In part one of this series, we dive into the early years of Joe Exotic before he was the Tiger King, when Joe was just a kid growing up in Texas. We discuss his relationships, his time as a police officer, & more! Leading all the way up to the height of G.W. Zoo and getting closer to his first run in with Carole Baskin.

Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, better known by his stage name Joe Exotic, is an American former zoo operator and convicted felon. The former owner and operator of the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park (a.k.a. G. W. Zoo) in Wynnewood, Oklahoma. Joe Exotic is the main subject in the major Netflix documentary hit, Tiger King: Mayhem, Murder, & Madness. 

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