Where did the animals from GW Zoo go?

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.



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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Zookeeper Bhagavan “Doc“ Antle, who was featured in Netflix's Tiger King docuseries, was found guilty of buying endangered lion cubs. Antle was convicted on Friday of two felony counts of wildlife trafficking and two felony counts of conspiring to wildlife traffic.

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Thirty-nine of the tigers and three black bears formerly under Joe Exotic's care are now living in the expansive habitats of Keenesburg, Colorado sanctuary.

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Read the ruling here The USDA pulled Stark's license around the time the show premiered after accusations of animal abuse and neglect, and the facility eventually closed. In April 2021, Stark was banned from ever owning or exhibiting any exotic or native animals ever again.

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Hundreds of animals died in their cages at a zoo in Russian-occupied Ukraine when explosions ripped through the nearby Nova Kakhovka dam on Tuesday, flooding the surrounding area.

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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.

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