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Zoo News: ‘Tiger King’ attractions are fake zoos
What it takes to become a zookeeper
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Ashley Burdick, curator and zoo supervisor at the Great Bend Brit Spaugh Zoo, holds a boa constrictor’s shed skin as she talks to high school students during this year’s Jack Kilby STEM Day at Barton Community College.
Earlier this year, federal agents seized 68 protected big cats from Tiger King Park in Thackerville, Oklahoma, for Endangered Species Act violations. According to a statement from the Justice Department, the lions, tigers, lion-tiger hybrids and one jaguar did not have proper shelter, food or veterinary care. The animal park was owned by Jeffrey and Lauren Lowe but was previously owned by Joseph Maldonado-Passage, also known as “Joe Exotic,” from the TV series “Tiger King.”