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A San Diego County animal sanctuary is caring for two of nearly 70 big cats seized by federal authorities this week from animal park owners featured in the Netflix series Tiger King amid an ongoing investigation into animal rights violations, a representative for the sanctuary said Monday.
The Lions, Tigers and Bears animal sanctuary in East County s Alpine community was one of several sanctuaries chosen by the federal government to house the animals seized from Tiger King Park in Thackerville, Oklahoma, as part of an investigation into Endangered Species Act violations by owners Jeffrey and Lauren Lowe, who were featured in the popular 2020 documentary series.
Feds seize 68 big cats and jaguar from Tiger King park
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The federal government said Thursday it has seized 68 protected lions, tigers, lion-tiger hybrids and a jaguar from an animal park in Oklahoma featured in Netflix s Tiger King.
According to a news release from the Justice Department, this was due to a judicially authorized search and seizure warrant for ongoing Endangered Species Act violations.
The Justice Department will seek civil forfeiture of these animals and any offspring pursuant to the ESA s forfeiture provision, officials said.
The Department of Agriculture s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has conducted three inspections of Tiger King Park since mid-December 2020. Officials said Jeff and Lauren Lowe received citations for failing to provide the animals with adequate or timely veterinary care, appropriate nutrition, and shelter that protects them from inclement weather and is of sufficient size to allow them to
Last cat out of the Tiger King Park bag as seizure completed
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May 23, 2021
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013, file photo, one of the tigers living at the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park is pictured at the park in Wynnewood, Okla. The animals were moved to a different zoo called, Tiger King-Zoo in Thackerville, Okla. Federal authorities have seized 68 big cats from Netflix s Tiger King stars Jeffrey and Lauren Lowe s animal park in Thackerville. The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Thursday, May 20, 2021, the seizure of the federally protected lions, tigers, lion-tiger hybrids and a jaguar.Sue Ogrocki/AP
THACKERVILLE So much for Tiger King Park.
All the big cats are gone now from the private zoo that never opened to the public and now likely never will.
Federal authorities last week completed the removal of the remaining 68 big cats from the property a few miles north of the Oklahoma-Texas border.
They also removed a jaguar.
The rocky start to the zoo was chronicled in the final episode of the Netflix true-crime documentary series, Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness.
Zookeeper Jeff Lowe and his wife, Lauren, came to fame last year when the Netflix series became a cultural phenomenon at the start of the pandemic. They moved the big cats to the location in Thackerville after shutting down the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park in August.
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