Tonia Haddix says she never wanted the limelight. Small monkeys screech in the background as the exotic animal broker tells Rolling Stone that she’s frustrated by the whole media circus that has descended upon her life after being the “unwitting” star of HBO’s latest docuseries Chimp Crazy. “I don’t want …
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Bhagavan “Doc” Antle, the zoo owner brought to notoriety by Netflix’s Tiger King, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder money and conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act, which prohibits the trafficking of illegally obtained wildlife, including those protected through the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Justice Department announced on …
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Joseph Allen Maldonado — AKA “Joe Exotic” — wants to be president, and a 22-year prison sentence won’t stop him. In 2020, Maldonado, the subject of the Netflix hit docuseries Tiger King, was found guilty of various charges related to a murder-for-hire plot against wildlife sanctuary owner Carole Baskin, as …
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In a decision that will likely elicit plenty of purrs, the Big Cat Safety Act is headed to President Joe Biden’s desk for a final signature after the Senate passed it Tuesday night by unanimous consent. The law, which has been in the works for more than a decade, would …
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Is there a monthly book club for toxic masculinity that we don’t know about? That’s the only way this next sentence makes any sense: Viral misogynist, podcast host, and streamer Andrew Tate (and his less famous brother Tristan Tate) say they’re covering all legal fees for currently incarcerated Joe Exotic, …
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