the regulations for the breeding and ownership of exotic animals are left to individual states. six of them have no regulations at all. which is why joe kposexotic wase to operate for so long. when brittany pita s general counsel went after him in 2019, she got the feds involved. the federal endangered species act regulates commercial activity of endangered species including most spes cies of big cats like tigers and lions. they convicted him and sent him to federal prison and for shooting five tigers in the head when they out grew cub petting. by may 2021, two other breeders made famous by netflix, tim stark and jeff low were also
you must have the most incredible life to live with 187 big cats. a new tiger king and road side zoo. for joe, the zoo was his stage. fancying himself a reality tv show star, joe exotic and his team filmed everything. i ll try to get good shots. his close encounters with the tigers. the crowds that came to pet them for a price. he even bragged about how much money he made breeding and selling cubs in 38 states. by 2019 he raked in around $10 million. and created a market for tiger cubs that still exists today. look up tiger cubs for sale.
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that doesn t exist in the wild. her mother a lion and father a tiger. what is this? a liliger. his mother would have been a liger and his father would have been a lion so some of these animals, they re made up by these breeders that we re trying to get around the lock, you know? his breeders thought they could avoid prosecution under the endangered spes cies act by making up a new species. yeah, he doesn t look like anteto an animal i ve seen bvrp. thankfully a few years ago there was a case that set precedence and all forms of tigers and lions are protected under the endangered species act so they re not allowed anymore. like playing god with animals. yeah. this reminds me of a children s book but something sad about his contorted face.
for some, tiger king was just an escape big pandemic soap opera. something to watch when we were duck inside. we cannot find his body. we believe she fed him to a tiger. a true tragedy came to light. it is tricky, because on the one hand you have created a folk hero. on the other hand, overall it has been positive. i do not think that jeff low and tim start with that been taken out of business if it was not for tiger king. there is still more work to be done. some of the women i met are fighting for better roles to eliminate improper breeding of tigers and all big cats. the big cat public safety act is a federal bill pending in congress.