Anna Daniels
Just as a general sort of spoiler alert, we should tell you that Joe Exotic was not successful in his attempt to have Carole Baskin murdered, and that he is now serving a 22-year prison sentence for attempting to hire a hitman. As for what’s become of Baskin since Tiger King found its way to the land of streaming, it should come as no surprise that she’s still apparently trying to fight the good fight in the name of big cats born into captivity.
Of course, Baskin is also facing a fair amount of backlash in the wake of her less-than-flattering depiction in the documentary series. She’s hardly taking that backlash lying down, though, recently hitting her Big Cat Rescue Blog to lob some serious grievances in the general direction of the Tiger King creative team.
“When the directors of the Netflix documentary Tiger King came to us five years ago they said they wanted to make the big cat version of Blackfish (the documentary that exposed abuse at SeaWorld) that would expose the misery caused by the rampant breeding of big cat cubs,” Baskin wrote on the blog. “There are not words for how disappointing it is to see that the docuseries not only does not do any of that but has had the sole goal of being as salacious and sensational as possible to draw viewers.”
Baskin goes on to defend herself against allegations of wrongdoing in her first husband’s disappearance and Big Cat Rescue’s overall operations. Whatever Tiger King viewers choose to believe, Carole Baskin is still doing all she can to combat big cat breeding operations, and will almost certainly continue for the foreseeable future — even though she is, ironically, allergic to cats.
Written by: Looper
