An endangered clouded leopard had a leg amputated and a capybara died following botched breeding attempts at a controversial Miami roadside zoo owned by a convicted drug trafficker featured in the Netflix documentary Tiger King.
Federal wildlife inspectors found multiple other violations during a March inspection at Zoological Wildlife Foundation (ZWF), including dilapidated, insecure or unsafe housing conditions for wild animals, filthy cages, and water and food contaminated with algae and dead insects.
The zoo, which charges $1,500 an hour for offsite “field trips” showing off animals including alligators, arctic foxes and ball pythons, is owned by Mario Tabraue, a former cocaine trafficker who served 12 years of a 100-year sentence for his 1989 conviction on narcotics and racketeering charges…