A infamous unique animal vendor who bought a jaguar cub in Riverside was sentenced to 6 months’ probation Monday, federal prosecutors stated.
Trisha Denise Meyer, 43, of Houston was identified for promoting unique animals from her Texas dwelling, in addition to posing bare with animals on OnlyFans.
She bought the weeks-old jaguar cub, which she known as Amador, to a Murrieta man who then bought him once more earlier than the cub was dumped at a San Diego wild animal sanctuary. The cub was malnourished and coated in feces with patches of fur lacking.
Meyer was charged in 2022 with “interstate transportation of an endangered species in the midst of industrial exercise, interstate sale of an endangered species, trafficking prohibited wildlife species, and trafficking endangered species” after her preliminary sale of the animal for $26,000 and transporting the cub from Texas to California in 2021, in line with the U.S. lawyer’s workplace for the Central District of California.
Proudly owning a jaguar in Texas is authorized, but it surely’s not authorized to promote an endangered species out of state. Proudly owning a jaguar in California is unlawful.
The cub has grown into an grownup, now renamed Eddie. He lives on the Lions Tigers & Bears Sanctuary in a distant a part of San Diego County.
The utmost sentence for the 4 fees towards Meyer was eight years in federal jail and a $700,000 advantageous.
However in June 2023, Meyer pleaded responsible to at least one depend of the interstate sale of an endangered species, in line with Ciaran McEvoy, a spokesperson for the U.S. lawyer’s workplace. And on Monday, U.S. District Choose Jesus G. Bernal sentenced her to 6 months of probation and ordered her to pay $30,000 in restitution.
Instances employees author Brittny Mejia contributed to this report.
