Fierce tigers look as tame as pussycats as they swim with people in this striking image. The startling photograph is one of many taken by National Geographic photographer Steve Winter in a two-year probe into captive tigers.
Fans of Netflix ’s hit show Tiger King will recognise Bhagavan “Doc” Antle in the water with the big cats and his son Kody. These shots were taken at Doc’s Myrtle Beach Safari zoo in South Carolina, US, where visitors can pet and play with baby tigers.
One picture shows Kody in leopard-print shorts with the paw of a liger – a huge tiger-lion hybrid – on his shoulder. This week Doc was indicted on animal cruelty and wildlife trafficking charges, which he “categorically” denies.
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