Growler Pines Tiger Preserve closed; former West Coast Game Park Safari owner Brian Tenney indicted on 371 counts HUGO, Oklahoma––Tiger trainer Ryan Easley, 37, was on September 20, 2025 killed by a tiger at his Growler Pines Tiger Preserve. Despite pretenses to being a sanctuary for former circus animals, “Growler Pines Tiger Preserve, also known […]
Oklahoma cockfighting bust reignites effort to pass FIGHT Act in new Congress
Grady County, Oklahoma, & especially Ninnekah need help to establish a new reputation NINNEKAH, Oklahoma––If you ever heard of Grady County, Oklahoma, it might have been because Joseph Schreibvogel Maldonado-Passage, better known as “Joe Exotic,” spent jail time there between his September 2018 arrest for plotting to murder Big Cat Rescue founder Carole Baskin […]
Big Cat Rescue turns a corner, sending big cat residents to Arkansas
Sanctuary property to be sold, proceeds to go to wildcat conservation TAMPA, Florida––If Howard and Carole Baskin had hoped to make headlines with their March 27, 2023 announcement that the Big Cat Rescue large and exotic cats are soon to be relocated to the Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, they picked the […]
Busted again: the secret life of “Tiger King” Kevin “Doc” Antle on the lam from Iowa
Does Antle fear identification with the ordinary more than felony charges? Charged with money laundering mucho bigtime MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina––Kevin Antle, 62, self-styled as “Bhagavan” and “Doc” Antle, was late on June 3, 2022 reportedly apprehended by agents for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Antle and alleged accomplice Andrew Jon Sawyer, 52, also known […]
Jen gets 10: Colorado pit bull defense lawyer sentenced for hit plot
Jennifer Edwards Emmi goes to the pound for dangerous behavior GOLDEN, Colorado–– Jefferson County First Judicial District Judge Randall C. Arp on August 16, 2021 sentenced pit bull defense lawyer Jennifer Reba Edwards Emmi, 43, to serve ten years in state prison, less 217 days for time already served, on nine felony counts in three […]
Cat killer “Doctor Quack” paid well by East Bay Regional Park District
Shotgun-wielding biologist took home $182,951, left dead cats in dumpsters OAKLAND, California––East Bay Regional Park District biologist David “Doctor Quack” Riensche may have been paid more per feral cat he allegedly killed than the $3,000 that “Joe Exotic” paid to Frank Allen Glover in his foiled plot to murder Big Cat Rescue founder Carole […]
Colorado pit bull defense lawyer charged in alleged murder-for-hire plot
Animal Law Center founder Jennifer Edwards now has more in common with “Joe Exotic” than just initials and notoriety [UPDATE: Jen gets 10: Colorado pit bull defense lawyer sentenced for hit plot.] EVERGREEN, Colorado––Animal Law Center founder Jennifer Reba Edwards, 43, central to efforts to overturn and weaken Colorado dangerous dog laws, now has […]
Siegfried Fischbacher, 81, follows tiger act partner Roy Horn, 75, in death
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 […]
Trump allies in the animal world squirm after U.S. Capitol storming
From “Joe Exotic” to Wayne Pacelle WASHINGTON D.C.––Soon-to-be-former U.S. President Donald Trump and his die-hard defenders who are now facing criminal charges for storming the U.S. National Capitol building on January 6, 2021 were scarcely the only big losers from the events of the day. Former U.S. Air Force security dog handler Ashli Babbitt, […]
Big Cat Public Safety Act clears House after Big Cat Rescue mauling
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 […]