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. 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. Turpentine gives those animals rehabilitation, a place to live out their lives with the proper care peacefully.

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