What is Carole Baskin?
{{Infobox person | name = Carole Baskin | image = Carole Baskin September 2019.png | alt = Carole Baskin looks to her right side | caption = Baskin in 2019 | other_names = {{hlist|Carole Murdock|Carole Lewis}} | birth_name = Carole Stairs Jones | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|06|06}} | birth_place = [[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]], [[Texas]], [[United States|U.S.]] | occupation = {{hlist|[[Animal sanctuary]] executive|animal rights activist}} | known_for = ''[[Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness|Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness<nowiki/>]]'' | spouse = {{Plainlist| * {{marriage|Michael Murdock|1979|end=div.}} * {{marriage|[[Disappearance of Don Lewis|Don Lewis]]|1991|2002|end={{abbr|legal d.|legal death}}}} * {{marriage|Howard Baskin|2004}}}} | children = 1}} '''Carole Baskin''' (''née'' '''Stairs Jones'''; born June 6, 1961) is an [[Americans|American]] [[animal rights]] activist. She is the owner of [[Big Cat Rescue]]. Baskin became well known when she was featured in the 2020 [[Netflix]] documentary series ''[[Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness]]'' about [[Oklahoma]]-based private zoo operator [[Joe Exotic]]. Following the series' release, Baskin has been targeted by [[Internet meme]]s related to the [[disappearance of Don Lewis]], her second husband.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/article/tiger-king-updates.html|title=What Happened After 'Tiger King'|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 2, 2020|access-date=April 2, 2020|author1=Alan Yuhas|author2=Maria Cramer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402151248/https://www.nytimes.com/article/tiger-king-updates.html|archive-date=April 2, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Baskin, Carole}} [[Category:1961 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American animal rights activists]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Texas]]