Doc Antle was sentenced to prison for trafficking endangered animals and laundering over $500,000. He also must forfeit three chimpanzees.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — “Tiger King” star Bhagavan “Doc” Antle is going to prison — but not for as long as prosecutors wanted — after admitting he broke federal law buying endangered animals to keep at his zoo in South Carolina.

Bhagavan “Doc” Antle entered a guilty plea in November 2023 to charges of trafficking in exotic animals and money laundering.