Carole Baskin's Big Cat Rescue — that shot to fame and interest after the 'Tiger King' documentary — is shutting down. It has been a Tampa institution for 30 years.
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Howard Baskin wrote in the announcement that the couple's goal was always to "'put ourselves out of business,' meaning that there would be no big cats in need of rescue and no need for the sanctuary to exist." "What this means, importantly, is that over the next decade almost all of this privately held population of cats will pass away," he wrote. "Within a few years after that they will all be gone and there will be no more cats living in miserable conditions in backyards."The "Tiger King" documentary captivated millions of people in 2020, and Carole Baskin shot to fame. She competed in "Dancing with the Stars" later that year.
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