Stop Using Tigers at Football Practice

  • by: Animal Advocates
  • recipient: University of Washington, President Michael Young

Washington State University in Seatle has rented a 300lb, 16 month old Bengal tiger- in preparation for a football game with Lousiana State University. The tiger comes from a private animal reserve in Canby, Oregon

The Washington Huskies, the University's football team, rented the tiger to place on the practice field, in hopes of getting players used to the idea of seeing a tiger on a football field when the compete with Lousiana State University.

The Lousiana State University Tigers fooball team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, have a live school mascot, Mike the Tiger.

An institution of higher learning has the choice and the intellectual capacity to make the right decision when it comes to respecting wildlife- especially an endangered species such as the Bengal tiger. We ask Washington State University to stop dislaying tigers.

University of Washington
President Michael Young
301 Gerberding Hall
Box 351230
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone: 206-543-5010
Email: pres@uw.edu

Washington State University in Seatle has rented a 300lb, 16 month old Bengal tiger- in preparation for a football game with Lousiana State University. The tiger comes from a private animal reserve in Canby, Oregon


The Washington Huskies, the University's football team, rented the tiger to place on the practice field, in hopes of getting players used to the idea of seeing a tiger on a football field when the compete with Lousiana State University.


The Lousiana State University Tigers fooball team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, have a live school mascot, Mike the Tiger.


An institution of higher learning has the choice and the intellectual capacity to make the right decision when it comes to respecting wildlife- especially an endangered species such as the Bengal tiger. We ask Washington State University to stop dislaying tigers.

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