Dozens of cats have been seized by the US authorities from the zoo set up by the ‘tiger king’ in the Netflix series

Many wild species cannot be bought or sold for profit, as a result of their endangered status. These have been seized on the basis they are not being looked after properly, and include 46 tigers, 7 tigers, a jaguar and 15 lion tiger hybrids.

Joe exotic the original owner was imprisoned when he was charged with hiring a hitman to kill an opponent.

Clearly more care needs to be taken as to who is allowed to run a zoo or own wild animals like tigers.

There is a real problem currently, where more tigers live in back yards than the wild. Progress has been made, but hopefully this will continue.

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