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Tiger Safari Investigation
Merlin ID: 511167
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A child pulls back his hand to hit Maximus - a white tiger cub used for photo shoots at Tiger Safari in Oklahoma. Max was born at Tiger Safari to a female tiger owned by Kevin Antle of Myrtle Beach Safari in South Carolina. Max's three siblings were sent back to Antle's compound right after being born while Max was kept behind for photo shoots. 2014
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The HSUS
Tiger Safari Investigation
Merlin ID: 511153
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Maximus has been pulled from a sound sleep to do photo shoots at Tiger Safari. Max died about one year after becoming too big to use for photo shoots. 2014
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The HSUS
Tiger Safari Investigation
Merlin ID: 511151
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Maximus - a white tiger cub used for photo shoots at Tiger Safari in Oklahome. Max was put in a cage after becoming too big to use in photo shoots and he died about a year later. 2014
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The HSUS
Carden Circus Investigation
Merlin ID: 510741
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Ryan Easley's tiger act uses tigers some of whom came from Kevin Antle's compound in South Carolina and others who came from GW Exotics. Photos taken undercover 2017 working for Ryan Easley with the Carden Circus
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The HSUS
Carden Circus Investigation
Merlin ID: 510739
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Grown tigers used in a tiger act with Ryan Easley spent most of their time in tiny cages while on the road. Easley acquired at least three tigers from Kevin Antle of Myrtle Beach Safari in South Carolina since 2018. Easley also acquired two tigers from Joe Schreibvogel's GW Exotics in 2012. Photos taken undercover 2017 working for Ryan Easley with the Carden Circus
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The HSUS
Carden Circus Investigation
Merlin ID: 510737
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Photos taken undercover 2017 working for Ryan Easley with the Carden Circus. Easley acquired at least three tigers from Kevin Antle of Myrtle Beach Safari in South Carolina since 2018. Easley also acquired two tigers from Joe Schreibvogel's GW Exotics in 2012.
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The HSUS
Carden Circus Investigation
Merlin ID: 510729
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Photos taken undercover 2017 working for Ryan Easley with the Carden Circus
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The HSUS
Carden Circus Investigation
Merlin ID: 510709
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Photos taken undercover 2017 working for Ryan Easley with the Carden Circus
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The HSUS
Carden Circus Investigation
Merlin ID: 377481
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HSUS undercover investigation of Ryan Easley dba ShowMe Tigers touring with Carden Circus and performing for several Shrine Circuses.
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The HSUS
Carden Circus Investigation
Merlin ID: 377471
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Stills for the footage captured from the undercover investigation at Carden Circus. Tigers in cages, tigers being trained, and tigers being performed and abused.
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The HSUS
Tiger Safari Investigation
Merlin ID: 305681
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Tiger Safari Investigation - Sarabi, a golden tabby tiger cub, was transported from TIGERS in Myrtle Beach to Oklahoma when she was only 3-weeks-old. She was infected with ring worm when she arrived on July 10, 2014, but was used in photo shoots anyway. Sarabi was found dead in her cage on September 6, 2015 after being sick since July. (Photo taken July 10, 2014)
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The HSUS
Tiger Safari Investigation
Merlin ID: 305679
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Tiger Safari Investigation - Sarabi, at age 3 weeks in a photo taken July 10, 2014, was used in photo shoots and handled by 27 members of the public on her first day at Tiger Safari. Cubs' immune systems are not fully developed at this age. She was found dead in her cage on September 6, 2015.
