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Big cat showmen have long sought to distance themselves from allegations of animal abuse. Universal History Archive/Getty Images

November 18, 2021

Joe Exotic channels the spirit of America’s 19th-century tiger kings

Madeline Steiner, University of South Carolina

The flamboyant big-cat aficionados of the Gilded Age weren’t strangers to fierce competition, threats and bizarre drama.

The pandemic shone a spotlight on the plight of exotic animals after the Netflix Tiger King series. It also resulted in a run on pet adoptions. But what is the state of animal welfare more than a year into the crisis? Tom Copus/Unsplash

April 28, 2021

Adoptions but also abuse: The COVID-19 pandemic is the best and worst of times for animals

Kendra Coulter, Brock University

One year ago, the ‘Tiger King’ docuseries raised public concern about animal cruelty to new heights. But what’s happened to animals since?

A scene from ‘Tiger King,’ currently streaming on Netflix. (Courtesy of Netflix)

April 23, 2020

Oklahoma’s reality is even weirder and more traumatic than ‘Tiger King’

Russell Cobb, University of Alberta

Oklahoma is a place of trauma that cuts much deeper than anything on ‘Tiger King,’ which is essentially poverty porn for people who like to see people make hot messes of themselves.

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Russell Cobb
Associate Professor of Latin American Studies, University of Alberta
Kendra Coulter
Professor, Management and Organizational Studies, Huron University College, Western University
Madeline Steiner
Postdoctoral Fellow of History, University of South Carolina

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