The state’s Natural Resources Police said they did not know who had set the illegal trap on private property in Upper Marlboro, about 20 miles southeast of Washington.
It seemed like an easy crime to stop: protected Indonesian rainforest, cut for coffee farms. But a globalized economy can undermine even the best-laid plans.
69 Big Cats Are Seized From Jeffrey Lowe, a Figure in âTiger Kingâ
Mr. Lowe and his wife, Lauren Lowe, are the latest figures from the Netflix series to face prosecutions by the U.S. government.
A tiger at the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park in 2013. The animals were eventually moved to Tiger King Zoo in Thackerville, Okla., where 69 big cats were seized.Credit.Sue Ogrocki/Associated Press
May 20, 2021
The federal authorities have confiscated 69 big cats from an Oklahoma animal park run by Jeffrey Lowe, the man who took control of an exotic-animal complex at the center of the popular Netflix documentary âTiger King,â the Justice Department announced on Thursday.