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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Didn't Joe mention in one of the episodes there was a time where she was purchasing cubs or something along those lines?
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Yes. She originally purchased a bobcat cub in a parking lot of an auction to keep it from being skinned by the winning bidder. They found out how much money was in cub breeding and petting, but changed their focus after seeing how much suffering and damage there was due to the constant turnover in having to continuously breed. She stopped breeding and selling cubs and established an effort to rescue big cats.
The "documentary" was sensationalized schlock that completely ignored the real problem that these zoos and breeders are causing: immense harm to animals. She certainly isn't a saint, but the fact that people come away from it saying Baskin is just as bad as the rest is fact enough how disingenuous the whole project was.