Bhagavan“ Doc” Antle, an eccentric big animal-lover featured in“ Tiger King,” has been arrested and jailed in South Carolina. - Andrei Calangiu/Dreamstime/TNS
Bhagavan “Doc” Antle, an eccentric big animal-lover featured in “Tiger King,” has been arrested and jailed in South Carolina. It is not yet clear why 62-year-old Antle was taken into custody. He was arrested by the FBI on Friday around 3:30 p.m. and booked into the Horry County jail later the same night. No charges were listed on the county’s online booking records. The zookeeper’s recent arrest is far from his first tangle with law enforcement. He is currently facing several misdemeanor and felony wildlife trafficking and animal cruelty charges in Virginia. A trial on those charges is slated ...
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