Susan Aronoff Bradshaw Zooville

Why would Susan Aronoff Bradshaw say that she did not witness Don Lewis’ signature on the will and power of attorney after she had signed a sworn affidavit to the contrary in 1997?  Could it be because she wanted to get exotic cats, like clouded leopards and other expensive, rare and endangered species from Kevin Bhagavan “doc” Antle, and disparaging Carole Baskin would buy her way into his inner circle?  Consider for yourself the fact that the next time her FL corporate entity, Preservation Station, came up for renewal, after Susan recanted her sworn testimony in 2005, Susan Aronoff Bradshaw added Bhagavan Antle to her board of directors and consistently added more of his family until 2013 when only Antle and company are on the board.

Why Has Zooville Had Three Different USDA License Numbers?

In the state of Florida, after 2019, it was required that anyone possessing Class 1 wildlife (lions, tigers, etc) have a current USDA license.  Does anyone know when the current license was issued after the previous one was cancelled in 2007?

Who Is Really In Charge at ZooVille?

On September 20, 2011 it appears that Zooville began operating under the USDA license held previously by Kathleen Kathy Baird who used the trade name WildKats Exotics.  See the screenshots below from the USDA inspection reports site.

Zooville’s website said they are located at 4702 Cooper Road Plant City, FL 33565 but Wildkatz Exotics is listed with USDA as being located at 16801 Morris Bridge Road Thonotosassa, FL 33592

It is not clear if Zooville was listed on USDA’s site under Wildkatz Exotics USDA license because of some merger or if it was because there was a trade of animals between the two.

In 2014 Susan Aronoff’s Zooville was cited for a a filthy lion cage. and no responsible adults on property.

2014 Census

1	ABYSSINIAN GENET	ALL OTHER COVERED SPECIE
1	AFRICAN CIVET	ALL OTHER COVERED SPECIE
1	AGOUTI	ALL OTHER COVERED SPECIE
1	AMERICAN BEAVER	ALL OTHER COVERED SPECIE
4	BOBCAT	ALL OTHER COVERED SPECIE
3	CLOUDED LEOPARD	ALL OTHER COVERED SPECIE
2	COATI MUNDI	ALL OTHER COVERED SPECIE
2	COMMON PALM CIVET	ALL OTHER COVERED SPECIE
2	COYOTE	ALL OTHER COVERED SPECIE
4	CRESTED PORCUPINE	ALL OTHER COVERED SPECIE
1	KINKAJOU	ALL OTHER COVERED SPECIE
2	NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR	ALL OTHER COVERED SPECIE
1	NORTHERN/EURASIAN LYNX	ALL OTHER COVERED SPECIE
2	RED FOX	ALL OTHER COVERED SPECIE
1	SERVAL	ALL OTHER COVERED SPECIE
2	TAYRA	ALL OTHER COVERED SPECIE
2	BLACK-HANDED SPIDER MONKEY	NONHUMAN PRIMATES
2	RING-TAILED LEMUR	NONHUMAN PRIMATES
2	RUFFED LEMUR	NONHUMAN PRIMATES
2	TONKEAN MACAQUE *MALE	NONHUMAN PRIMATES
5	LION	WILD/EXOTIC FELINES
1	PUMA	WILD/EXOTIC FELINES
2	TIGER	WILD/EXOTIC FELINES

In 2013 Susan Aronoff Bradshaw’s Zooville was cited for filthy living conditions and dangerous, rusty cages for exotic cats and monkeys.

In 2012 Zooville was cited multiple times for dangerous cages, filthy water dishes and more.

Zooville cited by USDA May 2012

Zooville cited for repeat violations by USDA June 2012

Zooville cited for repeat violations by USDA Oct 2012

At the time of these citations Bhagavan “doc” Antle and his girlfriend, China York were listed as officers of Zooville.

When Carole Baskin and Big Cat Rescue became known for trying to stop the trade in exotic cats as pets, we believe that Susan Aronoff Bradshaw began slandering them in an attempt to draw the attention off the subject; Exotic Animals as Pets, which is not a subject anyone can defend, and is trying to misdirect attention in any way she can.

We feel she even lied to the police in 2005 when she told them that she had really lied in her sworn affidavit of 1997 regarding Don Lewis’ will.  In 1997 Susan had no reason to lie, but in 2005, after Carole been successful in campaigning for laws that banned the sale of big cats across state lines as pets (a trade Susan wanted to pursue) we think she decided to lie to police in the hopes of jailing her adversary. The police saw through her ploy and no action was taken on her report.

Susan Aronoff, nka Susan Bradshaw was thrown out of the Wildlife on Easy Street volunteer program in the late 90’s when she was caught making money on the side by inviting guests to stick their hands in Judah, the lion’s mouth to let him lick raw meat off their hands.  She since has relocated a number of times, living briefly with Debbie Sandlin and others.  Susan started a number of big cat breeding facilities, such as the Preservation Station, but has had to relocate several times after irritating her neighbors, alienating her sponsors and being financially incapable of staying afloat.  Vernon Yates has housed her lion, Judah, for her when she was without land and caging in his 2 acre backyard facility that holds 14 big cats, amid 200 other exotic animals, in concrete cells.

It was this alliance of Vernon Yates, Susan Aronoff, and Debbie Sandlin, that fed the alleged lies and half truths to the Bay News 9 reporter, Chris Hawes.  Because they have been able to mislead one reporter they have used the credibility of the Bay News 9 name as their sole source of credibility. That was until they were able to persuade Leonora LaPeter Anton to reprint much of the same false information and innuendo in her Nov. 11, 2007 piece called The Big Cat Fight.  What they were not counting on was that the reporter would go on to report about the magnitude of the problem with dangerous exotics, making them all unwitting pawns in demonstrating exactly why their kind should be banned.

The St. Pete Times article reported that Susan Aronoff Bradshaw “has taken in or bought about 75 exotic animals, including tigers, bears, lynx, bobcats and primates.  She hopes to open her living classroom zoo next year.”

People who know Susan (age 60 in 2020) say that she has used Debbie Sandlin to make her accusations publicly against Carole Baskin.   Debbie Sandlin was briefly a volunteer at Wildlife on Easy Street in the 90’s.  She never graduated from Red level to Yellow level which indicates that she either was there less than 6 months, did not keep her volunteer hours up or that she was not progressing through her training as required to achieve the next level.  After Don Lewis disappeared in 1997 the sanctuary stopped breeding and trading in exotic cats and there was a small band of people who left when the policies changed.  Between 1997 and 1999 Susan Aronoff, Judy Watson, Jim Moore, and Debbie Sandlin left Wildlife on Easy Street because of the change in direction.

Debbie Sandlin was the woman in the trailer carrying the pet monkey around with her in the video taped interview by Bay News 9.  She reportedly bragged that she was above the law because she was having sex with a Florida Wildlife Conservation inspector and later announced that they were engaged, but the officer claims they are not.  People who know her say that she does most of this at Susan Bradshaw’s bidding because she looks up to Susan and wants to please her.  Susan and Debbie stalk Carole Baskin online and have called in to repeat their nasty diatribes as a phone in caller on WMNF when Carole Baskin was interviewed.  They have been credited with having written numerous letters to supporters, regulating bodies, accrediting organizations and the media trying to discredit Carole Baskin and Big Cat Rescue.