re: The Tiger King (Netflix Docuseries)

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She clearly bred tigers in the past, and her zoo isn't the palace she claims it is, but the worst part of what Joe and Doc do is breeding for cub shows. She doesn't do that and provides a location for cats that might otherwise be euthanized.

Joe and Doc are disingenous when they say she does the same thing. She operates a zoo, but the breeding and cub shows are the bad part, not just operating a zoo.

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Don't buy into her bullshite. Carole is doing nothing more than trying to set herself up as being the lone breeder/owner/merchant of big-cat species in the US.

Are Joe and Doc doing some sleazy shite? Absolutely but at least their sleazy shite is allowing the species to perpetuate. Were Carole not so hell-bent on banning the breeding and sale of big-cat cubs then Doc and Joe (and others like them) would at least have access to other avenues for getting rid of unwanted big cats as they grew out of the safe-and-cuddly stage.

Joe and Doc are definitely not saints, but to try to elevate Carole above them is to be incredibly short-sighted, at best.