The 'Tiger King' star is also set to pay a $55,000 fine and serve three years of supervised release after serving his federal prison sentence.

Antle was sentenced to one year and one day behind bars and a $55,000 fine, having pleaded guilty in November 2023, to trafficking exotic animals and money laundering. Antle admitted he had broken federal law as he bought endangered animals to keep at his South Carolina zoo.

Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, is currently serving a 21-year sentence for trying to hire hit men to kill his nemesis, cat sanctuary founder Carole Baskin. Antle owns a safari in the Myrtle Beach area that allows visitors to hold exotic baby animals including lions and tigers.