'Doc' Antle of Netflix's 'Tiger King' pleads guilty to wildlife trafficking and money laundering
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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.
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Who? The woman?
That's probably who they mean but iirc even she abused people's eagerness to "help out" to get unpaid labour out of them or something like that. I remember the labour situation at her place being strange.
It's called volunteer work and its pretty common (and legal) for non-profits and NGOs.
You might remember the show better than me but I think the issue was them making money out of that volunteer work and how weird and seemingly abusive they were towards those volunteers. That's the feeling I got out of it and the news that has come out since.
The "documentary" was incredibly biased in favor of the crack head and against the lady who rescue the tigers.
Big Cat Rescue is a top rated charity
https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/593330495
https://www.guidestar.org/profile/59-3330495
Wasn't it their volunteers who talked about their situation? Been a while since I saw it.