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Animal trainer and zoo owner, doc Antle,

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who appeared in the Netflix docuseries
Tiger King and was the focus of the Tiger

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King spinoff.

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The Doc Antle story has been convicted
in Virginia on four felony counts related

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to the purchase and sale
of endangered animals.

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Authorities began investigating Anl in
2019 after he bought endangered lion Cubs

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for his facility in South
Carolina, which is super illegal.

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Virginia's Attorney General
said in a statement,

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Virginia's animal cruelty laws are
not taken lightly by my office.

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I'm proud of my animal law
unit for their tireless work,

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and I'm thrilled that the jury sent a
message that Virginia does not tolerate

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wildlife animal trafficking.

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Antle has a long history of
doing super illegal things,

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having racked up more than 35 U S D
A violations for mistreating animals.

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Antal was also arrested last summer
in South Carolina on money laundering

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charges. He's awaiting
trial on those charges.