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Where do you want to start?
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I guess at the beginning somewhere.
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It was a crazy beginning.
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Mmm.
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- Crazy.
- What was the beginning?
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Animal people are nuts, man.
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And I might be one of them people.
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I don't know,
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but they're all half-out there, man.
They're crazy.
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You know, the monkey people
are a little bit different.
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Okay, good boy! Good boy!
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You know, they're kinda strange,
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but the big cat people
are back-stabbing...
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pieces of shit.
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A decades-long feud
comes to a bizarre end...
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Tiger King stands accused
of trying to have a woman killed.
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You know, there's not every day
that a zookeeper went to prison
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for murder-for-hire.
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So, I'm sure...
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I'm sure y'all got a story to tell.
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This is a prepaid call from...
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Joe Exotic.
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...an inmate at the Grady County Jail.
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Do you know
what they threatened me with?
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Seventy-nine years.
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I went to work every day
prepared to die in a tiger cage.
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Dying doesn't scare me.
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At all.
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Here is a fact
that may make you stop for a second.
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There are more captive tigers
in the US today
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than there are in the wild
throughout the world.
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Come here, you sexy beast!
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Hi, little man.
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Look at that big smile. There you go.
Show them claws.
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You would not believe
how many sheriffs told me,
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"Oh yeah, just down the street,
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there's a guy that has a lion,"
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or, "A guy down there that has a tiger."
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They just feel very strongly
that these are mine
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and nobody's gonna take 'em from me.
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I'll tell you, it's real simple.
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Don't own big, dangerous, exotic animals
'cause it's a time bomb.
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Everybody has a story.
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Everybody that's owned one,
it's always been a bad, bad ending.
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I've been doing this 20 years.
Never even been bit.
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It's okay.
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Our mission is to ban
the private possession
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of these magnificent animals.
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She wanted to shut down the zoo.
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And he wanted her gone.
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The so-called Tiger King...
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He is on trial,
accused in a murder-for-hire plot.
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Joe Exotic is accused
of paying a person
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to murder Carole Baskin.
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Long before he was ever indicted
in these charges,
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Joe Exotic was someone that makes good TV,
makes good news.
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Even if it's a train wreck,
you can't help but look.
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He's a completely insane, gay, gun-toting,
drug-addict fanatic.
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He wasn't real.
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He was like a mythical character,
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living out in the middle
of Bumfuck, Oklahoma.
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The well-known zoo owner
was taken into custody.
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He could be looking
at nearly 80 years in prison.
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When I leave this park,
I wear a bulletproof vest.
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That is how bad this has gotten.
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There are so many strange twists
in that story.
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You would have to write books,
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volumes of the stuff
that went wrong there.
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Let me show and tell the whole thing.
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Because then you'll get it.
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Then you'll say, "Jesus fucking Christ!
Why are you in jail?"
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Okay, this is good. All right.
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And how old is she?
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She's 23 years old.
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When I started this project,
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I had no idea it would consume
five years of my life
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It all began when I was investigating
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a notorious reptile dealer
in South Florida.
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See how the snake stresses?
That's when the venom shoots out.
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That's enough to kill everybody
in this room three, four times over.
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A guy showed up one day
wanting to buy a venomous snake.
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We haven't even offered them for sale yet.
These are those real young ones, you know.
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When he was leaving, he said,
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"Check out what I just bought."
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In the back of this guy's van
was a snow leopard.
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Oh, shit!
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It was 100 degrees outside.
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Do they need to be refrigerated?
You know, 'cause they...
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Not if they're acclimated in Florida,
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if they're born and raised here.
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Are these as rare
as the clouded leopard?
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These are rarer than the clouded leopard.
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It just blew my mind.
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What is a snow leopard doing
in the back of this guy's hot van?
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That set me on this journey
to really understand what is going on
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with people keeping big cats
in this country.
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Oh, little girl.
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- Maybe take it off?
- Oh, you don't want me to take it off.
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I like it off.
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Your whole audience will say, "Oh my god,
that guy has a mullet!"
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No, I like it. I like it!
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Jamotti! Jamotti, my sexy tiger!
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You raised these from babies?
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These were grown up
in my house, yup.
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We've got, like, eight of 'em
in there now.
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People, every day, they're like...
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"You must have the most incredible life,
to live with 187 big cats."
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I started building this in 1999.
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Believe it or not,
this was a completely empty field.
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In over 16 years, it's grown into this.
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My name is Joe Exotic
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and this is Thunder and Lightning!
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The only difference between my pet
and your pet is
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mine have three-inch teeth,
and they weigh 400 pounds.
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Does it feel good to stand on my stage
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with 500-pound tigers
and everybody envy you?
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Absolutely. Okay?
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I would be the biggest liar if I said no.
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Now, stop.
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That's a brand-new shirt, now quit it!
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Do you have a sense of bonding with them,
or do you have a... Ooh.
