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When Jonathan Kraft was starting a wild-animal act in Las Vegas 17 years ago, he jumped at the chance to buy an eight-month-old lion cub that had grown too large to be safely displayed at state fairs.

"At the time, I was really not aware there was a huge surplus" of exotic animals, he says.

After Mr. Kraft bought two tigers that...

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