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The HSUS
Tiger Safari Investigation
Merlin ID: 305677
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Tiger Safari Investigation - Sarabi, a golden tabby tiger cub, was transported from TIGERS in Myrtle Beach to Oklahoma when she was only 3-weeks-old. She was infected with ring worm when she arrived on July 10, 2014, but was used in photo shoots anyway. Sarabi was found dead in her cage on September 6, 2015 after being sick since July. (Photo taken July 10, 2014)
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The HSUS
Tiger Safari Investigation
Merlin ID: 305675
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Tiger Safari Investigation - Sarabi was only 3-weeks-old when she arrived at Tiger Safari infected with ring worm. She died 14 months later. According to a USDA inspection report, Sarabi had been sick since July 2015 but had received little veterinary care. She was found dead in her cage September 6, 2015. (Photo taken July 10, 2014)
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The HSUS
Tiger Safari Investigation
Merlin ID: 261653
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Maximus - a white tiger cub was born at Tiger Safari to a female tiger who had been acquired from Kevin Antle of Myrtle Beach Safari in South Carolina. Max's three littermates were sent back to Antle's compound while Max was used for photo shoots until he was 5-months-old after which he was put into a cage. Max died about one year after the HSUS undercover investigation. 2014
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The HSUS
Tiger Safari Investigation
Merlin ID: 261645
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Maximus died about a year after becoming too big to be used for photo shoots. Here he is in a photo shoot during the HSUS undercover investigation conducted at Bill Meadow's Tiger Safari in Oklahoma. Tiger Safari obtained Max's mother from Kevin Antle of Myrtle Beach Safari. Max's three littermates were sent back to Antle's compound after they were born while Max was kept for photo shoots. 2014
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The HSUS
Tiger Safari Investigation
Merlin ID: 261643
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Bill Meadows struggles to make Maximus cooperate during a photo shoot during the 2014 undercover investigation conducted at Tiger Safari in Oklahoma by the HSUS. 2014
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The HSUS
Tiger Safari Investigation
Merlin ID: 261623
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Bill Meadows often dragged or roughly handled Maximus when the cub didn't cooperate during photo shoots. Max was born at Tiger Safari to a tiger who belonged to Kevin Antle of Myrtle Beach Safari. Max's three siblings were sent to Antle's compound while Max was kept for photo shoots at Tiger Safari. 2014
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The HSUS
Tiger Safari Investigation
Merlin ID: 261621
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Maximus is mishandled by Bill Meadows during a photo shoot. Max's mother belonged to Kevin Antle of Myrtle Beach Safari in South Carolina. Max died at Tiger Safari about one year after becoming too big to use in photo shoots. 2014
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The HSUS
Natural Bridge Zoo Investigation
Merlin ID: 261593
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Daxx - a male tiger cub born at Natural Bridge Zoo in Virginia. The cub belongs to Kevin ("Doc" ) Antle when the photo shoot season is over. Undercover investigation conducted at Natural Bridge Zoo in Virginia. 2014
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The HSUS
Natural Bridge Zoo Investigation
Merlin ID: 261585
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The cubs at the Natural Bridge Zoo, used in photo shoots, were kept hungry so they could be calmed down with a bottle during the shoots. 2014
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The HSUS
Natural Bridge Zoo Investigation
Merlin ID: 261581
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Daxx, a cub used in photo shoots at the Natural Bridge Zoo in Virginia is calmed with a bottle feed during the shoot. Daxx will eventually be sent to Kevin "Doc" Antle's compound in South Carolina. 2014
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The HSUS
Tiger Safari Investigation
Merlin ID: 261459
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Maximus, a tiger cub born to a female tiger owned by Kevin Antle of Myrtle Beach Safari, is roughly handled by Bill Meadows of Tiger Safari in Oklahoma. Meadows sent Max's three siblings back to Antle as part of their tiger deal. 2014
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The HSUS
Tiger Safari Investigation
Merlin ID: 261453
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Bill Meadows of Tiger Safari in Oklahoma lifts Maximus by his tail and scruff. The cub died approximately one year after becoming too big for use in photo shoots. 2014
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The HSUS
Tiger Safari Investigation
Merlin ID: 261297
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Undercover investigation conducted at Tiger Safari in Oklahoma. 2014
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The HSUS
Tiger Safari Investigation
Merlin ID: 261293
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This tiger cub, used in photo shoots at Tiger Safari in Oklahoma, had a severe case of ringworm which can be transmitted to humans. 2014
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The HSUS
Tiger Safari Investigation
Merlin ID: 261289