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Is there, like an emotional connection
between you and these cats?
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There is a very emotional connection
between me and these cats. Extreme.
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That's his deal right now.
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I mean, his whole deal is about
just wanting...
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Petted and loved on, you know?
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- They're so affectionate and fond...
- Are these trying to mate?
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Well, they're two boys.
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- Oh, they're two boys.
- We have a very open relationship here.
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We do not discriminate here.
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Good afternoon,
ladies and gentlemen.
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I'd like to welcome you
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to the Greater Wynnewood
Exotic Animal Park.
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I can assure you're going to get closer
to tigers and lions here
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than you would anywhere in the world.
Matter of fact, you're gonna get so close
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I can almost promise you
some of you will be urinated on.
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If that happens,
we have t-shirts in the gift shop
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that says, "I got peed on by a tiger."
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All right, everybody,
what I need you guys to do
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is walk down the fence line here.
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Follow Katrina. We're gonna introduce you
to your first dangerous animal.
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I'm kind of embarrassed to say it,
but when I got here,
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I was on kind of the end of my ropes.
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and I was like, "Man!
I never done this shit before!
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What the fuck? Let's go!"
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And now look at me! I'm doing tiger shows!
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I've been the manager
at the G.W. Zoo for 14 years now.
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Most of the staff was unique.
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That's what I thought
was really cool about the zoo.
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And then there's Joe.
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Do the dance!
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I love you so much!
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The people who worked for Joe
were misfits,
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and they were a family.
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It was a place where all these misfits
could come together
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and be with the King of Misfits,
who reigned over them.
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Joe is an entertainer by nature.
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No. Come on.
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He was pretty much the star
of his own show.
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I'm going to try and get some good shots.
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So make sure ya'll get me
some promo pictures in there.
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Want me to go up?
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No, I want you up front
with a still camera.
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Meeting him in person
definitely solidified that.
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♪ Woke up this morning
With the sunshine in my eyes ♪
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♪ It's funny how a smile can change
The words you want to say ♪
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For Joe, the zoo was his stage.
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It was the one place he could shine.
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He could control every aspect of it.
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From the start of the day to the end
of the day, he filmed everything.
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Come here, love me!
Come here, love me!
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He had this live TV show that he would do
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for a number of his followers.
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Hello, ladies and gentlemen
and welcome to JoeExoticTV.com.
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Where does your TV show air?
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On the internet. Worldwide.
Every night at six o'clock.
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Pretty cool. Come on in.
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Joe had been doing
these internet broadcasts,
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either on a regular basis or periodically,
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for probably a decade or longer
before I got there.
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Didn't Johnny Carson used to smoke
on the set of the Tonight Show?
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Yeah, years ago!
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He never had more than 80 people
watching the thing live.
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See ya Monday night, right here!
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When I walked in,
I had all this experience.
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I had a national reputation.
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If you watch us often, you know one of
our reporters, Rick Kirkham, is nuts.
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With a mere touch of a flame,
it was instant Kirkham kabob.
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Hey, Mike, get the charcoal!
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You know, I've done a lot of shit
in my life,
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but I've never experienced anything
like Joe Exotic.
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He knew that I could make him famous.
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I took it to a new level
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because I made it look
like a real TV show.
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We did a show every night
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and I want to say nine out of ten shows
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was about the animal rights people
and Carole down in Florida.
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One thing you're forgetting out there,
you animal rights people,
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and especially Carole Baskin...
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And that's Carole Baskin
down at Big Cat Rescue.
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It was all part
of Carole Baskin's plan when...
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...paid it to Carole Baskin.
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Carole Baskin is so influential.
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That Carole Baskin...
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And Carole Baskin...
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Man, if he ever had an enemy in his life,
it was Carole Baskin.
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Hi, I'm Carole Baskin and I'm the founder
and CEO of Big Cat Rescue.
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We're the world's largest
accredited sanctuary
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that is devoted entirely
to caring for big cats.
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Since 2006,
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we've been in this pissing match
over tigers.
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If there's one thing I know for sure
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it's that big cats don't belong in cages.
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I kept to myself. I did my own thing.
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And I picked up an Oklahoma newspaper
one day
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and here's this story
about this trashy little roadside zoo.
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And it was me!
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Her whole plan is
to get her following to believe
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that we're abusing tigers
and running us all out of business.
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Your destination is ahead on the right.
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Here comes Carole.
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Oh, she's dressed perfectly.
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More like this?
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You want me to get down,
so you've got this cat?
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Yeah, that's great, thank you.
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Okay, go ahead.
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This is Joseph the lion,
and he came from a facility in Ohio...
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I really believe in life
that you can only be good at one thing.
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He's gonna get nasty with me.
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With saving the cats,
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it's one thing that I can fix
if I can just stay focused on that.
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So I don't read the newspaper,
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I don't watch news on television
unless there's a cat involved.
