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  • @AmyBurchall
    @AmyBurchall Рік тому +315

    It seems to me that the restauranteur is freely letting the lion starve to death and the tiger with the wound to die of infection, because then he can stuff them and make more money. In his mind, it doesn’t make sense to pay for medical bills. Absolutely sickening.

    • @jessywest6937
      @jessywest6937 Рік тому +16

      That's true it's nothing but profit for him it's fucked up 😢

    • @openyoureyes3969
      @openyoureyes3969 Рік тому +7

      Not to mention, what happened to his arm?

    • @dreameraag5474
      @dreameraag5474 Рік тому +5

      Nothing unusuall than Hunting deer for trophys I guess!

    • @josephmedina6403
      @josephmedina6403 Рік тому +3

      Those animals are going to accidentally escape and it is going to be a miracle Arizona never knew they had the only wild elephants !
      David was right!

    • @hiitsme3644
      @hiitsme3644 Рік тому +10

      @@dreameraag5474yet hunters do more for conservation for the animals they hunt. This is just evil and greed.

  • @bleh2590
    @bleh2590 4 місяці тому +63

    The first guy who owns the 2 tigers is doing a great job in taking care of them. Even better than a lot of sanctuaries in the US. Is the financial support none the less.

    • @lovineveryminuetofit1314
      @lovineveryminuetofit1314 3 місяці тому +1

      Lol of course. Lol just sit back down lol seriously

    • @christiangaxiola5323
      @christiangaxiola5323 2 місяці тому +6

      @@lovineveryminuetofit1314 wtf are u saying?

    • @mrmitiz2065
      @mrmitiz2065 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@christiangaxiola5323😂what is bro on about sitting

    • @sr3bh
      @sr3bh Місяць тому

      🤡🤡

  • @Fledermausmann
    @Fledermausmann Рік тому +177

    The more I learn about the illegal animal trade, the more I'm convinced that people actually want these animals to be as rare as possible so that they can selfishly earn more money.
    It's incredibly depressing but I'm pretty sure that tigers, specifically, will be extinct in the wild by the end of my lifetime. And those are the charismatic species that get the media publicity. The smaller less charismatic ones. Yeah I don't think they'll survive another decade or so.

    • @LMat_MX
      @LMat_MX Рік тому +5

      Yes in my city there’s this guy who’s owner of multiple casinos a soccer team and stadium and has loads of tigers,lion and bears and he is banned from leaving Mexico cuz of illegally trafficking of exotics he wanted a gorilla and orangutan but he canceled that deal a while also he eats his lion eggplants

    • @EarlGreyLattex
      @EarlGreyLattex Рік тому

      It's absolutely mind boggling that this guy you're speaking of wanted an orangutan and a gorilla.
      Two incredibly incredibly intelligent great apes not to mention extremely critically endangered with only a few thousand left of each and he doesn't seem to care about any of that as long as he gets his "private zoo"
      People like these that exploit animals are on the same level as those that exploit children and disabled people. Because these groups give full support and are so damned innocent and yet these exploiters have no shame, decency or morality and choose to engage in harmful practices against the most innocent souls (human and animal). They deserve for the rest of their miserable lives to feel extreme pain and suffering 50 times on a log scale what they inflicted on the innocent
      ​@@LMat_MX

  • @mael2039
    @mael2039 8 місяців тому +32

    When I was a child, my neighbours had two lion cubs that they bottle raised and I was able to feed and pet them. Their mum was killed by poachers and they were found starving by the side of the road. As they got a little older, they were placed in an animal sanctuary that imitated the natural environment as closely as possible while also keeping them and humans safe. You can't release them, because they're used to humans and it's dangerous. But you can't keep them as pets. It's dangerous no matter how they were raised, and it's cruel. They need a big enclosure that is as close to their natural habitat as possible. Even as babies they were cared for by the sanctuary but kept in a huge enclosure at the home, to be able to bottle feed them and check on them regularly, by the way. They weren't owned by private people for the cuteness of it all. It was a wildlife rescue sanctuary.

