BONUS: This is WAY CRAZIER than Tiger King - AAH
In this video, I discuss my thoughts on the creator of Tiger King (Eric Goode) making a docuseries focused on the reptile trade and smuggling. The links to everything I cite in the video are below. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro - The Reptile King 1:00 What will this series be about? 2:40 Video Breakdown 3:44 Who is Eric Goode? 6:38 Who will be in the series? 8:22 Reptile Smuggling 13:33 Why Smuggle Reptiles? 15:30 Trafficking Overlap 17:29 Who is Tom Crutchfield? 23:04 Miami was the Wild West (Insane Criminal Activity) 30:01 Back to Tom Crutchfield 35:06 Croc Docs 35:41 Extinct or Alive Fraud 40:14 Eaten Alive with Paul Rosolie 44:15 Who is Tyler Nolan? 45:37 Who is Jeff Leibowitz? 47:36 Will Private Reptile Keeping Become Prohibited? 50:38 Positive Reptile Keepers 53:45 Closing Thoughts SOURCES USED (in order of appearance): Tiger King: https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/81115994 https://www.vulture.com/article/eric-goode-animal-documentaries-tiger-king-chimp-crazy.html JRE #2203 https://youtu.be/3LhRFF02vSA?si=kP8uPP2dBJvyf1lD Big Cat Saftey Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/263 Captive Primate Safety Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/4206 https://books.google.ca/books?id=JrwBAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.sonomanews.com/article/entertainment/tiger-king-director-eric-goode-found-his-lifes-through-line-in-sonoma/ https://www.turtleconservancy.org/ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-08-25/chimp-crazy-hbo-eric-goode-tonka-tonia-haddix-dwayne-cunningham-tiger-king @ChandlersWildLife Reptiles With Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOaN5jDvgcI https://www.fws.gov/law/lacey-act#:~:text=The%20Lacey%20Act%2C%20as%20amended,States%20or%20any%20Indian... https://cites.org/eng/disc/what.php Best Tortoise For Beginners, Gabriel Mattei: https://youtu.be/aXco0t9DxKw https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10041/495907 The Lizard King: https://amzn.to/3ZGHmRJ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/national/1993/07/03/police-find-snake-shipment-used-to-smuggle-cocaine/d3a28a9b-4a8f-48bb-88dc-7ed81ba13978/ https://www.chron.com/news/strange-weird/article/cocaine-found-in-tropical-fish-cargo-1607725.php Stolen World: https://amzn.to/4iGFXTZ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Keng_Liang https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1995/04/20/reptile-dealer-sentenced-in-iguana-case/ Locked Up Abroad: https://amzn.to/3DfH0dn https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/1999/April/140enr.htm https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/snake-farm-shooting-tom-crutchfield-and-business-partner-bruce-stephenson-involved-in-deadly-argument-6556579 https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2000/08/28/information-frees-drug-kingpin/ Scarface: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086250/ https://screenrant.com/tiger-king-netflix-mario-tabraue-scarface-tony-montana/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/05/mario-tabraue-cocaine-kingpin-lobbying-congress-big-cats/ https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1149958-tabraue-judgment.html https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/cold-blooded-smuggling-6331601 https://www.hbo.com/chimp-crazy https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/broward-wildlife-dealer-and-company-sentenced-scheme-harvest-and-sell-florida-turtles Do Reptiles Play?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Q3Q2IMn3g&t=82s https://www.morphmarket.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZzYbMyVu1c https://www.morphmarket.com/us/c/reptiles/pythons/ball-pythons/2553730 https://crocdoc.ifas.ufl.edu/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337770543_Rediscovering_the_Apaporis_Caiman_Caiman_crocodilus_apaporiensis_Notes_from_a_Long-Anticipated_Expedition Extinct or Alive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVYXK_PeQB4 JRE #1403: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCRjz1fyOE4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaten_Alive_(TV_program) https://www.youtube.com/@TylerNolan King Cobra Bite!: https://youtu.be/ogg0y-nIiXk?si=VHNWHD3NLaom-Uos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8PKj8LkIso