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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Maya Yang

Carole Baskin’s Big Cat Rescue to close and move wildlife to Arkansas

Carole Baskin in Santa Monica, California, in August 2021.
Carole Baskin in Santa Monica, California, in August 2021. Photograph: Araya Doheny/Getty Images for NightFly Entertainment, Ltd.

The Big Cat Rescue center run by Carole Baskin of Netflix fame is planning to close down and for most of its wildlife to be transported from Florida to a sanctuary in Arkansas.

In a statement, Howard Baskin, the husband of the co-star of Netflix’s smash hit series Tiger King, announced that the 30-year-old center in Tampa had agreed to move most of its cats to the Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge.

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