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.
Pretty sure it’s his son who was uploading “adorable” animal clips to various social media sites. They’d get thousands of people to upvote/like/favorite them and you’d maybe get a handful of people in the comments mentioning it’s Doc’s son. Highly likely he was following in the footsteps of his father and most people were oblivious because aw so cute.