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Tiger King: 5 Things To Know About Animal Lover Joe Exotic Who Is Subject Of Netflix True Crime Series

Netflix’s latest must-see TV show is a bizarre tale about an eccentric zookeeper whose feud with an animal rights activist led to a murder-for-hire plot.

Image Credit: Courtesy of NetflixOn Jan. 22, 2020, Oklahoma-based zookeeper Joe Exotic was sentenced to 22 years in prison for plotting to murder an animal rights activist who made it her mission to put him out of business. Now behind bars, Joe (whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage), is an eccentric blond, mullet-wearing wannabe-country singer who loves lions and tigers, which he once proudly showed off in his zoo, Garold Wayne Exotic Animal Memorial Park. But his life began to unravel when he became obsessed with Carole Baskin, the owner of Big Cat Rescue sanctuary, who led a protest campaign to stop him from owning and touring with his exotic animals.

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