Born on June 6, 1961 at Lackland Air Force Base in Bexar County, Texas, Carole Baskin (née Stairs Jones) is an American big-cat animal rights activist. She is the CEO of Big Cat Rescue, a non-profit animal sanctuary housed near Tampa, Florida. Baskin first came to public attention when she was a feature of the 2020 Netflix documentary series ‘Tiger King’. With all her success, what is the net worth of Carole Baskin?
Carole Baskin Net Worth
Carole Baskin has an estimated net worth of $10 million, earned primarily through her TV work, but also through the estate of her late 2nd husband Don Lewis.
In 2020, Baskin participated in season 29 of Dancing with the Stars.
Joe Exotic feud and Tiger King: Baskin has a long-running feud with Joe Exotic the former owner of the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park in Wynnewood, Oklahoma. Joe Exotic had claimed that Baskin was linked to the disappearance of her former husband. Exotic constantly harassed Baskin.In 2013, a court ordered him to pay her $1 million in damages, which led to his bankruptcy. In 2020, he was convicted of attempting to hire a hitman to kill her. read more about it in the book “Tiger Wars: The shocking story of Joe Exotic, the Tiger King vs Carole Baskin“
Big Cat Rescue has a Twitter following of over 300,000 followers.