  • @yanmichaeldelatorre1724
    @yanmichaeldelatorre1724 Рік тому +61

    This is extremely heartbreaking honestly I just hope there will be a change one day with illegal trading markets it needs to end😔🙏💔

  • @eliw3261
    @eliw3261 11 місяців тому +23

    I feel really sorry for the cats. Thanks for exposing this.

    • @Aisha-721
      @Aisha-721 5 днів тому

      No animal should be killed to obtain the offspring. There are a lot accusations of mother animals being killed so humans can buy and sell them.

  • @coalcupcake4659
    @coalcupcake4659 Рік тому +37

    No sane person would want a tiger as a pet....

  • @bigcatlife
    @bigcatlife 11 місяців тому +8

    It is rife here in the United States, specifically North Central Florida. Big cats are treated as a commodity. They are sold for their meat and skins and it is totally legal. Across the United States, big cat owners declaw and in some cases, defang. These people are egotistical amateurs. The Tiger King series exposed a few of the worst but there are so many more.

  • @carsondouglas8600
    @carsondouglas8600 Рік тому +27

    Tears ! How that tiger was treated. She was in a lot of pain. Humans are crazy. Despotic.

  • @Throughxanderseyes
    @Throughxanderseyes Рік тому +52

    Did that guy really say people don’t realize how difficult it is to keep a tiger 😂

    • @Santana21314
      @Santana21314 Рік тому +14

      Well they don’t which is why people are buying exotic pets illegally hence the title

    • @LeeH864
      @LeeH864 10 місяців тому

      ​@Santana482 anyone who has a brain knows how difficult it is to own a tiger 🐅 to say otherwise proves how fuking stupid people are

    • @danababy1977
      @danababy1977 10 місяців тому +5

      Stupidity that’s what it isSmh

    • @Man-Made-of-wood
      @Man-Made-of-wood 4 місяці тому +3

      I headed right to the comments for this 😂😂

    • @LemonHead-sq5ws
      @LemonHead-sq5ws 2 місяці тому

      It’s true a lot of these Jack asses have no idea what they are doing because it’s become so easy to buy them 😅

  • @asha8443
    @asha8443 Рік тому +85

    Beyond sad. Smh

  • @karinamononoke3280
    @karinamononoke3280 Рік тому +45

    I cannot believe what I just see. Goddamn people. Goddamn laws. Goddamn money.

  • @lizcassettai7459
    @lizcassettai7459 7 місяців тому +21

    This is so sad for these innocent Wild animals that should Never be kept as "pets". 😰 Humans are the worst predators on this earth...

  • @crybebebunny
    @crybebebunny Рік тому +17

    Thank you for sharing this and other Important information with us.

  • @BraveOne7
    @BraveOne7 Рік тому +47

    I’ve know about Mexicos exotic pet trade since I was a little kid. Animal plant was my favorite show and they would talk about it on documentaries! It’s so sad! They even stuff drugs in domesticated animals and then just cut them out when the get across the border!Leaving them to die or they die cause drugs leak throw the bags and poison them!💔😢

  • @ghxul3251
    @ghxul3251 4 місяці тому +4

    Growing up my mom often told me stories about how she or her family members had seen escaped lions or tigers out in the mountains when they were kids. This was in the state of Guerrero though

  • @crazestyle83
    @crazestyle83 2 місяці тому +3

    A family in the small town i lived in had big cats. The daughters friend wanted her senior pictures with a tiger. It killed her. Eventually, they chased the family out of town.

  • @danababy1977
    @danababy1977 10 місяців тому +6

    That restaurant is disgusting. The poor cats are suffering. Smh

  • @jtjtrs8806
    @jtjtrs8806 Рік тому +29

    You guys should do another docu video on the U.S captivity bred tigers ,

  • @kingnilo
    @kingnilo 11 місяців тому +4

    Came back from visiting Cancun, specifically Playa del Carmen last weekend and saw about 4-5 big cat cubs just running around in a shop on Calle Quinta. Made me sad as fuck. People were asked not to take pictures either because “pictures are for a fee” so I told them in Spanish they all were pieces of shit and made sure everyone around me knew that what they are doing should be illegal and to not pay for pictures. Shit still has me hot as fuck how mfs in Mexico are just openly showing off these lil babies and profiting off them. I wish someone would do sum about it.

