The Director of T.I.G.E.R.S.
Bhagavan Antle
Dr. Mahamayavi Bhagavan Antle is the director of T.I.G.E.R.S. He was born in Arizona where he grew up on a vast cattle
ranch. At an early age he started raising wild and exotic animals. After completing his schooling overseas and
receiving his doctorate in Medicine, he moved to Buckingham, Virginia, where in 1982 he helped open the Integral
Health Services; an alternative drugless therapy clinic utilizing Meditation, diet and exercise programs.
He was teaching class on the clinics practices and the environmental impact on human health when he met a zoo director
who had a baby Tiger. He asked if he might use this Tiger at the end of one of his lectures, to show one of the other
members of the world who was experiencing a much greater degree of Environmental health Damage. When he did, an
audience member introduced himself as the local head of Exxon Oil and asked if he would redo the Tiger part of the
Lecture at the Exxon Convention next week. It went so well that Exxon used him dozens of more times and he started
T.I.G.E.R.S.
Since then he has owned and raised thousands of animals. He curently runs two public live interaction
exhibits, one in Myrtle Beach, SC at the T.I.G.E.R.S. Preservation Station and the other in Miami, FL at Parrot
Jungle Island where the Wild Encounters program is provided by T.I.G.E.R.S. He and his staff care for and train
the animals for movies, TV commercials, and live performances. Dr. Antle has trained over 350 big cats and is
considered one of the foremost animal trainers in the country.
Dr. Antle has lectured extensively and presented his Predator Education Shows (Tale of the Tiger &
others), Magic shows and Stunt shows for millions of people all over the United States and abroad. He has been
the spotlight of hundreds of news broadcasts and special television features including: David Letterman , Good
Morning America, ABCs TV special "World of Discoverys, Tiger, Lord of the Wild" PBS "Big Cats",
The Discovery Channels - Wild Discovery and Movie Magic. He has also been featured in Thousands of newspapers and
magazines throughout the world.
Dr. Antle is a devoted Teacher and Practitioner of yoga and meditation. He now resides in Myrtle Beach,
SC were he continues his work along with his partners Kheira & Rajani and his 3 children Devi, Kody and Tawny.
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