Everything you need to know about Tiger King, Netflix's new true-crime series

As people self-isolate, Netflix is playing a more important role in our lives than it already does and there’s one series that's on everyone’s lips…

So what’s all the hype about? Well, the series focuses on a man named Joe Exotic who owned an Oklahoma-based animal park. His real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage but he later changed his name to reflect his interests in exotic animals. We meet other characters aside from Joe, including animal-rights activist Carole Baskin and a fellow big cat breeder Bhagavan “Doc” Antle. Low and behold, everyone in the series is connected through their love of big cats.

Yet, Joe then looked for another hitman after it didn’t go ahead first time and ended up hiring an undercover FBI agent.What inspired Tiger King? Co-directors of the docuseries, Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin, began filming Tiger King after Goode listed an animal dealer in South Florida and found a snow leopard in the back of the scalding hot van.

“What we started understanding in the big cat world is have a unique commonality between them, which is, ‘Look at me’… the status of having a tiger and the attention that gets them.”View gallery However, after the series was released activist Carole Baskin wasn’t impressed with how things had been made to look.

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Carole Baskin responds to Netflix's Tiger KingWhat Carole Baskin has said about Netflix's Tiger King Zsa_Zsa_Abhor!!!! She killed her husband. There’s no doubt in my mind.
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Cardi B vows to raise money for jailed Tiger King star Joe ExoticCARDI B vowed to raise money for jailed Tiger King star Joe Exotic through a GoFundMe page because “they did him wrong”. The rapper admitted to losing track of the Netflix documentary b… Maybe should raise some money to buy the rest of her dress 1st!! Did he pay her for those awful implants ? Why go fund she can fund it her self
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The Tiger King director teases a second series, as a dramatic adaptation is confirmedThe director of Netflix's The Tiger King has teased the potential for a second series of the documentary, saying they have loads of content spare.
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