Netflix’s docuseries Tiger King captured the cruel treatment of tigers and other exotic animals at the G.W. Zoo in Oklahoma.
The former owner of the zoo- Joe Exotic was sentenced to 22 years in prison for animal abuse and an murder-for-hire plot.
Thankfully, most of the tigers from the zoo were rescued by the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colorado.
In the series, Joe had trouble affording enough food to feed all of the tigers he held in captivity. Now the animals are treated much better.
Kent Drotar, the public relations director for the Wild Animal Sanctuary told People how their organization is “almost the complete anthesis to what those other places [like the G.W. Zoo] do.” The Colorado rescue “give[s] permanent homes to animals that come from situations like that,” he explained.
The Wild Animal Sanctuary has rescued more than 1,000 over the years, with more than 520 lions, tigers, bears, wolves.
