Don Lewis Howard Baskin Carole Baskin
As carole lewis she and her husband don founded wildlife on easy street an animal sanctuary near tampa for big cats in 1992.
Don lewis howard baskin carole baskin. Carole baskin founder of big cat sanctuary found a man who is equally committed to saving big cats in howard baskin. Tiger king spends much of its seven episodes talking about carole s three husbands. He had gone missing in 1997 and was later declared legally dead resulting in her inheriting his considerable fortune of 5 to 10 million and that allegations that she was involved in his disappearance we had earlier reported. Meet carole baskin s husband howard after the disappearance of her second husband don lewis in 1997 carole stairs inherited all of his assets and was left in charge of the big cats sanctuary they had both built during their marriage.
Phillips a jacksonville attorney representing the family alongside the law offices. Murder mayhem and madness has deepened the mystery of the disappearance of don lewis the second husband of cat conservationist carole baskin. Howard and carole baskin with tiger jasmine famed lover of big cats and soon to be dancing with the stars contestant carole baskin filed a motion to dismiss pleadings filed by her former husband s children. The entire third episode is devoted to the mysterious disappearance of carole s second husband don lewis over two decades ago.
The wildly popular netflixseries tiger king. She is the current chief executive officer of the sanctuary which she renamed to big cat rescue sometime after lewis s disappearance in 1997. Lewis had married carole before she tied the knot with howard baskin. The ex wife of baskin s former handyman claims in a new documentary that he brought.
Carole baskin s relationship with don lewis as per the documentary baskin grew up poor mostly living in mobile homes. A new witness may hold the missing link in discovering the fate of carole baskin s missing husband don lewis. She has used social media such as facebook and youtube and her the cat chat podcast to promote. She married an abusive man who fathered her daughter jamie murdock.