Doc Antle, the owner of the Myrtle Beach Safari is now behind bars, according to Horry County records.
Bhagavan “Doc” Antle was booked into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center on Friday, June 3, 2022.
An FBI source confirmed that the agency had arrested Antle, but provided no further information.
PETA recently called for an investigation into Myrtle Beach Safari and nonprofit Rare Species Fund, of which Antle serves as its president. The organization claimed Antle was using charitable donations to fund the zoo while claiming to support wildlife conservation.
PETA information officer, Megan Wiltsie, told MyrtleBeachSC News, “It’s fitting that “Doc” Antle is behind bars after years of locking up the endangered animals he uses in tawdry photo ops. His legal woes are mounting, as PETA recently blew the whistle on his apparent “charity” scam, and the end to his reign of terrorizing tiger cubs can’t come soon enough.”
More details about Antle’s exploitation of animals—which PETA has been fighting for years—are available here.
No charges have been listed for Antle as of 6:30 p.m. Friday.
Antle is also well known for his appearances in the “Tiger King” series of Netflix documentaries.