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Where are we headed?
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We're headed to Cameron and Zaboo.
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She's saving the very best part for last
'cause they love the turkey necks.
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This is Bengali, an old circus tiger.
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You can see how they go
from being so sweet
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to just wanting to tear your face off,
and they could do it like that,
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and it's like, "Oh! That's amazing
to have that kind of range
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and that speed!"
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I live, eat, and breathe
ending the captivity of wild cats.
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And I know that I'm gonna see this
through to the end.
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What really sets apart Big Cat Rescue
from a zoo
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is that we are fixing the problem,
246
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they are creating the problem.
247
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People like Joe Exotic,
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what they are doing is breeding cats
for life in cages.
249
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A tiger needs 400 square miles
of territory in the wild.
250
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So there's no cage
that's going to be sufficient.
251
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But the reason that we have cats in cages
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is to provide them a safe place to live
until they die.
253
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This was our oldest cat.
254
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Black Mamba was a jaguar,
Oakie was an ocelot,
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Champlaine was a Canada lynx.
256
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You're following me again.
257
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You wanna lead?
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You can read plaques too.
259
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I think it would be fair to say
that Carole is the Mother Teresa of cats.
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You're so wonderful.
261
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The very first image that my parents had
of me in the cradle,
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it was me and the cat.
263
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I'd never been a person that had friends,
264
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and so my friends
were two imaginary white cats.
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I've always had cats in my life,
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and I've always felt a certain affinity
toward them.
267
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I'm actually allergic to cats,
268
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so my entire house is like, you know,
tile floors, no curtains,
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metal furniture, that sort of thing.
270
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Carole, tell me about this room,
'cause everything has a certain pattern.
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That is cat print.
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- And this?
- That was a gift.
273
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- And this? And...
- This I actually had painted.
274
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Most of what I wear are cat prints.
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It's almost a uniform.
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When I go in to talk with a legislator,
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if I go in there dressed head to toe
in cat prints,
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people remember, "Oh, that's the person
that's gonna be all over my case
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about why cats need to be protected."
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Carole, you even have cat luggage!
281
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It's always easy to find my luggage
when I get off the plane.
282
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I think it's a great look.
283
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And this is the Tiger King gift shop,
where I have all of my stuff.
284
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We got honey, we got barbecue sauce,
285
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we have steak sauce, skin cream.
286
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- I have sex gel for you and her!
- Sex gel?
287
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The best seller out of this gift shop
is actually Tiger King underwear line.
288
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People just go crazy over 'em
because they're all in animal print.
289
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- Do you wear these yourself?
- I don't wear underwear.
290
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You don't wear underwear?
291
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No, freeball it.
292
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Oh. Wow.
293
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I've been the cover
of Hollywood Magazine twice.
294
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I have my first two albums that I did.
295
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This is my first album, I Saw A Tiger,
296
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and this is my second album, Starstruck.
297
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And there's 28 songs and 16 music videos.
298
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♪ 'Cause I saw tiger
Now I understand ♪
299
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♪ I saw tiger
And the tiger saw man ♪
300
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♪ I tell all the hunters
To lay down their guns ♪
301
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When I first met Joe,
I was like a month out of high school.
302
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I was with Joe from 2003 to 2014,
303
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so 11 years.
304
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He showed me love
305
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and I learned how big my heart was.
306
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And how much to care.
307
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Are you gettin' this?
308
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Three, two, one.
309
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John's a strong, silent type.
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A man of few words.
311
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But what a hunk.
312
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At the age of 13, I knew I was gay.
313
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And I had a bad time struggling with it.
314
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When my father found out,
315
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he made me shake his hand
in front of my mom
316
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and promise not to come to his funeral.
317
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So, I had a real issue dealing with that,
318
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and one night I drove my car off a bridge.
319
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I broke my back...
320
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and spent five years in braces.
321
00:18:12,049 --> 00:18:15,094
I went to Florida to do my therapy...
322
00:18:16,345 --> 00:18:20,015
and my neighbor was the manager
of Lion Country Safari.
323
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And he brought home all the baby lions
and baby monkeys
324
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and stuff at night to bottle feed.
325
00:18:25,104 --> 00:18:30,984
And that's where my attraction
to exotic animals really started in.
326
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What?
327
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I know that they have a heart
and a soul and a mind.
328
00:18:40,244 --> 00:18:43,288
I've learned from them,
and they do therapy for me.
329
00:18:44,289 --> 00:18:46,416
Let's see your foot, sexy lion!
330
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But the animal rights people,
331
00:18:49,128 --> 00:18:52,214
they keep sayin'
I can't have these tigers.
332
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There's a war in America
that's being fought
333
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for an enormous amount of money.
334
00:19:04,059 --> 00:19:06,061
The animal rights activists,
335
00:19:06,145 --> 00:19:08,814
they want the lion's share,
336
00:19:08,897 --> 00:19:11,275
and they don't want to share their lions.
