The people of Tiger King

So in response to this... but also to derail the thread completely...

Tiger rugs... ok so how do you get one?

Did Kurt or Pete buy a tiger from Joe and shoot it (assuming with a .30-378 weatherby) and then have it made into a rug.

Who's the best CITES armchair expert on the forum.

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Taxidermist in Indianapolis that did my javelina has a full body mount of a tiger in his living room. Got it from a guy that had some as pets. Mounted two, one he got to keep as payment for doing the other. I'd assume CITES permit would be needed, but not sure with things kept as domestics/exotics.
 
Why don't we just list the actors we'd like to play the characters?

Joe Exotic - Joe Dirt
Travis - Bam from Jackass
John Finley - I can't think of anyone with teeth that bad. Maybe one of the Swamp People?
Carol Baskin - Cathy Bates Shelley Long
Doc Antle - Ted Danson Ozzy Osborne
Jeff Lowe - Vanilla Ice OR Danny McBride OR Herve Villechaize
Howard Baskin - Tommy Lee Lewis Don Knotts
Don Lewis - Patrick Swayze - that's pretty funny IMO
Rick Kirkham - Jeff Probst Don Knotts
John Reinke - Seth Green Himself
Kelci - Michelle Rodriguez John Leguizamo
Dillon - Jamie Kennedy
 
Mario Trabraue seems to be on a whole other level of criminal/dangerous predator than the rest of the characters and he was barely discussed. A drug kingpin who chopped up federal informants and was sentenced to 100 years in prison. But got out early and has a private zoo.
Also, makes a guy wonder how Don Lewis got his money. A businessman with multiple planes who liked to travel to Central America. How many millionaires in Florida during the 1980s weren't involved in drug trafficking? With how much money is needed to feed all of those critters a private zoo seems like a good option for laundering money.
 
So in response to this... but also to derail the thread completely...

Tiger rugs... ok so how do you get one?

Did Kurt or Pete buy a tiger from Joe and shoot it (assuming with a .30-378 weatherby) and then have it made into a rug.

Who's the best CITES armchair expert on the forum.

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According to ceo Jeff Sposito a friend gave it to them. Seems like it was from a long time ago. Like 1950s or something. Probably before things got all technical.
 
Joe dirt (david spade) has a bunch of interviews with them on the youtubes...honestly they seem like they could be normal people ....with very strange pasts lol
 
Ok. I didn't expect to find this here. As a result, I looked at the Wikipedia page to see if maybe I'm wrong about it being something I don't want to see. Nope, I still feel the same.

Did you ever save & eat the chocolates that you liked the least on Valentine's Day for last?
 
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