
Tiger Traffickers, Narco Zoos and the (Even Darker) Truth Behind Joe Exotic
The Underworld Podcast
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The Tiger in a Cage
The current boom of big cat ownership began in the 70s and 80s with something called zoo babies. Of 624 seizures globally between 2003 and 2012, the US accounts for almost half. Even though it's illegal to sell these things across state borders, it goes on everywhere all the time. The laws are really flimsy.
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