337
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In addition to Joe,
338
00:19:14,736 --> 00:19:16,655
the most notorious...
339
00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:19,575
cub breeder/petting operation
340
00:19:20,075 --> 00:19:22,369
is Doc Antle.
341
00:19:23,245 --> 00:19:26,999
Antle is much more sophisticated,
much smarter.
342
00:19:27,082 --> 00:19:28,208
He's fearless.
343
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Fifty acres makes up
the preserve here.
344
00:19:44,933 --> 00:19:47,394
We're gonna film, you know...
this is my crib here.
345
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Go to the front door and I'll go open it
and say, "Hi. How you doing? Come in."
346
00:19:50,564 --> 00:19:51,440
- Good idea.
- Okay?
347
00:19:51,523 --> 00:19:53,901
I like that Doc is better
at directing than we are.
348
00:19:55,777 --> 00:19:57,321
- Hey.
- How you doing, guys?
349
00:19:57,404 --> 00:19:58,724
Hi, it's Eric Goode. How are you?
350
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- Doing good. Come on in.
- Good to see you. Thanks.
351
00:20:00,782 --> 00:20:01,950
This is Swami Satchidananda,
352
00:20:02,034 --> 00:20:04,536
my grandfather guru who...
353
00:20:04,620 --> 00:20:06,663
A guy I lived with since I was a teenager.
354
00:20:07,456 --> 00:20:10,083
All right, so I am Dr. Bhagavan Antle.
355
00:20:10,167 --> 00:20:15,505
B-h-a-g-a-v-a-n. Antle, A-n-t-l-e.
Dr. Bhagavan Antle.
356
00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:18,342
I am the director
of the Myrtle Beach Safari
357
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and the rare species fund.
358
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And speaking of incredible animals,
359
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joining us is the founder
and director of TIGERS.
360
00:20:25,015 --> 00:20:27,100
Good afternoon, guys!
361
00:20:28,477 --> 00:20:31,480
This is my little girl, Bubbles!
362
00:20:32,356 --> 00:20:33,649
Look at the pictures there.
363
00:20:33,732 --> 00:20:36,735
That really is Bubbles
and I as kids together.
364
00:20:36,818 --> 00:20:40,489
You can see somehow both of us
got way bigger over the years.
365
00:20:41,448 --> 00:20:44,117
I have been building
this incredible preserve
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00:20:44,201 --> 00:20:46,870
for people to have
an interactive, up-close,
367
00:20:46,954 --> 00:20:50,207
uncaged experience with wildlife.
368
00:20:51,792 --> 00:20:53,877
Now these big teeth also make it
369
00:20:53,961 --> 00:20:56,797
so that he can take down larger prey
than you would expect.
370
00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:00,342
And he thinks coming out here
is a wee bit of a drag.
371
00:21:03,095 --> 00:21:06,306
To see an animal going to chase
that high-speed lure,
372
00:21:06,390 --> 00:21:09,017
diving into that crystal-clear pool...
373
00:21:09,101 --> 00:21:10,477
Look at the camera!
374
00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:12,145
People become wildly stimulated
375
00:21:12,229 --> 00:21:16,483
at seeing that amazing stuff
up close and uncaged.
376
00:21:18,151 --> 00:21:19,194
I am popular,
377
00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:22,114
I am so well known
as big cat guy around the world,
378
00:21:22,197 --> 00:21:26,994
that people who are against people
having relationships with animals, period,
379
00:21:27,077 --> 00:21:31,456
want to destroy me
because I am out there in the forefront
380
00:21:31,540 --> 00:21:35,127
so known of being this guy
that is in love with big cats
381
00:21:35,210 --> 00:21:36,920
and has them love him back.
382
00:21:41,091 --> 00:21:43,385
Joe wanted to be
so much like Doc Antle,
383
00:21:43,468 --> 00:21:46,096
he sent several of us up there
to see his facilities,
384
00:21:46,179 --> 00:21:47,639
so we can do the same in his place.
385
00:21:49,641 --> 00:21:51,059
He's taught me quite a bit
386
00:21:51,143 --> 00:21:54,813
as far as being able to market the zoo
and make money at the zoo.
387
00:21:55,397 --> 00:21:57,357
Oh, my god, here are the cubs!
388
00:21:57,441 --> 00:21:59,943
All right, so, we're gonna make sure
everybody standing up
389
00:22:00,027 --> 00:22:02,380
gets your turn to come down here
and love on this baby tiger
390
00:22:02,404 --> 00:22:03,989
'cause that's what you came here for.
391
00:22:04,323 --> 00:22:06,533
The animal rights people
like to bitch at you
392
00:22:06,616 --> 00:22:09,953
that cub petting is abuse, okay.
393
00:22:10,037 --> 00:22:12,622
In my opinion,
it's the best education tool.
