Doc Antle is facing several charges after he was allegedly trafficking lion cubs between Virginia and South Carolina.
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Virginia’s attorney general said in a statement that the ‘Tiger King’ star was slammed with 15 charges regarding animal cruelty and wildlife trafficking. Investigators who closely watched Antle’s zoos in Myrtle Beach and Winchester said he and his partner, Keith Wilson, violated the Endangered Species Act by placing the animals in poor conditions via travel.
“The indictments come after a months-long investigation by Attorney General Herring’s Animal Law Unit into the relationship between Antle and Wilson found that both men trafficked lion cubs between Virginia and South Carolina. This investigation included the execution of a search warrant at Antle’s South Carolina property in December 2019 by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Agency.”
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The state attorney also charged his daughters ,Tawny Antle and Tilakum Watterson, with animal cruelty charges as reported by the New York Post. Back in December 2019, Wilson was also charged with 39 counts of animal cruelty after keeping his animals in decrepit conditions and he is expected to go on trial in June 2021.