December 16, 2024

BONUS: This is WAY CRAZIER than Tiger King - AAH

56 minutes

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

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