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SC Tiger King hit with $10K fine, wildlife ownership ban following Virginia conviction

Bhagavan “Doc” Antle, owner of Myrtle Beach Safari, explains to reporters why law enforcement served warrants at his facility in December 2019. Antle was recently featured in Netflix’s “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness.”
Bhagavan “Doc” Antle, owner of Myrtle Beach Safari, explains to reporters why law enforcement served warrants at his facility in December 2019. Antle was recently featured in Netflix’s “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness.” jbell@thesunnews.com

Myrtle Beach Safari owner and star of Netflix’s “Tiger King” series Bhagavan “Doc” Antle was handed a $10,000 fine and and five-year ban on working with, possessing, trading or interacting with wild animals for five years in Virginia after a June conviction on wildlife charges.

Antle initially faced 13 counts of buying endangered species and cruelty to animals charges in the Frederick County Circuit Court. A verdict was reached after a week-long trial, according to online court records. Four additional charges were thrown out before the end of the trial due to insufficient evidence, according to Antle’s defense team.

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