‘Tiger King’s Doc Antle Sentenced to Jail for Wildlife Trafficking, Cash Laundering

Doc Antle — the ponytailed big-cat handler from “Tiger King” — simply received slapped with a 12-month jail sentence … after pleading responsible in a wild case involving soiled cash and unlawful wildlife dealings.

The Myrtle Seaside Safari proprietor admitted to laundering greater than $500K in what he thought was a part of a human smuggling op, and in addition copped to violating the Lacey Act — which bans unlawful wildlife trafficking.

Now, he’s not solely doing time, but additionally has to fork over $55K, surrender three chimps, almost $200K in belongings, and serve three years of supervised launch as soon as he is out of jail.

His co-defendants have already been sentenced — and one man even admitted to promoting him a new child chimp.

The entire thing dates again to a 2022 bust, when the feds hauled Doc in for allegedly operating a years-long wildlife trafficking scheme.

On the time, he was nonetheless working his Myrtle Seaside sanctuary throughout his “Tiger King” fame days — so a few of these animals might’ve been a part of the vacationer entice.

Howard Baskin — husband of Carole Baskin — tells TMZ … “Whereas we would definitely have most well-liked an extended sentence, having him spend at the least a while locked in a cage and experiencing at the least a point of what he has subjected animals to for over 40 years is a significant victory in our opinion for law-enforcement and for animal welfare.”