  • @Karinabrd
    @Karinabrd 11 місяців тому +7

    The last guy with no arm is a piece if 💩 poor animal

  • @galzo.00
    @galzo.00 Рік тому +10

    Such an underrated channel

  • @KarenJIrvine
    @KarenJIrvine Рік тому +16

    That first pair live better than most zoos. Just saying. I know that’s not the norm and they should never be kept as pets but they are living the dream

    • @teresawhite4913
      @teresawhite4913 10 місяців тому +1

      They are not living the dream. The dream is to be free. Money cannot buy everything! This is a sickness.

    • @LMat_MX
      @LMat_MX 6 місяців тому +2

      @@teresawhite4913you can’t release captive animals

    • @wittle5788
      @wittle5788 3 місяці тому

      ​@@teresawhite4913 they can't be released sadly

  • @user-dc6nc5mg7n
    @user-dc6nc5mg7n Рік тому +9

    The stuffed baby lions my goodness that is sick

  • @JoanaBlum
    @JoanaBlum Рік тому +13

    Thank you for pointing this out! Really needs more attention and needs to be ended!

  • @Itgyrl909
    @Itgyrl909 Рік тому +49

    Absolutely despicable. People are “showing off” caged animals taken from their natural habitats like they’re art on a wall… there is life in those cages and locked up in chains. Zoos & Animal “Parks” do the same thing (see the doc “Blackfish”.)
    How would the trappers, sellers, and buyers like it if they were kidnapped, caged, and chained up to be marveled? How would they like their freedom and life taken away at a moment’s notice because someone wealthy want to stare at them all day?? So selfish and literally insane on all sides.
    Anyone who thinks this is “just business” or “pleasure” have no soul inside.

    • @jasonbell5129
      @jasonbell5129 Рік тому +2

      Thank you ! I couldn’t agree more with you ! I wish I didn’t watch this - the feelings of hopelessness is overwhelming

    • @Farhan917
      @Farhan917 Рік тому +1

      They playing dangerous games with these predators

    • @noelramirez1551
      @noelramirez1551 Рік тому +2

      It's not that hard when there's people out there that don't even value human lives you really think they care about an animals?

    • @jacobgrimstad7423
      @jacobgrimstad7423 Рік тому

      Good zoos are important for helping animals

  • @luismi4660
    @luismi4660 11 місяців тому +4

    Here in Mexico City, it’s the same problem with big cats

  • @catsonpurrade5255
    @catsonpurrade5255 Рік тому +54

    I was gifted a lion cub for my quinceañera. At the time, I thought I was the luckiest girl and bragged to my friends that I got a lion for my birthday. I grew up in the Midwest, so I couldn't take my lion with me, so he remained in Texas until he became too much for my family to handle. He was relocated to the San Antonio Zoo, where he lived out the remainder of his life. Seeing this video as an adult horrifies me. That I played a part in this kind of animal trade. I love cats, big and small. As an adult, I foster neonate kittens and older cats with behavioral problems so that they can find loving homes. I feel I can never do enough to right this wrong.

    • @fguz559
      @fguz559 Рік тому +8

      U fumbled 🤦‍♂️

    • @JuarezDerrick
      @JuarezDerrick Рік тому +1

      I'm just glad that we can have animals like that here in Texas

    • @Von199X
      @Von199X Рік тому +4

      You're part of the problem bro

    • @JuarezDerrick
      @JuarezDerrick Рік тому +7

      @@Von199X no she's not. If someone gives me a wild cat I'm taking it also. She was only 16

    • @Krisp138
      @Krisp138 Рік тому +3

      If you loved them why didn't you give it to a sanctuary then ?

  • @alinapopescu872
    @alinapopescu872 Рік тому +11

    Exotic animals traded, owned, mistreated and abandoned by savage beasts.

  • @BarbaraKurtz
    @BarbaraKurtz Рік тому +11

    Jesus' tigers aren't spoiled. That's how they should live if they must be in captivity.

  • @theking123321ful
    @theking123321ful 2 місяці тому +1

    The satisfaction that these people are eventually going to turn into their big cats' dinner.

