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Tanya Smith offers refuge for exotic animals at Turpentine Creek

By the time that Carole Baskin was reaching fame through Netflix's popular show "Tiger King," Tanya Smith had been rescuing big cats from abusive situations for decades.

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Tanya Jackson Smith

Tanya Smith and her family began the Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge in Eureka Springs in 1992, often taking lions, tigers, bears and assorted other wild animals from the homes of people and breeders who had no training for caring for wild animals.

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PROFILE | Tanya Smith offers refuge for exotic animals at Turpentine Creek

By the time that Carole Baskin was reaching fame through Netflix's popular show "Tiger King," Tanya Smith had been rescuing big cats from abusive situations for decades.

Turpentine-creek , Texas , United-states , Arkansas , Springfield , Dallas , Eureka-springs , Colorado , Fort-worth , Mountainburg , Hughes-springs , America