Episode 5: What 'Tiger King' Gets Wrong About Tigers
Netflix's "Tiger King" series may be the most popular documentary ever made. Sixty-four million people have seen it, and Joe Exotic is now a household...
Cat People
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Depending on what state you live in, it can be completely legal to own a tiger, lion, or cougar without having to register it or have a special license. Cat People examines the strange relationships people have with big cats and the legal loopholes that have made America home to more captive tigers than there are left in the wild.
Episode 4: The Carole Gun
Joe Exotic, a self-described “gay, gun-carrying redneck with a mullet,” owned more tigers than anyone in the United States. He said that one of his gu...
Episode 3: Big Cats, Rescued
If there is a solution to the big cat problem, it’s probably going to come from Big Cat Rescue, in Tampa, Florida. But what started as a facility to h...
Episode 2: $10,000 of Meat
Deb Pierce always dreamed of owning a lion and a cougar. Now she does. And they were surprisingly easy to get. But life as a big cat owner isn’t what ...
Episode 1: No Law Against It
In 2009, Terry Thompson set loose 18 tigers, 17 lions, three cougars, and numerous other animals on the town of Zanesville, Ohio. Then, he took his ow...
Cat People, Coming Soon ...
Official trailer for Cat People, coming soon. Depending on what state you live in, it can be completely legal to own a tiger, lion, or cougar without ...