Bhagavan "Doc" Antle, owner of an exotic animal safari in South Carolina and featured in the Netflix documentary series "Tiger King," pleaded guilty to wildlife trafficking and money laundering. He admitted to overseeing the sale or purchase of protected species between 2018 and 2020, and will pay a $100,000 fine and serve three years of probation. He will be sentenced in January 2021.
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Bhagavan "Doc" Antle, a wild animal trainer featured in Netflix's "Tiger King", was convicted of two felony counts of wildlife trafficking and conspiring to wildlife traffic in Virginia. The charges stem from an investigation which revealed Antle had illegally purchased and transported endangered lion cubs from Virginia to South Carolina. Antle faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $2,500 fine for each of the two felony counts when he is sentenced on October 2, 2020.