An exotic wildlife preserve owner who gained notoriety on the popular Netflix series “Tiger King” plead guilty Monday to animal trafficking and money laundering, the U.S. Justice Department announced.
Bhagavan “Doc” Antle oversaw the sale or purchase of cheetah cubs, lion cubs, tigers and a juvenile chimpanzee that were all protected as endangered species, according to a Justice Department release. Officials said the 63-year-old man featured in a documentary miniseries about the tiger trade tried to hide animal payments as “donations” to his nonprofit organization.
Mid 2020 was weird we were willing to give anyone a pass if they entertained us for a few hours.
I don’t think anyone gave him a pass. Everyone involved in this were sketchy as fuck but this guy didn’t have anything directly illegal to pin on him.
The real pass was early 2000 when he appeared on talkshows and stuff. I always assumed that the guys doing it were from conservation focused and reputable zoos like Steve Irvin but a lot of them were just these weirdos.
This guy was the sketchiest from my view. Dude was straight grooming girls to be his sex and work slaves.
That’s been my experience my entire life.