394
00:22:12,998 --> 00:22:16,752
And keep in mind, in the rain forest,
there's no escalators. All right?
395
00:22:17,002 --> 00:22:19,838
You know, people only care about saving
what affects them.
396
00:22:20,547 --> 00:22:23,884
So you set a baby tiger in a family's lap
397
00:22:23,967 --> 00:22:25,719
and they fall in love
with this baby tiger,
398
00:22:25,802 --> 00:22:29,056
and you have 15 minutes
of their undivided attention to say,
399
00:22:29,139 --> 00:22:30,807
"Look, we gotta save the rain forest
400
00:22:30,891 --> 00:22:32,976
because you're killing
this little baby tiger's...
401
00:22:33,060 --> 00:22:34,853
you know, where he came from."
402
00:22:34,936 --> 00:22:37,064
They leave
with a whole different attitude.
403
00:22:37,147 --> 00:22:38,982
Aww!
404
00:22:40,692 --> 00:22:43,779
We believe these incredible,
up-close experiences
405
00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:46,948
makes a connection between them
and the wild world,
406
00:22:47,032 --> 00:22:49,242
opening their hearts and their wallets,
407
00:22:49,326 --> 00:22:52,412
for us to do
our worldwide conservation work.
408
00:22:54,748 --> 00:22:56,958
What is the cost of admission here?
409
00:22:57,042 --> 00:22:59,044
Three-thirty-nine is the start price,
right?
410
00:22:59,127 --> 00:23:03,382
There's people that paid 625,
655 for their tours today.
411
00:23:03,757 --> 00:23:05,677
'Cause it's dynamic price
like an airline ticket.
412
00:23:05,759 --> 00:23:08,637
The price goes up according to
how many people are coming on.
413
00:23:11,848 --> 00:23:14,017
This is our third time. Second this week.
414
00:23:14,810 --> 00:23:16,228
Me and my wife were here Sunday.
415
00:23:17,354 --> 00:23:19,689
You can't put a price
on holding a baby tiger.
416
00:23:20,023 --> 00:23:22,859
- That's his favorite animal.
- I mean, I hit the lottery,
417
00:23:22,943 --> 00:23:24,543
I'll pay these people whatever they want
418
00:23:24,611 --> 00:23:27,614
for me to go down to the reservation
every day and play with them.
419
00:23:28,198 --> 00:23:31,243
We charge a premium
because it costs so much
420
00:23:31,326 --> 00:23:32,911
to do proper care.
421
00:23:32,994 --> 00:23:34,704
We feed super quality food
422
00:23:34,788 --> 00:23:36,581
that anyone would be glad
to eat themselves.
423
00:23:37,541 --> 00:23:41,461
It's a minimum of $10,000 a year
to feed each tiger.
424
00:23:47,968 --> 00:23:50,762
I can feed a tiger
for $3,000 a year.
425
00:23:51,972 --> 00:23:53,557
You've got how many tigers now?
426
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,100
I have 227.
427
00:23:55,350 --> 00:23:56,560
So you're spending...
428
00:23:56,643 --> 00:23:58,523
three quarters of a million
feeding your tigers?
429
00:23:58,603 --> 00:23:59,604
Just feeding 'em.
430
00:24:02,274 --> 00:24:05,277
We work our ass off
in order to drop that price.
431
00:24:08,738 --> 00:24:12,451
We have feed lots that give us
five to seven cows a day...
432
00:24:14,244 --> 00:24:15,954
that die in the feed lots.
433
00:24:16,830 --> 00:24:19,207
The game wardens and the highway patrol
call us any time
434
00:24:19,332 --> 00:24:21,460
that a cow or a deer gets hit
on the highway.
435
00:24:26,965 --> 00:24:29,885
If I was to feed nothing but cows,
436
00:24:29,968 --> 00:24:31,970
I would need 30 cows a day.
437
00:25:13,553 --> 00:25:16,348
♪ I'm a baby tiger
Short and stout ♪
438
00:25:16,932 --> 00:25:19,809
♪ This is my tail
And this is my mouth ♪
439
00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:23,104
♪ I'm gonna bite you
And it's gonna hurt ♪
440
00:25:23,730 --> 00:25:26,650
♪ So why will I bite you?
Because I'm a jerk ♪
441
00:25:26,733 --> 00:25:27,734
That's it.
442
00:25:30,445 --> 00:25:32,906
This was actually me
and my brother's dream, you know.
443
00:25:33,448 --> 00:25:34,824
In 1997,
444
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,494
he was moving my sister
from Dallas to Florida
445
00:25:37,577 --> 00:25:38,995
and he made it 40 miles.
446
00:25:39,454 --> 00:25:40,997
And a drunk semi driver hit him.
447
00:25:41,081 --> 00:25:42,624
- Who's this?
- My brother.
448
00:25:42,707 --> 00:25:44,251
- That's the one that...
