10 Surprising Facts About Netflix’s Tiger King

Everyone knows about the Netflix docuseries “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness.” Since its release in March 2020.

It has something for everyone with an array of eccentric characters and its twisting and surprising storyline.

The one thing everyone seems to agree on is Team Tiger whether you are team Joe Exotic or team Carol Baskin.

If you’ve already watched the first series and can’t get enough, or you are surprised what all the fuss is about, we hope the below facts will help keep you entertained.

Tiger King reignited the discussion around the disappearance of Don Lewis.

Stories between Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin is one of the most interesting and spoken-about stories.

Carole Baskin, an outspoken animal rights activist, runs the animal sanctuary Big Cat Rescue in Florida.

Early in the first series, it is revealed that her second husband, Don Lewis, disappeared in August 1997, never to be seen again, leaving his fortune to his wife, Carol.

Joe Exotic, along with many of Don’s family members, fingered Carol, killed her, and either fed her body to his tiger or buried her under his septic tank.

Carol has consistently denied any involvement in her husband’s disappearance and police have no evidence to suggest otherwise.

Since the first series aired on Netflix, law enforcement in the Tampa, Florida area, where Don lived with Carroll, has publicly announced that they are looking for new leads in Don’s disappearance.

According to the sheriff, who took the case, he had to hire a detective supervisor to handle the large number of leads that came in each day.

The show has attracted a lot of celebrity fans.

With social distancing guidelines in place around the world during the launch of this Netflix docuseries in 2020, many people, including celebrities, were looking for something to take their minds.

This has resulted in the show being watched by millions of people, including many celebrities who are as obsessed with the series as anyone else.

Many such celebrities took to their social media to support various characters throughout the show, especially Joe Exotic.

Cardi B has expressed interest in setting up a Go Fund Me for the release of Joe Exotic.

O.J. Simpson expressed his opinion on the disappearance of Don Lewis and even gave his opinion on the truth behind the disappearance of Kim Kardashian.

Joe Exotic’s zoo is still open.

After Joe’s former business partner Jeff Lowe took over Joe’s GW Zoo, it was quickly renamed Greater Wynwood Exotic Animal Park in an attempt to distance itself from its previous owner.

All is not well at the zoo, it seems, when Eric Good, who worked on the Netflix series, receives a text message from Lowe saying they are struggling financially.

According to Lowe, this has little to do with the state of the world in 2020 but is an ongoing thing for some time.

It is estimated that it costs around $200 to feed a tiger per week, with around 200 big cats currently living in zoos!

Joe didn’t sing his songs on Tiger King.

Throughout the first series, we often hear Joe talk about his country music and see it for sale in his gift shop.

His music played an important role during his feud with Carol Baskin, with his song “Here Kitty Kitty” depicting Carol Baskin feeding a tiger body parts.

Although Joe played his part in some of these songs, he copied most of them. The songs were written and sung by musicians Vince Johnson and Danny Clinton.

Clinton sadly passed away in October 2019.

Carole Baskin invited Kim Kardashian over to her place for a visit!

Following Kim Kardashian’s tweet expressing her views on the disappearance of Carole’s first husband, Don Lewis, she was contacted through Carole’s Big Cat Rescue account.

In this tweet, the Big Cat Rescue Team invited Kim to visit the sanctuary and meet Carol Baskin.

Kim Kardashian’s followers and fans of the show viewed the offer rather negatively; He did not publicly respond to the proposal.

Filming for Tiger King Season 1 began in 2014 and didn’t finish until early 2020.

Tiger King Season 1 was released on Netflix on March 20, 2020, and the show didn’t finish filming until early 2020, just a few months before its release.

The directors started filming in early 2014 and the show was initially intended to investigate a notorious Florida-based snake dealer.

While they were filming on set, the film crew met a man with a snow leopard in the back of his van.

Filming quickly shifted their focus to the big cats.

The show’s directors, Eric Good and Rebecca Chaklin, were present when Joe was arrested in 2018 and chose to continue filming as much content as possible.

The directors claimed that new events unfolded daily at points during their filming and that they were shooting footage for up to 18 hours a day!

The second season releases on November 17, 2021, on Netflix.

Joe’s zoo was originally called the Garold Wayne Exotic Animal Park.

In 1997, one of Joe’s brothers, Harold, tragically died from injuries sustained in a car accident when a drunk driver collided with him.

After his family won a settlement, Joe brought 16 acres of land to open his zoo and named it after his late brother.

After Tiger King aired, thousands of fans visited Joe’s old Zoo, now run by Jeff Lowe.

It’s not surprising that people wanted to visit the GW Zoo, where many of the Tiger King series take place.

According to Jeff Lowe, they had a problem with the number of people who came at once!

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Oklahoma’s governor, Kevin Stitt, required all non-essential businesses to close.

The zoo was closed on March 31, 2020, after numerous reports to the local sheriff that the zoo was still open for business.

It was briefly reopened in May 2020, but later that month, a federal judge awarded Carol Baskin ownership of the park.

The judge ordered people to vacate the park and remove all animals. Lowe permanently closed the park on August 18, 2020.

After Lowe’s departure, Baskin decided that he would sell the park on the condition that it not be used as an exotic zoo or tourist attraction.

Carole Baskin spoke out against the series.

Since the launch of Tiger King, Carol Baskin has spoken out against the series and the misconceptions portrayed in the first season.

In a blog post on her Big Cat Rescue website, Carol tries to clear up some of these misconceptions and describes how she feels she was tricked into appearing on the show.

According to Carroll, he believed that these documentaries would expose the abuses and problems of roadside zoos.

He claims the show is full of “lies and fabrications” from people who are “not credible”.

Joe Exotic is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a federal agent, his lead prosecutor, and his former business partner, Jeff Lowe.

This is not even the complete list! He has blamed others for his arrest and he is currently in the process of suing all of them.

Joe Exotic, currently serving a 22-year prison sentence, filed a false imprisonment lawsuit in a federal court on March 17, 2020, days before Tiger King aired on Netflix.

He is seeking nearly $94 million in damages in his lawsuit and is currently seeking an attorney to represent him.

On Joe’s official Instagram account, it was hinted that there is information that Joe has yet to reveal to the general public.

Whatever the outcome of this case, one thing is certain, this story is long overdue.