Jeff Lowe: ‘Tiger King’ zoo closed for good thanks to PETA’s ‘false accusations’

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Tiger King star Carole Baskin is calling attention to the grave risk to animals at the now closed theme park at the centre of the Netflix docuseries.The licence for the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park was suspended this week and the place will remain closed for at least the next 21 days after an inspection by United States Department of Agriculture officials exposed the neglect of animals at the hands of owner Jeff Lowe.But Baskin insists the closure means the animals remain in danger, as inspections will no longer be routine.“Jeff … closing the GW Zoo to the public unfortunately does nothing to relieve the animals of the serious mistreatment documented in recent USDA inspections,” Baskin said in a statement.

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The zoological park featured in Netflix‘s wildly popular Tiger King documentary has been officially closed, Variety is reporting.

The zoo featured in Netflix's hit series Tiger King has been permanently shut down.

Mackenzie Nichols Staff WriterFans of “Tiger King” will not be able to visit The Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park as the property has now been closed permanently, according to a Facebook post from owner Jeff Lowe.According to Lowe, he contacted the USDA to voluntarily forfeit his exhibitor’s license which allowed him to buy and sell animals, and the organization then notified him less than 24 hours later that they would be suspending his license for 21 days. Lowe said PETA and others have fought back against the park for the USDA’s decision.“The very agency that has given my facility five consecutive perfect inspections, has now folded to the pressures of PETA and continue to make false accusations against me,” Lowe wrote.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park, as seen in Netflix’s hit doc series Tiger King, has closed its doors for good.Current owner Jeff Lowe confirmed the news in a Facebook post, saying that he was voluntarily forfeiting his USDA exhibitors license. Back in May, a federal judge in Oklahoma granted ownership of the park to rival operator Carole Baskin after ruling that previous owner Joe Exotic, now serving a 22-year prison term for crimes including a plot to kill Baskin, had fraudulently transferred ownership prior to Lowe taking over.In the post, Lowe claimed the USDA had “folded to the pressures of [animal rights group] PETA” and were making “false accusations” against him.

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The “Tiger King” zoo is now closed to the public.

Tiger King has permanently closed.In a Facebook post to the page of the now-named Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park, current owner Jeff Lowe (nemesis of incarcerated Tiger King star and former owner, Joe Exotic) said the zoo is closed to the public “effective immediately”.“The Tiger King phenomenon has definitely changed our lives in many ways,” the post read.“It has, and probably will continue to make us a target of every nutjob and animal rights loon in the World, but we are prepared. As of today, we have decided to close the old zoo effective immediately.”Lowe added that due to the park’s permanent closure he has now voluntarily forfeited his United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) exhibitor’s license.

The license of “Tiger King” star Jeff Lowe to exhibit exotic animals has been suspended following citations for inadequate veterinary care and other conditions at his Oklahoma zoo. Federal and local authorities visited Lowe’s G.W.

Tiger King‘s Carole Baskin has responded to Cardi B again after she initially criticised the use of big cats in latter’s video for ‘WAP’.Baskin, who rose to fame on the Netflix show, criticised the rapper for using the animals in her recent video alongside Megan Thee Stallion.While it is unclear if the animals were real or the result of CGI, Baskin speculated the video had made use of “one of the big cat pimps, who makes a living from beating, shocking and starving cats to make them stand on cue in front of a green screen in a studio”, adding: “That’s never good for the cat.”Cardi B responded to Baskin last week, telling i-D: “I’m not gonna engage with Carole Baskin on that.

Carole Baskin apparently isn’t in it for the money.

Netflix‘s Tiger King.The star of the hit documentary also denied reports which claimed that she demanded a £1 million fee to take part in a rumoured follow-up of the docu-series.

Joe Exotic sits in jail, Carole Baskin prowls for other sparring partners. And she may have found one in  Cardi B , well temporarily.

Netflix series Tiger King is reportedly set to return for a second season following the success of the first.The hit documentary series, which was first released in March of this year, follows the rivalry between former zookeeper Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage – aka Joe Exotic – and Big Cat Rescue CEO Carole Baskin.However, according to The Sun, Netflix have now secured the rights to a follow-up season, with Exotic reportedly vowing to take part alongside other Tiger King stars including husband Dillon Passage and Jeff Lowe.Exotic is currently serving a 22-year sentence after being found guilty of putting out a hit on Baskin, as well as 17 other wildlife-related charges.

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Tiger King is reportedly coming back to Netflix for a second series - but one very important character could be missing.

LOCKDOWN hit Tiger King is returning for a second series after streaming giant Netflix secured the rights to a follow-up. More than 64million households saw the first, which followed eccentric US big cat owner Joe Exotic and his battle with activist Carole Baskin.