  • @InconstructionLG
    @InconstructionLG Рік тому +7

    Awww poor baby second tiger this is so sad her paws

  • @javierrubio2481
    @javierrubio2481 Рік тому +3

    Where I am from government re introduced cougars. Even though they kill live stock people are still very protective of the cats. Queretaro mex

  • @Latenivenatrix_Mcmasterae
    @Latenivenatrix_Mcmasterae 3 місяці тому +1

    I went to one of those markets and found cardinals, parrots, sparrows, mockingbirds, and black throated magpies. A bird I wanted to see for myself but not in captivity

  • @umakantapradhan5745
    @umakantapradhan5745 Рік тому +18

    Asia needs to stop giving tigers to Europe American countries

    • @lifesajoke6965
      @lifesajoke6965 Рік тому +7

      Lol more are bred in the States than in Asia.

    • @mannyrai2029
      @mannyrai2029 4 місяці тому +2

      It still needs to stop.

  • @luisenriquerodriguez781
    @luisenriquerodriguez781 Рік тому +6

    La solución nunca va a ser la prohibición, se necesita regularización

    • @AFZ-r5w
      @AFZ-r5w 10 місяців тому +2

      La solución es que nadie compre fauna exótica o silvestre!!!
      Sólo con concientización y educación ambiental a las nuevas generaciones.

  • @jamesalexanderduncan767
    @jamesalexanderduncan767 2 дні тому

    poor guy at 10:00 heavy breathing, hands shaking, you can tell how truely sorrowfull he is.

  • @JohanSalvattore
    @JohanSalvattore Рік тому +10

    At least the first guy treats them well 😕

  • @gloriaesparza4792
    @gloriaesparza4792 2 місяці тому +1

    This is happening all over the world not just Mexico

  • @talesfromtheleashexpatdogl1426

    They are available on Facebook. Groups specifically for the exotic animal trade.

    • @tinandglass
      @tinandglass Рік тому

      And the thing is fb has a policy prohibiting animal sales, but if a post is reported nothing happens. Guy is selling antlers from various exotic species (a clear violation of fb policy) and they won't remove the post. But I can appeal. *eye roll*

    • @MarketChange
      @MarketChange Рік тому

      ​@@tinandglass I'm pretty sure that Facebook algorithm only really works on English, when you look at Spanish posts the abundance of tasteless and graphic videos are everywhere so unless a group of people report the accounts/posts/groups at the same time nothing will happen to them

  • @saskiaenglish5487
    @saskiaenglish5487 2 місяці тому +1

    This is soo cruel😢 these animals shud most definitely shud not be Cadged up they shud be left 2 roam and feel there natural territory instincts with out getting paraded round ❤❤

  • @JesseCiancimino-cl8rk
    @JesseCiancimino-cl8rk 11 місяців тому +5

    TIGERS are carnivores
    CARTELS = LOTS OF BODYS
    No need for acid anymore ✅️

  • @gerardovazquez751
    @gerardovazquez751 Рік тому +5

    De tristeza todo lo que pase en MX. Todo este tráfico de fauna, está en contubernio con las autoridades.

  • @SongDog9
    @SongDog9 Рік тому +4

    STOP THIS TRAFFIXKING

  • @leneleewest723
    @leneleewest723 Рік тому +9

    💔 just heart-breaking 🙏🏼

    • @josephmedina6403
      @josephmedina6403 Рік тому

      Maybe we been living with our eyes half open , maybe we're Bent and broken! - Switchfoot

  • @RooRoove
    @RooRoove 7 місяців тому +1

    I'm even against declawing domestic cats.
    Imagine declawing a tiger and filing its teeth down just to make it a *little* safer to keep as a pet. 💀

  • @abul5965
    @abul5965 Рік тому +5

    Very sad what is happening something needs to be done about this 😭

  • @TropicGal777
    @TropicGal777 4 місяці тому +1

    I’ve seen someone on Snapchat in phoenix selling a tiger for 16k. I’m positive that it was smuggled over the border

  • @annie_xo
    @annie_xo 7 місяців тому +1

    This is so sad. These poor animals, they don’t belong in captivity. Why do humans have to do this.