- Yup. Yep.
449
00:25:44,543 --> 00:25:47,837
So, when I signed the papers
to shut his life support machine off
450
00:25:47,921 --> 00:25:48,922
and donate his organs,
451
00:25:49,005 --> 00:25:52,467
I promised him
that he would just not be a statistic...
452
00:25:53,552 --> 00:25:56,263
that the people of the world would know
who he is.
453
00:25:56,346 --> 00:26:01,059
And that's when the GW Exotic Animal
Foundation was born, in his memory.
454
00:26:01,351 --> 00:26:02,811
My brother, he's an angel now.
455
00:26:02,894 --> 00:26:06,523
I went to schools and I talked to them
about drugs and alcohol.
456
00:26:07,691 --> 00:26:10,235
But I couldn't keep their attention, okay?
457
00:26:11,236 --> 00:26:12,779
So I took animals.
458
00:26:12,862 --> 00:26:14,698
What do we say to drugs?
459
00:26:15,031 --> 00:26:17,409
We say no to drugs, that's right.
460
00:26:17,492 --> 00:26:19,536
Because drugs
will make your teeth fall out,
461
00:26:19,911 --> 00:26:22,706
and you get really ugly
and you don't have any friends.
462
00:26:22,789 --> 00:26:24,749
Animals just wasn't enough, okay?
463
00:26:24,833 --> 00:26:27,127
So then I started adding magic.
464
00:26:32,716 --> 00:26:35,278
He'd put on a magic show,
which actually was pretty cool.
465
00:26:35,302 --> 00:26:36,553
He would use animals in it.
466
00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:43,226
He had a 12-year-old kid
kind of showing him how to do stuff.
467
00:26:43,810 --> 00:26:46,771
I first met Joe
when I was in the eighth grade.
468
00:26:47,355 --> 00:26:49,107
I helped in a show
down in Norman, Oklahoma.
469
00:26:51,067 --> 00:26:52,444
Joe wasn't doing magic.
470
00:26:52,527 --> 00:26:55,071
I started showing him
some of the magic that I did.
471
00:26:56,197 --> 00:26:58,783
And Joe supplied tigers
to be used during the show.
472
00:26:59,159 --> 00:27:00,952
We're talking this morning about
the upcoming
473
00:27:01,036 --> 00:27:03,038
Mystical Magic of the Endangered Show.
474
00:27:03,538 --> 00:27:05,248
It's coming to the Valley View Mall.
475
00:27:05,332 --> 00:27:08,501
That's when he decided to change his name
to Joe Exotic.
476
00:27:08,585 --> 00:27:10,337
My real name is Joe Schreibvogel.
477
00:27:10,420 --> 00:27:11,420
I go by Joe Exotic
478
00:27:11,463 --> 00:27:13,632
'cause nobody ever knows how
to say it right anyway.
479
00:27:13,715 --> 00:27:17,594
When we first started out,
we were all crammed in a semi.
480
00:27:18,303 --> 00:27:23,058
Fourteen of us in a cab of a semi,
that's a little cramped.
481
00:27:23,141 --> 00:27:27,312
Today we have a Siberian Tiger,
an Indochinese Tiger,
482
00:27:27,395 --> 00:27:30,023
a two-toed sloth, a black panther...
483
00:27:30,106 --> 00:27:32,609
Joe was taking tiger cubs,
stick 'em in a semi,
484
00:27:32,692 --> 00:27:34,944
and carting them to malls
all throughout the Midwest.
485
00:27:35,654 --> 00:27:37,072
They would do cub petting.
486
00:27:37,155 --> 00:27:39,258
You could take your picture
with this little baby cub.
487
00:27:39,282 --> 00:27:40,909
Look at me! Awesome.
488
00:27:41,826 --> 00:27:44,829
I mean, there was times
that we may have made ten grand
489
00:27:44,913 --> 00:27:46,247
at the mall.
490
00:27:46,331 --> 00:27:50,210
And there was times that we were doing
20, 30, 40 grand.
491
00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:57,050
Howard and Carole hired me
at the beginning of 2011
492
00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:00,178
to basically try to track Joe
493
00:28:00,261 --> 00:28:04,057
and convince the malls
to not allow him to exploit cubs.
494
00:28:05,642 --> 00:28:08,019
We started a program
where we would contact the malls
495
00:28:08,103 --> 00:28:10,021
and explain to them why this was bad.
496
00:28:10,939 --> 00:28:13,692
At one point,
we used someone to follow Joe
497
00:28:13,775 --> 00:28:16,486
and report what mall
they were going to next.
498
00:28:16,569 --> 00:28:18,279
The animals' presence isn't...
499
00:28:18,363 --> 00:28:19,447
It was, you know,
500
00:28:19,531 --> 00:28:22,033
part detective work
to try to track down Joe
501
00:28:22,117 --> 00:28:25,578
and where he was in the country
with these cubs.
