Jeff Lowe’s Zoo Suspension Due to Poor Advice for Veterinary Care

Jeff LoweThe animals in the ‘Tiger King’ zoo have not received proper veterinary care for years … according to the feds who have revoked their license to run the zoo.

As we reported … the U.S. Department of Agriculture gave permission for Jeff’s exhibit Joe ExoticThe old GW Exotic Animal Park for 21 days, and now we know why the USDA finally made the call to punish him.

According to new legal documents obtained by TMZ … the USDA mentions Lowe for numerous failures in caring for veterans for his animals dating to November 2017.

The USDA points out that the number of animals in Lowe’s Zoo has exploded from 29 in 2017 to 212 in 2020, and claims that he is simply unable to care for all the lions, tigers, lemurs, monkeys and other animals that he has collected.

Jeff’s is also accused of submitting false documents related to veterinary care and records. Specifically, the USDA claims to be submitting reports of its current veteran in 2019 and 2020 … even though that veterinarian claims that she discharged her from the zoo in June 2018.

According to the documents … Jeff and his wife, Lauren, also have violations of regulations when exposing animals without sufficient distance and barriers between them and the public.

And of course, the USDA cites countless examples of all abused animals from his recent research – as we first told you – such as the 16-week-old lion cub that was too weak to stand, geriatric wolves in pain and a 17-year-old dead tigon that was not properly cared for or removed fan.

Finally, the USDA claims that Lowe does not have the required paperwork – records for purchase and disposition – for a forest of zoos.

Lowe tells us that allegations of poor veterinary care have never been an issue until the most recent USDA inspection, which he dismissed earlier as the government is “jealous.”