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Max is mishandled by Bill Meadows during a photo shoot at Tiger Safari in Oklahoma. Max died about a year after becoming too big to use in photo shoots. Max's mother came from Kevin Antle's compound in Myrtle Beach, SC. 2014
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The HSUS
Natural Bridge Zoo Investigation
Merlin ID: 261081
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Deja and Daxx - two tiger cubs at the Natural Bridge Zoo in Virginia - both were used in photos shoots and were returned to Kevin "Doc" Antle's facility in South Carolina after the photo shoot season was over. 2014
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Michelle Riley/The HSUS
Natural Bridge Zoo Investigation
Merlin ID: 261077
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Deja - a female orange tiger cub born at the Natural Bridge Zoo in Virginia but who will be returned to Kevin ("Doc") Antle's S.Carolina compound after she can no longer be used in photo shoots. 2014
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Michelle Riley/The HSUS
Natural Bridge Zoo Investigation
Merlin ID: 261065
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Undercover investigation conducted at Natural Bridge Zoo in Virginia. 2014
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The HSUS
OK Exotic Animals Investigation
Merlin ID: 119221
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The Humane Society of the United States has released the results of an undercover investigation into an Oklahoma exotic animal park, where an investigator recorded tiger deaths, unwarranted breeding and dangerous incidents involving children and adults. HSUS undercover video footage taken at GW Exotic Animal Park in Wynnewood, Okla. in the summer and fall of 2011 shows potentially illegal actions that imperil both animals and humans. GW Exotic Animal Park houses approximately 200 tigers and other dangerous exotic animals and is acting as a petting zoo and traveling zoo that breeds tiger and bear cubs and allows the public to handle exotic animals for a fee, both at its own facility and at shopping malls and other venues around the country. At least five tigers died at the facility during the investigation – two of them had been sick for months and may have been shot by GW employees. A 6-year-old tiger named Hobbes died without receiving veterinary care and a 6-week-old cub being raised inside the GW owner’s house somehow sustained head injuries and had to be euthanized. And the death of 23 infant tigers at the facility over a 13-month period between 2009 and 2010 prompted the U.S. Department of Agriculture to open an investigation into GW Exotics for the unexplained death rate at the park. The HSUS investigator witnessed or heard reports about numerous dangerous public interactions at GW—some with a nearly full-grown tiger—including at least six cases where visitors were bitten or scratched. The HSUS has filed a series of complaints with state and federal authorities regarding potential legal violations, and called for strengthening certain areas of the law dealing with dangerous exotic wildlife. Joe Exotic
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The HSUS
OK Exotic Animals Investigation
Merlin ID: 119217
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The Humane Society of the United States has released the results of an undercover investigation into an Oklahoma exotic animal park, where an investigator recorded tiger deaths, unwarranted breeding and dangerous incidents involving children and adults. HSUS undercover video footage taken at GW Exotic Animal Park in Wynnewood, Okla. in the summer and fall of 2011 shows potentially illegal actions that imperil both animals and humans. GW Exotic Animal Park houses approximately 200 tigers and other dangerous exotic animals and is acting as a petting zoo and traveling zoo that breeds tiger and bear cubs and allows the public to handle exotic animals for a fee, both at its own facility and at shopping malls and other venues around the country. At least five tigers died at the facility during the investigation – two of them had been sick for months and may have been shot by GW employees. A 6-year-old tiger named Hobbes died without receiving veterinary care and a 6-week-old cub being raised inside the GW owner’s house somehow sustained head injuries and had to be euthanized. And the death of 23 infant tigers at the facility over a 13-month period between 2009 and 2010 prompted the U.S. Department of Agriculture to open an investigation into GW Exotics for the unexplained death rate at the park. The HSUS investigator witnessed or heard reports about numerous dangerous public interactions at GW—some with a nearly full-grown tiger—including at least six cases where visitors were bitten or scratched. The HSUS has filed a series of complaints with state and federal authorities regarding potential legal violations, and called for strengthening certain areas of the law dealing with dangerous exotic wildlife. Joe Exotic
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The HSUS
OK Exotic Animals Investigation
Merlin ID: 119213
