Carole Baskin felt betrayed by Netflix
The 59-year-old star became a household name last year thanks to the streaming service s documentary series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness but after working with producers on the show for five years, she thought the programme would be doing a lot to highlight the issues of big cat cruelty 27 January 2021
She said: I felt betrayed by them. We worked with the producers for five years. When they came to us they said what they were working on was âBlackfishâ for big cats. âBlackfishâ showed just a horrible, horrible life for dolphins and whales being kept in these concrete pools.
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Carole Baskin became a household name in 2020 thanks to Netflix s release of Tiger King. But the big cat enthusiast still claims the streamer delivered a portrayal of her that wasn t genuine.
Baskin spoke to Fox News this week where she reflected on skyrocketing to fame seemingly overnight. Shortly after Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness was released in March 2020, viewers jumped to question Baskin s motives, a result brought on in part by claims made by her rival on the series, Joe Exotic.
Baskin, 59, said Netflix left her blindsided.
January 13, 2021
Campaigners call for closure of EU’s wildlife trafficking loopholes and criminalisation of wildlife smuggling, to end “stolen wildlife” crisis
Humane Society International / Europe
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BRUSSELS Animal protection campaigners have called for the urgent closure of gaping loopholes in EU wildlife trade regulations that fail to prevent the trafficking of protected wild species.
At Stolen Wildlife, an online conference, Humane Society International/Europe and Pro Wildlife launched a report underlining the urgent need to criminalise the import and sale of illegally sourced wildlife. Additionally, John E. Scalon, former CITES[1] Secretary General and chair of the Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime, advocated for a new protocol on the illicit trafficking of wildlife under the UN Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC). This would make the illicit trafficking in protected species a serious crime and create obligations fo