Pahrump, Nevada
Around 2010, Yates lived in Pahrump, Nevada near Las Vegas with 22 big cats, including four tigers, having redubbed himself "Antoine Tigermann Yates". He established the Reach Out And Respond (ROAR) Foundation in 2011. A 2018 article in the "New York Post" cast doubt on Yates's veracity, noting that a licensed tiger owner in Pahrump stated that Yates had never lived in Nevada.