U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California
Police are searching for a self-described “exotic erotic zookeeper” who allegedly sold a baby jaguar for $30,000 on the sidelines of a Houston car show in 2021, and then drove it across state lines. Several potential buyers looked at the animal at a hotel near the show, including one who later told police the cub “appeared to become very sick and started ‘splatter pooping’ everywhere.”
Trisha “Mimi” Denise Meyer, 40, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday. She is currently at large, according to local media reports.
Police did arrest the 34-year-old buyer, Abdul “Manny” Rahman, who said Meyer gave him a $5,000 discount due to a dispute over a marmoset he bought from Meyer. According to the complaint published on Law & Crime, the monkey was “crazy” and Rahman eventually abandoned it. “The marmoset was so difficult to care for that they looked for an exotic animal dealer in Las Vegas and ultimately found a pet shop that sold other marmosets,” the complaint states. “They asked the owner to temporarily take care of the marmoset for them and then they never went back, effectively abandoning the marmoset in Las Vegas.”