This clown, mitch behm, is a trust-fund baby. He's been throwing his money and ignorance around for about 5 years. My guess is, since he never got his hands dirty himself, is that he finally pissed off his employees to the point that they quit and when it came to him actually having to work, he ran away. He's been a big mouthed coward from the day he announced to the reptile world that he was going to change the way things were done.
Basically, he's so full of crap that his eyes are brown.
My guess, knowing him as I do, is that he was bragging about how great he was and somehow managed to come to the attention of peta. He was ALWAYS an easy mark and I'm sure they worked him, stroking his overblown ego with compliments while they recorded what they wanted the world to see.
The guy is an egomainical turd and while it's a darn shame the animals were treated that way, it's also a great day for those who keep them properly since he is, hopefully, once and for all, out of the reptile game.