The animals remaining at the exotic animal park made famous by the Netflix docu-series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness will be given up, the U.S. Department of Justice ordered.
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Alongside his conviction of murder-to-hire in January 2020, Exotic was convicted on 17 federal charges of animal abuse including killing five tigers and illegally selling tiger cubs. Exotic's remaining tigers and other animals were eventually moved to a sanctuary in Colorado.
In August, the USDA suspended Lowe's exhibitor license for 21 days, and Lowe announced that the GW Zoo was permanently closed to the public. In September, in settlement of a lawsuit, the property will be transferred to Carole Baskin, the CEO of Big Cat Rescue in Florida and Joe Exotic's main nemesis in Tiger King.
Thankfully, the 141 Lions, Tigers, & Bears that have been rescued, now live and roam freely inside beautiful large acreage habitats at one of our three accredited sanctuaries.
What Happened to Jeff Lowe? In June of last year, Deadline reported a judge granted Baskin full control over Exotic's GW Zoo, and Lowe, who was then running the property, had 120 days to vacate the zoo, along with all of his animals.
Former owners of Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park, Jeff and Lauren Lowe, have been permanently banned from exhibiting animals. A federal judge issued the prohibition last Thursday after authorities accused the Lowes of violating the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Animal Welfare Act.
Four African long-tailed shrikes escaped from an aviary at the Minnesota Zoo last summer when a worker inadvertently left open a door to the enclosure. The previous year the zoo lost a Eurasian eagle owl that escaped its enclosure. It was later found dead along a roadside.
A number of German and Japanese zoos were either bombed into near oblivion or suffered such severe shortages—of food, supplies, medicine, and replacement animals—that they entered the postwar period as mere skeletons of their prewar selves.
The next day he vacated the property entirely and did it fell abandoned with new owner Baskin quickly selling the property under the condition that it NEVER be used as an exotic zoo or tourist attraction again. The Tiger King Park now sits abandoned with many speculating what will happen next.