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The Humane Society of the United States has released the results of an undercover investigation into an Oklahoma exotic animal park, where an investigator recorded tiger deaths, unwarranted breeding and dangerous incidents involving children and adults. HSUS undercover video footage taken at GW Exotic Animal Park in Wynnewood, Okla. in the summer and fall of 2011 shows potentially illegal actions that imperil both animals and humans. GW Exotic Animal Park houses approximately 200 tigers and other dangerous exotic animals and is acting as a petting zoo and traveling zoo that breeds tiger and bear cubs and allows the public to handle exotic animals for a fee, both at its own facility and at shopping malls and other venues around the country. At least five tigers died at the facility during the investigation – two of them had been sick for months and may have been shot by GW employees. A 6-year-old tiger named Hobbes died without receiving veterinary care and a 6-week-old cub being raised inside the GW owner’s house somehow sustained head injuries and had to be euthanized. And the death of 23 infant tigers at the facility over a 13-month period between 2009 and 2010 prompted the U.S. Department of Agriculture to open an investigation into GW Exotics for the unexplained death rate at the park. The HSUS investigator witnessed or heard reports about numerous dangerous public interactions at GW—some with a nearly full-grown tiger—including at least six cases where visitors were bitten or scratched. The HSUS has filed a series of complaints with state and federal authorities regarding potential legal violations, and called for strengthening certain areas of the law dealing with dangerous exotic wildlife. Joe Exotic
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The HSUS
OK Exotic Animals Investigation
Merlin ID: 119211
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The Humane Society of the United States has released the results of an undercover investigation into an Oklahoma exotic animal park, where an investigator recorded tiger deaths, unwarranted breeding and dangerous incidents involving children and adults. HSUS undercover video footage taken at GW Exotic Animal Park in Wynnewood, Okla. in the summer and fall of 2011 shows potentially illegal actions that imperil both animals and humans. GW Exotic Animal Park houses approximately 200 tigers and other dangerous exotic animals and is acting as a petting zoo and traveling zoo that breeds tiger and bear cubs and allows the public to handle exotic animals for a fee, both at its own facility and at shopping malls and other venues around the country. At least five tigers died at the facility during the investigation – two of them had been sick for months and may have been shot by GW employees. A 6-year-old tiger named Hobbes died without receiving veterinary care and a 6-week-old cub being raised inside the GW owner’s house somehow sustained head injuries and had to be euthanized. And the death of 23 infant tigers at the facility over a 13-month period between 2009 and 2010 prompted the U.S. Department of Agriculture to open an investigation into GW Exotics for the unexplained death rate at the park. The HSUS investigator witnessed or heard reports about numerous dangerous public interactions at GW—some with a nearly full-grown tiger—including at least six cases where visitors were bitten or scratched. The HSUS has filed a series of complaints with state and federal authorities regarding potential legal violations, and called for strengthening certain areas of the law dealing with dangerous exotic wildlife. Joe Exotic
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The HSUS
OK Exotic Animals Investigation
Merlin ID: 119207
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The Humane Society of the United States has released the results of an undercover investigation into an Oklahoma exotic animal park, where an investigator recorded tiger deaths, unwarranted breeding and dangerous incidents involving children and adults. HSUS undercover video footage taken at GW Exotic Animal Park in Wynnewood, Okla. in the summer and fall of 2011 shows potentially illegal actions that imperil both animals and humans. GW Exotic Animal Park houses approximately 200 tigers and other dangerous exotic animals and is acting as a petting zoo and traveling zoo that breeds tiger and bear cubs and allows the public to handle exotic animals for a fee, both at its own facility and at shopping malls and other venues around the country. At least five tigers died at the facility during the investigation – two of them had been sick for months and may have been shot by GW employees. A 6-year-old tiger named Hobbes died without receiving veterinary care and a 6-week-old cub being raised inside the GW owner’s house somehow sustained head injuries and had to be euthanized. And the death of 23 infant tigers at the facility over a 13-month period between 2009 and 2010 prompted the U.S. Department of Agriculture to open an investigation into GW Exotics for the unexplained death rate at the park. The HSUS investigator witnessed or heard reports about numerous dangerous public interactions at GW—some with a nearly full-grown tiger—including at least six cases where visitors were bitten or scratched. The HSUS has filed a series of complaints with state and federal authorities regarding potential legal violations, and called for strengthening certain areas of the law dealing with dangerous exotic wildlife. Joe Exotic
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The HSUS
HSUS undercover investigation media B-roll of Joe Exotic, Doc Antle and roadside zoos associated with their trail of breeding
“Tiger King” barely scratches the surface of the suffering these animals endure and the extensive networks of cruelty involved in breeding and selling by Antle and Joe Exotic to other wildlife menageries.
HSUS undercover investigation media B-roll of Joe Exotic's G.W. Exotics
In 2011 a Humane Society of the United States investigator worked undercover at Joe Exotic’s G.W. Exotics for 100 days. This extended footage reveals some of our discoveries from the facility.
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