  • @Macleod313
    @Macleod313 Рік тому +4

    I can't even watch this shit I'm like 7 minutes in and it's too sad I can't believe people even think to do shit like that to animals. 😢💔🐯

  • @petetrujillo4125
    @petetrujillo4125 Рік тому +4

    Simba and Nala? You got the wrong cat bro.

  • @dulcemariayarzadiaz249
    @dulcemariayarzadiaz249 4 місяці тому +1

    I been aware of a komodo dragon rescued about to die in a ranch in México that suprise me

  • @raihanabari7896
    @raihanabari7896 Рік тому +2

    I am sad when I see this animals are abused beyond my imagination! This kinds of pet trade must stopped by law and govt. authorities should confiscate these animals and send these animals to sanctuaries.

  • @parkjimin7659
    @parkjimin7659 5 місяців тому +2

    He named his tiger simba 😂 simba means lion😂😂😂😂

  • @JandiFX
    @JandiFX Рік тому +2

    They can't even take care of themselves what makes you think they can take care of animals?

  • @jerrylee3894
    @jerrylee3894 Рік тому +2

    that so horrable to sell all these animals and treat them so bad shame on all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Vegetarianbull
    @Vegetarianbull Рік тому +3

    This boils my blood!

  • @cajuncraftysue
    @cajuncraftysue Рік тому +4

    So sad. Just sad. 😔 💔

  • @MrNobodyXoD
    @MrNobodyXoD 3 місяці тому

    So you're telling me I could be making bank in Mexico since the authorities are basically in on it as well.

    • @xavierd3298
      @xavierd3298 2 місяці тому

      I remember seeing a baby rhino when I visited Mexico. They had it like it was a dog. The ranch was huge, tho I just wonder if they kept it

  • @fabianarnold8519
    @fabianarnold8519 11 місяців тому +2

    All this need to stop😢😢😢

    • @LMat_MX
      @LMat_MX 11 місяців тому

      @therealclarkkent-ss7whu a troll or a full on dumb dumb?

  • @KevinNguyen-zn4vv
    @KevinNguyen-zn4vv Рік тому +3

    Buy a really small or big dog. Any cat breeds are unpredictable.

  • @staceyroberts3468
    @staceyroberts3468 3 місяці тому

    I wish there was a way to enforce laws on the illegal animal market all over the entire world. It makes so many of us sick to see these animals in such dire circumstances 😢 Such beautiful animals and they all should live in the wild.

  • @sensupradip
    @sensupradip 11 місяців тому +3

    Unbelievably pathetic, cruel and unpardonable for sure.
    Disgusting use of money and power.

  • @hge400
    @hge400 Рік тому +4

    You need to have a lot of money to built a good place for this animals not like the last person interviewed

  • @slowedversion6393
    @slowedversion6393 Рік тому +9

    Cartels like having fun just like Pablo Escobar and his Zoo he had

  • @mimmi1704
    @mimmi1704 Рік тому +3

    This must stop. the goverment must do something about this

  • @darensavy5014
    @darensavy5014 Рік тому +2

    What a 🤬 disgrace 🇲🇽. .. Appreciate the Doco 💯

  • @jcdog1000
    @jcdog1000 27 днів тому

    It’s shocking because it’s exotic animals but farm animals are treated worst often, even in the uk 🇬🇧

  • @insightsbymargaret6795
    @insightsbymargaret6795 Рік тому +4

    So very sad. 😢

  •  7 місяців тому +1

    Prayers for the animals

  • @lemonade_IB1998
    @lemonade_IB1998 Місяць тому

    As longer it's breeding then it has no effects on endangering the species.

