homegrown from Florida or do they import them from Louisiana? Or somewhere else?
Looks like Bama ended the tradition before Carole Baskin could. Like the rest of the LSU crowd, the tiger was also ready to leave at halftime…
Says the woman who murdered her husband and keeps animals to make money off them