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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA
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` Case No. 6:20-cv-00423-JFH
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`UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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`JEFFREY LOWE,
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`LAUREN LOWE,
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`GREATER WYNNEWOOD EXOTIC ANIMAL
`PARK, LLC, and
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`TIGER KING, LLC,
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` Defendants.
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`NOTICE
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`The United States hereby notifies the Court that Jeffrey and Lauren Lowe have agreed to
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`abandon their “right, title, and interest” in the animals remaining at Tiger King Park. The United
`States received the attached signed abandonment form on August 13, 2021. See Exhibit 1. The
`United States is making arrangements to take possession of the animals this week and will place
`them with reputable Animal Welfare Act-licensed facilities. Once the animals are removed from
`Tiger King Park, the government will file a status report.
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`DATED: August 16, 2021
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`Respectfully Submitted,
`TODD KIM
`Assistant Attorney General
`Environment & Natural Resources Division
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`/s/ Mary Hollingsworth
`MARY HOLLINGSWORTH
`Senior Trial Attorney
`BRIENA STRIPPOLI
`Trial Attorney
`DEVON LEA FLANAGAN
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`6:20-cv-00423-JFH Document 115 Filed in ED/OK on 08/16/21 Page 2 of 2
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`Trial Attorney
`United States Department of Justice
`Environment & Natural Resources Division
`Wildlife & Marine Resources Section
`P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station
`Washington, D.C. 20044-7611
`Mary.Hollingsworth@usdoj.gov | (202) 598-1043
`Briena.Strippoli@usdoj.gov | (202) 598-0412
`Devon.Flanagan@usdoj.gov | (202) 305-0201
`Fax: (202) 305-0275
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`CHRISTOPHER J. WILSON
`Acting United States Attorney
`SUSAN BRANDON, Civil Chief
`United States Attorney’s Office
`Eastern District of Oklahoma
`520 Denison Avenue
`Muskogee, OK 74401
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`Attorneys for the United States of America
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