502
00:28:27,205 --> 00:28:31,084
And they stalk every move you make.
503
00:28:31,167 --> 00:28:33,420
Doesn't matter where you are
in the country.
504
00:28:35,547 --> 00:28:37,716
They would research it,
find the owners of the mall
505
00:28:38,258 --> 00:28:42,345
and email them, text 'em, call 'em,
send the media out there, everything.
506
00:28:42,429 --> 00:28:43,555
Just hammer 'em.
507
00:28:46,558 --> 00:28:48,744
Years ago
when Carole first started doing this,
508
00:28:48,768 --> 00:28:50,770
we might generate 500 emails...
509
00:28:51,187 --> 00:28:53,064
- And be proud of it.
- Yeah.
510
00:28:53,148 --> 00:28:57,986
And as our online audience grew
and our supporter base grew,
511
00:28:58,069 --> 00:29:01,156
this gradually got up
to thousands of emails.
512
00:29:01,239 --> 00:29:03,742
Sometimes as many as
five or six thousand emails.
513
00:29:04,367 --> 00:29:05,869
And one by one,
514
00:29:05,952 --> 00:29:09,414
these malls started refusing
to have him back.
515
00:29:09,497 --> 00:29:11,750
That would pay the bills
for the winter sometimes.
516
00:29:11,833 --> 00:29:14,586
So it was definitely a big loss for us.
517
00:29:17,297 --> 00:29:19,966
But Joe always found a way to make money.
518
00:29:21,301 --> 00:29:23,136
One of the most popular adventures here
519
00:29:23,219 --> 00:29:26,181
at the Greater Wynnewood
Exotic Animal Park is a ticket for you,
520
00:29:26,264 --> 00:29:29,225
and that's private playtime
with a baby tiger.
521
00:29:30,268 --> 00:29:34,689
Anybody who poses
with an exotic cat is a problem.
522
00:29:35,899 --> 00:29:38,485
It just drives more and more
and more breeding
523
00:29:38,568 --> 00:29:41,112
of these cats who will never live free.
524
00:29:43,865 --> 00:29:47,327
Tiger selfies,
a big trend on a dating app...
525
00:29:47,410 --> 00:29:49,120
The tiger selfie is a growing trend
526
00:29:49,204 --> 00:29:52,207
on sites like Tinder
and OKCupid apparently.
527
00:29:52,290 --> 00:29:55,585
Oh yeah, this is how endangered species
can save themselves,
528
00:29:55,668 --> 00:29:57,212
by helping us get laid.
529
00:29:58,254 --> 00:30:01,591
Wild animals have been brought
onto the late-night shows.
530
00:30:01,674 --> 00:30:03,343
- How do you hold these?
- This way.
531
00:30:03,426 --> 00:30:04,546
Hold it against your breast.
532
00:30:04,594 --> 00:30:07,388
And when people see that,
they want to emulate it.
533
00:30:07,889 --> 00:30:09,516
All right, yesterday on my day off
534
00:30:09,599 --> 00:30:11,267
I went to the G.W. Zoo.
535
00:30:11,351 --> 00:30:13,102
Shoutout to Exotic Joe.
536
00:30:13,186 --> 00:30:14,729
I got two more tigers.
537
00:30:19,359 --> 00:30:21,319
Now look at me, how young I am
there on Letterman.
538
00:30:21,402 --> 00:30:23,696
Man! Go back, go back!
539
00:30:23,780 --> 00:30:25,448
We might as well do Letterman real quick.
540
00:30:26,616 --> 00:30:29,953
Here I am long ago
on The Late Show with David Letterman.
541
00:30:30,036 --> 00:30:32,372
I've got my big black panther there,
Shadow.
542
00:30:32,539 --> 00:30:34,707
Jay brought us out
into the forefront of people,
543
00:30:34,791 --> 00:30:37,418
he got to meet my animals
like no one else had ever done.
544
00:30:37,502 --> 00:30:39,546
The world's biggest cat coming on there,
545
00:30:39,629 --> 00:30:42,173
baby tigers, cheetahs, leopards,
everybody out there.
546
00:30:43,132 --> 00:30:44,132
Enough?
547
00:30:45,260 --> 00:30:46,553
Here I am in costume
548
00:30:46,636 --> 00:30:49,305
playing Marvelous Bhagavan, the magic man.
549
00:30:49,389 --> 00:30:51,808
And the cubs played themselves.
550
00:30:52,851 --> 00:30:57,146
I don't remember a time
where it wasn't everything I was doing,
551
00:30:57,438 --> 00:30:58,648
having animals in my life.
552
00:31:03,152 --> 00:31:07,073
I grew up a professional cowboy
in a family of professional cowboys.
553
00:31:07,740 --> 00:31:11,035
That led me along
to be able to have a quality life
554
00:31:11,119 --> 00:31:14,622
of a lot of interaction
with amazing domestic and wild animals.
