Carole Baskin Is an American Television Personality and Zoo Owner. She Gained International Attention to the Plight of Captive Big Cats on Cnn, Animal Planet...
Carole Baskin is an American television personality and zoo owner. She gained international attention to the plight of captive big cats on CNN, Animal Planet, Discovery, U.S. News & World Report, People Magazine, The Today Show, Sports Illustrated, Netflix, Wondery.
In addition, her feud with Joe Exotic, another infamous zoo owner, drew the eyes of national media outlets such as the New York Times. After years of verbal spat between the two, Exotic eventually hired a hitman to kill her.
Now Exotic has been sentenced to death for 22 years for attempted murder and multiple violations of wildlife laws.
Who is Carole Baskin husband Don Lewis? How old is Carole Baskin? What are Carole Baskin and Don Lewis background? Where are Carole Baskin and Joe Exotic now?
Here is everything we know about them. As we begin with Carole Baskin wiki, bio, age, height, continue reading to learn more about her Instagram updates.
| Name | Carole Baskin |
| Age | 58 years old |
| Height | Approx. 5 feet 4 inches |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Net Worth | est. $7-20 million |
| Married/Single | Married |
| Partner | Don Lewis |
Carole Baskin
Born in the year 1961, Carole Baskin is currently 58 years old. Her birthday is on June 6.
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You can follow Carole Baskin on Instagram under the User ID @bigcatrescue. It is the official Instagram page for Big Cat Rescue sanctuary. It has over 126k followers and counting.
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Baskin owns and operates a big-cat sanctuary in Tampa, Florida. She has been running this non-profit since 1992. She was only 31 years old when she first started this organization.
In addition, she operates a real estate business and manages 100+ volunteers and interns from around the world and 20 staff and contractors. The Florida native is also featured on Netflix’s new hit show “Tiger King” alongside Joe Exotic.
Away from her work in the sanctuary, “Carole has lectured in Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico and many cities across the U.S. on legislative affairs, and sanctuary standards in Universities, Law Colleges (including Stetson, Texas Lutheran University and the University of Miami), and in numerous animal association conferences.”
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Carole Baskin stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 4 inches.
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Carole Baskin husband Don Lewis was “animal rights activist” and a self-made millionaire.
He is also featured on Tiger King but he doesn’t stick around long. Baskin husabnd was roughly 60 years old when he disappeared on Aug. 18, 1997. He was announced dead in 2002 after nothing was found following five years of investigation.
Carole Baskin and Don Lewis were both married to other people when they first met. Carole was only 19 years old when she first saw her late husband Don.
“I just fell in love with him at first sight,” she told Tampa Bay Times. After getting married in 1991, Carole Baskin and Don Lewis started Wildlife on Easy Street.
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Speaking of her net worth, Carole Baskin charges a fee of about $50 per person who visits her sanctuary.
Her missing husband Don Lewis had an estimated net worth of $6-million fortune from trucking and real estate. Carole Baskin net worth of 2020 is speculated to be between $1 million to $7 million.
Florida resident Carole Baskin is the self-described Mother Teresa of Big Cats. She rose to controversial fame following her public spat with Joe Exotic. Speaking of Joe, she told in an interview,
“I think for Joe, [the feud] was probably very personal, because people said there wasn’t a day in his life that he wasn’t ranting and raving, and carrying on and calling out my name. But for me, he was just one of about a dozen of these bad guys that I was exposed online, talking to reporters about, and saying, ‘No, conservation [does not mean] breeding tigers for use as pay-to-play props.’”
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