Former animal control officer attracted fellow exotic cat trainers & traffickers who may have brought Pahrump more notoriety than the alleged UFO remains at the nearby Area 51 military base PAHRUMP, Nevada––Nye County, Nevada sheriff’s deputies and animal control officers on April 2, 2025 impounded seven tigers from sometime trainer Karl Mitchell, 71. “Nye […]
Florida animal care community picks up the pieces after Hurricane Milton
Daisy the dog’s story is in microcosm the story of survival LOXAHATCHEE, Florida––Neonatal nurse Julie Wing Whitehead of Fort Pierce, though one of the 119 tornados spun off from Hurricane Milton destroyed her home, recovered her nine-month-old golden retriever Daisy after an all-night search assisted by many denizens of social media who cross-posted her frantic […]
First reports from animal agencies & rescuers after Hurricane Milton
Port St. Lucie took the hardest hits––that we know about so far PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida––As of three in the morning on October 10, 2024, animal agencies and advocates in Port St. Lucie in southeast Florida appeared to have taken the hardest hit from Hurricane Milton the previous evening––but with more than 1.1 million people caught […]
“Tiger King” associate Karl Mitchell was Nye County animal control chief
From Animal Welfare Act violations to Las Vegas shoot-out, cases tend to link to Karl Mitchell’s tenure (See also Seven tigers impounded from Nevada “Tiger King” pal Karl Mitchell.) PAHRUMP, NEVADA––Nye County, Nevada, in 2000 hired as animal control director exotic animal trainer Karl Mitchell, 48, a man who might not have been elected dogcatcher anywhere […]