Animal Crimes

"Doc" Antle of Tiger King pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act and conspiracy to launder money, prosecutors said. 

Bhagavan “Doc” Antle, who was featured on the Netflix docuseries Tiger King, was found guilty of illegally purchasing lion cubs in what prosecutors dubbed a “cub pipeline” from Virginia to South Carolina.

Davion Irvin has been arrested and charged with six counts of cruelty to nonlivestock animals in the disappearance of emperor tamarin monkeys Bella and Finn from the Dallas Zoo on Monday.

Trisha "Mimi" Meyer is being sought by law enforcement after being indicted on wildlife trafficking charges for her role in selling a jaguar which was re-sold and then discarded.

“The order authorizing the hippos to exercise a legal right sets an important precedent that animals do have legal rights and that there is room in the legal system for them to enforce those rights,” Christopher Berry, an attorney for the Animal Legal Defense Fund, told Oxygen.com. 

What officials called a "large group of people" has been accused of sitting on top of an endangered sea turtle as she came ashore to lay eggs.

Deanna Thompson, "John Green," and Muervet Douglas joined forensic psychologist Dr. Kris Mohandie at CrimeCon to raise awareness about animal abuse and its connections to homicides. 

Officials allege that Lauren and Jeff Lowe have failed to provide proper care for the dozens of animals at their park in Thackerville, Oklahoma.

Former PetSmart workers Julie Miller, Shaphan Stonge, Elizabeth Doty and Heather Rowe have been charged with animal cruelty and neglect after reporter AJ Ross’s 11-year-old poodle, Kobe, died in their care.

A Houston neighborhood was rattled when a tiger got loose in the front yard of a home. The man who corralled the jungle cat, Victor Cuevas, later fled with the tiger.