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Carole Baskin
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Big Cat Handler Linked To 'Tiger King' Star Joe Exotic Mauled To Death
A big cat trainer and former associate of "Tiger King" star Joe Exotic was killed by a tiger during a performance. Ryan Easley died at Growler Pines Tiger Preserve on Saturday, Sept. 20, the southeastern Oklahoma facility said in a Facebook post. He ran ShowMe Tigers and had worked with animals from Joe Exotic and Bhagavan "Doc" Antle. Easley was performing "an act with the tiger when something went wrong, resulting in him being attacked," Choctaw County Sheriff Terry Park told KXII 12 News. Deputies said Easley wasn't breathing when they arrived. Growler Pines said Easley's dea…
Brentwood, NY
Breaking News
Rare Possible Bobcat Sighting Reported On Long Island
Police are searching for what could be a bobcat after receiving a report of a wild cat on Long Island. The sighting took place in Suffolk County in the area of Boulevard Avenue in West Islip around 10:40 a.m., Tuesday, July 26. Police responded to the area and the animal was not located, said the Suffolk County Police. John Di Leonardo, an anthrozoologist and president of Humane Long Island said the animal is most likely a lynx hybrid that was someone's pet and was abandoned. "These are wild animals and not pets," said Di Leonardo. "Hopefully the animal can be caught and rehabilitated a…
Hackensack, NJ
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Reports: Imprisoned Star Of Netflix 'Tiger King' Series In Coronavirus Quarantine
Imprisoned "Tiger King" documentary star Joe Maldonado-Passage -- also known as "Joe Exotic" -- was in what multiple sources reported is coronavirus quarantine after being transferred to a secure medical center in Texas. Maldonado-Passage, 57, was listed at the Fort Worth FMC, a medical center operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, records show. His husband, Dillon Passage, told reporters that Maldonado-Passage was in coronavirus quarantine because inmates at the jail where he was being held tested positive for the virus. The former zoo owner was convicted last April of trying to hire …
