Carole Baskin has shared her delight at finally succeeding in her decades-long "number one goal" - the passing of the Big Cat Public Safety Act.
And the Tiger King star, 61, claims the bill being pushed through by Congress sees her no longer fearing for her life.
The Animal rights activist rose to fame on the hit Netflix series and has had to deal with a number of threats to her life over the years, most notably from Joe Exotic, who is currently in prison for his crimes which include two counts of attempted murder for hire in regards Carole.
Now though, Carole says she believes "killing me doesn't do that much" as her work is already done after securing US President Joe Biden's signature on the Act which makes it illegal for people to privately own big cats or to partake in cub petting stateside.
The Act has been something she's been tirelessly working on since the passing of the Captive Wildlife Safety Act in 2003.
She said she was determined to "close the loopholes" on that Act, but claims her latest efforts saw the threats against her get "really hot" as those against new laws saw the net closing in.
Speaking to The Mirror about her fears, Carole claimed Joe was just "the dumbest one" of those making the threats, insisting he was "the easiest one for law enforcement to catch".
"A lot of these other characters, they're smarter than he is and better at keeping quiet about what they're doing," she confessed.
"So I found them to be much more dangerous and the stakes were really ramping up when we passed the house this year in July. Things started getting really hot. They could see the handwriting on the wall and then when it went over to the Senate for a hotline and they only had three senators that were holding it up.
"It was like 'alright, we're down to the last three senators. These people are going to pull out all the stops to do what they can'. So I've had to be especially careful during these last few months."
But now, Carol can breathe a sigh of relief - both for herself and the tigers who the bill could save.
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Speaking of her own safety, she continued: "I feel safer than I've ever felt before because the reason so many of these animal abusers wanted me dead was they wanted to silence me they didn't want this bill to pass.
"Now that the bill has passed their worst nightmare has already come true. So killing me now doesn't do that much."
And opening up on how the new Act will now help tigers in the wild she revealed: "This really is critical. To everyone. It's not just about saving big cats. This is about saving the planet and saving the habitat."
Carole admitted the passing of the act was in its "last chance saloon" this time around, claiming the tigers in the wild would have been "doomed" if they had failed once again.
"I was telling everybody if we don't do it this year, the tigers are doomed in the wild. We have to pass this right now."
She initially hoped it would be passed in 2020, but hit out at the "hindrance" of Tiger King making her need to start over again.
Now it has passed though, she openly admits she hopes her own sanctuary can eventually go out of business.
"The goal from the very beginning has been to be able to shut our doors and not have to be a place that rescues cats from horrible situations, she said before adding: "This [the new Act] will take care of, I'd say probably 99% of the big cat abuse in America by ending the cub petting and phasing out the private ownership."
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