The CI Who Saved My Life Was James Garretson

And no stranger words could be uttered than that.

 

I spent the better part of 2006 and 2007 getting James Garretson shut down and ousted from Florida.  From what I could find, he started out preaching the gospel in TX by dragging along lions and tigers to revivals when he was 22.  In 2003 a woman had her arm ripped off by one of his tigers and she bled to death in under two minutes.  He started traveling with the Killer Tiger act because people would pay to see the tiger who killed a woman.

 

He brought a trailer load of big cats to Frost, FL where a neighbor and the now deceased Roger Figg, sent me numbers emails about the neglect of the cats and the decrepit conditions.  I complained to USDA and FWC but all they did was provide him cover, as is still their fashion.  I took it to the media and posted it online until there was enough outrage about him keeping 8 tigers in a box truck with no way to cool off in the Florida heat.  In typical, back yard breeder fashion, Garretson said, “Carole Baskin can have all my damn tigers.  I’ll just get more babies.”  

 

I was in no position to take his tigers at the time, so all I was asking is that the breeding stop and the cats get proper care.  

 

Finally USDA revoked his license and he tried to operate under his girlfriend’s name but strangely, USDA managed to figure out what was going on and refused, so he moved to Kauffman, TX to work under Marcus Cook’s license and apparently later to GW Zoo to work under Joe’s.  He hated me as much as any of them and so it comes as no surprise if Joe tried to pay him to kill me.

 

What blows my mind is that James would rat Joe out.  It’s become a pattern of people getting cozy with Joe, only to find him intolerable and want to turn on him, but this still baffles me.  Maybe he did it with the promise of immunity; which is what I understand Jeff Lowe has done.  James and Jeff are both in the liquidation business and there’s been no mention of James and Jeff continuing as business partners so I’m betting it is just a matter of time before they turn on each other.

 

In the end I believe we will learn that all three of them were in the murder for hire scheme together and something happened along the way that panicked them into throwing Joe under the bus in an effort to divert attention from their own involvement. 

 

Hi, I’m Carole Baskin and I’ve been writing my story since I was able to write, but when the media goes to share it, they only choose the parts that fit their idea of what will generate views.  These are my views and opinions. If I'm going to share my story, it should be the whole story.  The titles are the dates things happened. If you have any interest in who I really am please start at the beginning of this playlist: http://savethecats.org/

 

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Music (if any) from Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) This video is for entertainment purposes only and is my opinion.  Closing graphic with permission from https://youtu.be/F_AtgWMfwrk