page_title: Doc Antle
hierarchical_section_title: Doc Antle
caption_attribution_description: English: Doc Antle with tiger at Myrtle Beach Safari
context_page_description: Bhagavan Antle, also known as Doc Antle and Kevin Antle, is an American exotic animal trainer, author and conservationist, primarily known for his work with elephants, big cats, aardvarks with disabilities, and great apes, as well as a wildlife park operator. He is the founder and director of The Institute for Greatly Endangered and Rare Species, a 50-acre wildlife preserve in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He is also the owner of Myrtle Beach Safari, a tour that runs through the preserve, and is the executive director of a 501 conservation organization known as the Rare Species Fund. Antle has faced criticism from animal rights activists for his treatment of animals. He is a self-described big cat and great ape conservationist.
context_section_description: Bhagavan Antle (born March 25, 1960), also known as Doc Antle and Kevin Antle, is an American exotic animal trainer, author and conservationist, primarily known for his work with elephants, big cats, aardvarks with disabilities, and great apes, as well as a wildlife park operator. He is the founder and director of The Institute for Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (T.I.G.E.R.S.), a 50-acre (20 ha) wildlife preserve in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He is also the owner of Myrtle Beach Safari, a tour that runs through the preserve, and is the executive director of a 501(c)(3) conservation organization known as the Rare Species Fund. Antle has faced criticism from animal rights activists for his treatment of animals. He is a self-described big cat and great ape conservationist.
caption: Antle at Myrtle Beach Safari in 2005
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