He was 9. I don't know if that's the same as dog or cat years but at the time I remember hearing that 9 was still pretty young for a tiger.
My mistake I for some reason thought he was 15-18. I must be thinking of another one. Still the climate in Baton Rouge didn't seem to effect him though.
I don't remember how old Roscoe was before he got to LSU, but the heir to "Mike" is apparently very young, roughly a year or year and a half and 160 pounds. Sounds very young and healthy. But Mike VI was a Siberian/Bengal hybrid like the heir apparent, and developed a rare cancer. I'm just wondering if this "rare" type of cancer is something that happens in these hybrid type animals.
When he did, he had a water fall and lagoon to swim around in and stalk prey through the viewing glass.
Mike VI (2007–2016) I think that adds up to 9 However, LSU chancellor Sean O'Keefe rejected PETA's request by stating that LSU would acquire a new tiger. O'Keefe further defended LSU's decision by noting that four of the previous five Mikes lived to be at least 17 years, nearly twice the normal 8–10 year lifespan of tigers in the wild. O'Keefe further explained that tigers were currently a critically endangered species in the wild, and any attempt to preserve them as a species would require some level of raising them in captivity, such as at LSU's veterinary school.[7
