Michael Jackson's Exotic Pets: Where Are They Now?

0:00It's April 29th. From Hollywood to your headphones, this is Entertainment and Celebrity News. Today, powered by AI, I'm Cory with the story. Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch was like a private zoo back in the day, packed with exotic pets from chimps to tigers during his time therefrom. 1988-2005 After the trial that year, he left the place behind, and folks wondered what became of all those animals. Things out most got relocated to sanctuaries and zoos across the country. Take his two brother tigers, Thriller and Sabu. They headed to actress Tippi Hedren's wildlife preserve in California. Thriller passed from lung cancer in June 2012, got cremated, and his ashes buried there. Sabu stuck around with other tigers, though no reason updates on him. Meanwhile, the giraffe spaced rough times, a couple died in Arizona preserve around 2010, possibly from bad feeding or cold. Two were still alive as of late 2011. His famous chimp bubbles ended up at a Florida sanctuary after outgrowing home life, and

1:04the Jackson estate still chips in for his care. Then there's the elephant alley, now thriving at Jacksonville Zoo with a big tusk removal surgery last March for the 34-year-old. His python Madonna, renamed Sunshine, chills at a Colorado nature center, weighing over 80 pounds. And 13 flamingos flew to a new Jersey Zoo in 2007. With the new biopic Michael hitting theaters last April 18th, its spotlights bubbles and others, reminding us how Jackson's wild world lives on, through these rescues and second chances.