Tonia Haddix, an exotic-animal broker with a special fondness for chimpanzees, is as powerful a curiosity magnet as the Tiger King himself, a bottomless well of narcissism, self-mythologizing, and outright delusion who often refers to chimps as her "kids."Like Joe, she is locked in a prolonged battle with animal-rights activists over her lack of formal training and her improvised living environments, which pose a danger to her animals and the humans around them.
Although the size of her Missouri McMansion suggests that Haddix has turned a substantial profit from selling exotic species, that appears not to be the only, or even primary, reason for her attachment. Like the other women who turn up over the series' four episodes, she is deeply bonded with the chimps.
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