re: The Tiger King (Netflix Docuseries)

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You missed an important part, unless it's a Florida panther, you can't release any exotic animal raised by humans into the wild

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That's the big issue with the breeding. Not too many people are really ready to care for an adult tiger for 15-20 years.

They can't be released into the wild, and there are only so many zoos. So when you have guys like Doc who need to have 5-10 cubs at any given point, that winds up being like 20-30 tigers a year that there isn't a long term ability to care for.