  • @novakish1516
    @novakish1516 8 місяців тому

    I cannot believe someone filed the fangs and declawed a fucking tiger… what the absolute hell 😭 I immediately started crying

  • @Real1Tv
    @Real1Tv Рік тому +10

    Damn beutiful animals

  • @buckdude181
    @buckdude181 Рік тому +2

    Everyone who obtains those wild animals either for fun or profit are pathetic. Even zoo's but at least zoo's have a little better environment for them

  • @RubilynMiole-j2e
    @RubilynMiole-j2e 6 днів тому

    Wow. That's great❤

  • @darthpadre3263
    @darthpadre3263 21 день тому

    The owner of nala and simba is the real Tiger King 😂

  • @Banana-rg1cl
    @Banana-rg1cl Рік тому

    I have a feeling one of those stuffed animals caused the restaurateur arm loss

  • @mini-rb7xf
    @mini-rb7xf Рік тому +6

    so sad

  • @ttthewolfgirl
    @ttthewolfgirl Місяць тому

    KEEP WILD ANIMALS WILD!!
    These beautiful souls dont belong in cages or homes, they are meant to be free and protected

  • @user-my4rz8fd8s
    @user-my4rz8fd8s Місяць тому

    How can I get one ?

  • @derek4real179
    @derek4real179 Рік тому +2

    Lions tigers and bears oh my

  • @ngalahansel6066
    @ngalahansel6066 Рік тому +4

    I like how that gent named his tigers Simba and Nala, after characters in "The Lion King" movie😅😅😂

  • @Dark033Production
    @Dark033Production Рік тому +1

    Carol Baskins killed her husband - Joe Exotic

  • @treeminutesorless
    @treeminutesorless Рік тому +5

    that "vet" should be locked in with them

  • @BarbaraKurtz
    @BarbaraKurtz Рік тому

    Private ownership of these animals should be illegal.

  • @meganlatchman6370
    @meganlatchman6370 Рік тому +1

    I hope those monkeys and parrots fed and not be abused those humans should be in jail for not having proper papers

  • @aigai83
    @aigai83 11 місяців тому

    Why rich people cannot be satisfied by fancy designer clothes, luxury cars, or artwork? Why do they have to torture these beautiful wild creatures? Wild animals are not pets, they're wildlife, they don't belong in your backyard or a tiny cage in a stupid restaurant.

  • @RandomWolfKid_1
    @RandomWolfKid_1 Місяць тому

    I just think that wild animals should be in their natural habitat. Where they belong. It disgusts me how people impulsively buy these animals like objects. Most of these creatures are endangered anyway.

  • @vgbclean
    @vgbclean Рік тому +1

    Only a Mexican would name their pet tigers Simba and Nala

  • @roberttorres8477
    @roberttorres8477 Рік тому +1

    Jesus definelty has a side hustle 🦜

  • @nsanejane7713
    @nsanejane7713 4 місяці тому

    I just hate it for the animals they always have to suffer due to humans greed. 😣

  • @breee9214
    @breee9214 2 місяці тому +1

    Dear Mexicans. These animal are NOT PETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @gritpump
    @gritpump 10 місяців тому

    Naming a tiger Simba should be illegal as well.

  • @silvervester8396
    @silvervester8396 Рік тому

    This exotic pet trade should not be a thing, in my humble opinion.

  • @shakdizzle
    @shakdizzle Рік тому

    Horrible.This is sad . What is happening to our youth.

  • @lupepennington8994
    @lupepennington8994 Рік тому

    Restaranteur let them starve on purpose, no feed, neglect and cruelty, and greed, an inmense unbelievable ignorance, and he shows himself as steward, my God !

  • @giom6975
    @giom6975 2 місяці тому

    This is not new since maybe 40 years ago 😢

  • @wrxgeneration
    @wrxgeneration Рік тому +1

    How does one rescue such animals from mexico. I am looking for a couple big cats for my kids?

    • @Angelcastro16164
      @Angelcastro16164 Рік тому

      Pues si quieres uno, compralo y ya

    • @Qualeell
      @Qualeell 10 місяців тому

      You really want one?

    • @TropicGal777
      @TropicGal777 4 місяці тому +1

      Why would you get a huge, dangerous animal for your children 😂 get a normal pet for Christ’s sake

  • @sr3bh
    @sr3bh Місяць тому

    Last guy should be in life time jail 😭

  • @EscobarFinley
    @EscobarFinley 4 місяці тому

    En el minuto 18:20 la señora se parece a raquenel Villanueva o a Camelia la texana 😂😂😂