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An owner of an exotic animal safari in South Carolina, who gained recognition from the hit Netflix documentary series “Tiger King,” pleaded guilty Monday to trafficking wildlife and money laundering, federal prosecutors said. Bhagavan “Doc” Antle, 63, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, oversaw the sale or purchase of two cheetah cubs, two lion cubs, two tigers and one juvenile chimpanzee, all of which were protected under the Endangered Species Act, between Sept.
The safari is a 50-acre nature preserve that offers tours and the chance for private encounters with wildlife, prosecutors said. Antle is also the director of a nonprofit registered in South Carolina called the Rare Species Fund, prosecutors said. In addition to trafficking wildfire, an investigation also turned up evidence of money laundering committed between February 2022 and April that year.
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