via YouTube/Animal PlanetFilm & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsTiger King’s Joe Exotic will feature in a new Animal Planet documentarySurviving Joe Exotic picks apart the controversial former zoo-owner’s animal welfare practicesShareLink copied ✔️July 18, 2020July 18, 2020Text Thom Waite Big cat enthusiast and former zoo owner Joe Exotic has become a cult figure since the airing of Netflix’s Tiger King earlier this year, famed for his wild style and set to be played by none other than Nicolas Cage in an upcoming show. However, a new Animal Planet documentary aims to explore the more problematic side of Joe Exotic (real name Joseph Maldonado-Passage). Titled Surviving Joe Exotic, the doc will feature some of the animals that managed to “get out” of his zoo, while digging into his animal welfare practices. A trailer for Surviving Joe Exotic sees the film crew sit down with Exotic himself in May 2018, before he was sentenced to 22 years behind bars for animal abuse and murder-for-hire. Besides showing his animals in cramped cages – “It’s a labour of love,” Exotic says, “you really have to love the animals” – it also shows a clip of him shooting at a rooster, seemingly for crowing in the background of his interview. Watch the full preview below. The show itself is set to premiere July 25. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.Trending10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaManaging to (mostly) slip under the radar of Instagram’s notorious censorship rules, these are the flesh-baring accounts you need to followBeautyReplitLife & CultureJoin Spike Jonze, Reshma Saujani and more at vibecon PumaFashionHow 2026 is shaping up to be PUMA’s year of SuedeHEYDUDEFashionHEYDUDE wants you to be outside this summerBeautyThe sexiest flesh-baring Instagram accounts you need to followFashionNo bottoms allowed: Menswear dropped its trousers for SS27BeautyHoroscopes June 2026: Love deeply, take risks, and embarrass yourselfMusicOlivia Rodrigo: ‘A breakup can be an opportunity to redirect your life’FashionInside Charli xcx and Lyas’ Paris Fashion Week afterpartyEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy