Roadside zoos lure in visitors amidst the pandemic, at great risk to animals and people

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From HSUS.org
Calendar Icon May 18, 2020

Last week, the Oklahoma roadside zoo where Joe Exotic bred tiger cubs, ripped them from their mothers as soon as they were born, hit them so they would pose with visitors for photos, and disposed of many of them when they were no longer of any use to him, reopened to the public. The Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park (GW Exotics) saw a boost in visitors despite the pandemic, according to media reports, as a result of its new-found fame since the airing of the Netflix series “Tiger King.”

GW Exotics is not the only roadside zoo that’s reopened. Others across the United States, including Doc Antle’s Myrtle Beach Safari, also featured in the Netflix series, are luring…

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