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Colorado pit bull defense lawyer charged in alleged murder-for-hire plot

February 10, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Animal Law Center founder Jennifer Edwards now has more in common with “Joe Exotic” than just initials and notoriety              EVERGREEN, Colorado––Animal Law Center founder Jennifer Reba Edwards,  43,  central to efforts to overturn and weaken Colorado dangerous dog laws,  now has more in common with the notorious “Joe Exotic” than just the “JE” initials […]

Filed Under: Animal control, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Cruelty & neglect, Cruelty & neglect, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Spay/neuter, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Anthony Ortolani, Carole Baskin, Jennifer Emmi, Jennifer Thomadis, Joe Exotic, Kevin O'Connell, Marlene Puzak, Michelle Tippets, Vern Wagner

Siegfried Fischbacher, 81, follows tiger act partner Roy Horn, 75, in death

January 14, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

Illusionist Fischbacher, of Siegfried & Roy, created image of partner Horn as “positive reinforcement” trainer & conservationist Both were role models for “Joe Exotic” et al             LAS VEGAS––Entertainer Siegfried Fischbacher,  81,  died of pancreatic cancer on January 14,  2021,  at the Las Vegas home he had shared with Roy Horn,  his partner in life […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Circuses, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Laws & politics, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals), Obituaries (human), Sanctuaries, Spectacles, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Carole Baskin, Chris Lawrence, Doc Antle, Joe Exotic, Merritt Clifton, Robert McFadden, Roy Horn, Siegfried Fischbacher

Big Cat Public Safety Act clears House after Big Cat Rescue mauling

December 4, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Accident to volunteer emphasized need for the bill          TAMPA, Florida;  WASHINGTON D.C.–– December 3,  2020 began as a very bad day for Big Cat Rescue founder Carole Baskin. But it was an even worse day for five-year volunteer Candy Couser,  69,  of Land O’Lakes,  Florida,  mauled by Kimba the tiger at the Big Cat […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, China, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Sanctuaries, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Brian Fitzpatrick, Candy Couser, Carole Baskin, Dan Bishop, Earl Blumenauer, Ed Case, Joe Exotic, Kevin Antle, Mike Quigley, Tim Stark

Kevin “Doc” Antle’s secret life on the lam from Iowa

October 16, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Does Antle fear identification with the ordinary more than felony charges?             RICHMOND, Virginia––Kevin “Doc” Antle,  who styles himself “Mahamayavia Bhagavan Antle,”  appears to have spent most of his adult life trying to  avoid being identified with his youth in Bettendorf,  Iowa,  never once mentioned in any of dozens of interviews with him collected by […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Circuses, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Sanctuaries, Spectacles, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Barbara Fisher, Carole Baskin, Christian Dall’Acqua, Don Elroy, Ellen Dahnke, Jack Hanna, Joe Exotic, John Weinhart, Keith Wilson, Mahamayavia Bhagavan Antle, Merritt Clifton, Sue Pressman, Tawny Antle, Tilakum Antle

Carole Baskin & Big Cat Rescue win custody of “Tiger King” Joe Exotic’s tigers

June 2, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Federal court ruling satisfies seven-year-old lien             OKLAHOMA CITY,  TAMPA–– U.S. District Court Judge Scott Palk on June 1,  2020 ruled that Big Cat Rescue founder Carole Baskin and her husband,  attorney Howard Baskin,  have “sufficiently traced funds to allow for the imposition of a constructive trust” on the G.W. Exotic Animal Memorial Park in Wynnewood, Oklahoma. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Sanctuaries, USA, Zoos Tagged With: Carole Baskin, Howard Baskin, Jeff Lowe, Joe Exotic, Scott Palk, Shirley Schreibvogel

Tim Stark: 120-count conviction, yet roadside zoo remains open

February 9, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Features animal-handling sessions             CHARLESTOWN,  Indiana––Wildlife In Need (WIN) roadside zoo operator Tim Stark on February 7,  2020 told WDRB reporter Chad Mills that he intends to appeal the February 3,  2020 permanent revocation of his USDA license to exhibit animals by chief administrative law judge Channing D. Strother and remain in business. The Wildlife […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Laws, Sanctuaries, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Carole Baskin, Channing D. Strother, Joe Exotic, Lexy Gross, Merritt Clifton, Ricky L. Pelphrey, Tim Stark

“Joe Exotic” tried to kill me: Carole Baskin tells her own story

January 25, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

by Carole Baskin, founder, Big Cat Rescue In “Joe Exotic” gets 22 years in a cage for murder plot,  reporting how Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage,  also known as Joe Exotic and formerly known as Joseph Schreibvogel,  age 57,  came to be serving a possible life sentence in federal prison for plotting to kill me,  ANIMALS 24-7 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Sanctuaries, USA, Zoos Tagged With: Amanda Green, Andy Farabow, Beth Corley, Bonnie Sue Boon, Carney Anne Nassar, Carole Baskin, Frank Allen Glover, Howie Baskin, James Garretson, Jeff Lowe, Joe Exotic, Joseph Maldonado, Joseph Schreibvogel, Lisa Sparks, Marcia Davis, Matt Bryant, Robert Engessor

“Joe Exotic” gets 22 years in a cage for murder plot

January 23, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Sentenced on 17 counts,  including soliciting murder of Big Cat Rescue founder Carole Baskin             OKLAHOMA CITY,  Oklahoma––U.S. District Court Judge Scott Palk on January 23,  2020 sentenced self-styled entertainer “Joe Exotic” Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage,  57,   formerly known as Joe Schreibvogel,  to serve 22 years in prison for having solicited the murder of Big Cat […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Sanctuaries, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Carole Baskin, Howard Baskin, Joe Schreibvogel, Joseph Maldonado, Merritt Clifton, Travis Maldonado

“Joe Exotic” allegedly thought he could get away with murder

September 12, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Accused of hiring hit man to bump off Big Cat Rescue founder Carole Baskin             TAMPA,  Florida––“Joe Exotic,”  55,  allegedly thought he could get away with murder. Also known as Joseph Maldonado-Passage,  Joseph Allen Maldonado,  and Joseph Allen Schreibvogel,  “Joe Exotic” was on September 7,  2018 indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Laws, Laws & politics, Sanctuaries, USA, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Carole Baskin, Howard Baskin, Joe Exotic, Joseph Allen Maldonado, Joseph Allen Schreibvogel, Joseph Maldonado-Passage

Tony, the truck stop tiger since 2001, dies at 17––will he be the last?

October 19, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Had at least 13 predecessors in 30 years             IBERVILLE PARISH,  Louisiana––Tony,  17,  the latest and perhaps the last of a succession of at least 13 tigers exhibited for 30 years at the Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete,  Iberville Parish,  Louisiana,  was euthanized due to advanced kidney failure on the evening of October 16,  […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Sanctuaries, Sports, Tigers, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Anthony Marr, Carole Baskin, Jamie Hargett, Jeremy Hargett, Lea Skene, Mary Sue Pearce, Merritt Clifton, Michael Sandlin, Natalie Lima

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