Carole Stairs Jones is an American big-cat rights activist is better known as Carole Baskin is also CEO of Big Cat Rescue, a non-profit animal sanctuary based near Tampa, Florida. She expressed an interest in saving cats when she was nine, but she decided against pursuing a career in veterinary medicine after she learned that veterinarians euthanize animals. As a teenager, she worked at a department store. She launched a successful YouTube channel called "The Cat Chat" as she starred on "Dancing With The Stars" in 2020. She got into a feud with Joe Exotic, which was highlighted in the 2020 Netflix series "Tiger King". Joe was eventually sentenced for attempting to hire a killer to murder Carole, and Carole was awarded his Oklahoma sanctuary.