555
00:31:15,206 --> 00:31:18,334
I moved to Yogaville
in Buckingham, Virginia.
556
00:31:19,419 --> 00:31:21,462
I started immersing myself in that life
557
00:31:21,546 --> 00:31:23,840
and I saw the incredible power
558
00:31:23,923 --> 00:31:25,884
of presenting the animals
without barriers,
559
00:31:25,967 --> 00:31:28,511
without caging,
so that you can really get to see them
560
00:31:28,595 --> 00:31:30,430
in all of their power and glory.
561
00:31:43,192 --> 00:31:45,880
People in Hollywood,
people other places came to me and said,
562
00:31:45,904 --> 00:31:47,864
"Hey, we need a tiger to do this.
563
00:31:47,947 --> 00:31:49,449
We would like a tiger to do that."
564
00:31:49,532 --> 00:31:51,701
- And ready and go.
- Action.
565
00:31:51,784 --> 00:31:52,785
You are a good kitty.
566
00:31:55,705 --> 00:31:59,000
I made 500 gigantic international movies,
567
00:31:59,083 --> 00:32:00,752
from Ace Ventura, Jungle Book,
568
00:32:00,835 --> 00:32:02,503
Dr. Doolittle, Mighty Joe Young...
569
00:32:02,587 --> 00:32:05,673
I mean, it's a huge list of features
that we made.
570
00:32:05,757 --> 00:32:07,592
Today we're gonna take
those same techniques
571
00:32:07,675 --> 00:32:08,875
that Doc created while working
572
00:32:08,927 --> 00:32:10,803
with Hollywood's top producers
and directors
573
00:32:10,887 --> 00:32:13,598
to create for you
an amazing animal adventure.
574
00:32:13,681 --> 00:32:14,891
Have you had your photo taken?
575
00:32:15,516 --> 00:32:16,893
No? Keep coming, keep coming.
576
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,482
The toenails you gotta watch
because they rip your face.
577
00:32:22,565 --> 00:32:23,565
Grandma?
578
00:32:24,901 --> 00:32:26,903
- How old are they?
- Six weeks.
579
00:32:26,986 --> 00:32:28,586
From the time
that they're four weeks old
580
00:32:28,655 --> 00:32:30,406
to the time that they're 16 weeks old,
581
00:32:30,490 --> 00:32:34,327
you can profit $100,000
on that cub.
582
00:32:35,328 --> 00:32:38,498
Interaction, playtimes, photos.
583
00:32:41,167 --> 00:32:43,962
People who pimp out tiger cubs
can only use them
584
00:32:44,045 --> 00:32:45,725
from the time that they're a few weeks old
585
00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:47,465
until they're about 12 weeks old,
586
00:32:47,548 --> 00:32:49,948
and when they get to be that age,
they can take a finger off.
587
00:32:50,885 --> 00:32:52,887
There are enough ignorant people out there
588
00:32:52,971 --> 00:32:55,640
who will then take in that tiger
and a year later,
589
00:32:55,723 --> 00:32:58,518
that cat's two or three hundred pounds
and they're calling us saying,
590
00:32:58,601 --> 00:33:00,603
"Please get this out of my house."
591
00:33:01,521 --> 00:33:05,233
At the same time,
there's almost no government regulation
592
00:33:05,316 --> 00:33:07,819
of private possession, which I believe
593
00:33:07,902 --> 00:33:12,031
is leading to the unbelievable number
of these cats in captivity.
594
00:33:14,617 --> 00:33:18,371
We have a tiger crisis in this country.
595
00:33:21,374 --> 00:33:24,711
Yeah, there's a lion
on Mount Perry Road and Gratiot.
596
00:33:26,713 --> 00:33:28,589
It was heading west in a hurry.
597
00:33:29,173 --> 00:33:31,592
Looks like a jaguar
or wolf or something...
598
00:33:33,261 --> 00:33:35,847
Zanesville really woke up
the public about the fact
599
00:33:35,930 --> 00:33:39,308
that there could be dangerous wild animals
living right next door to them
600
00:33:39,392 --> 00:33:41,102
and they didn't even know it.
601
00:33:41,185 --> 00:33:42,585
It walked out in front of me,
602
00:33:42,645 --> 00:33:44,525
and it was standing there
under the streetlight.
603
00:33:44,564 --> 00:33:48,651
Sheriff Matt Lutz said
50 wild animals kept on a private farm
604
00:33:48,735 --> 00:33:50,570
had been deliberately set loose.
605
00:33:50,653 --> 00:33:55,575
One baboon, three mountain lions
and 18 tigers.
606
00:33:55,658 --> 00:33:57,378
Anything outside
the perimeter gets...
607
00:33:57,410 --> 00:33:58,494
definitely gets taken down.
608
00:34:03,541 --> 00:34:05,461
The animals were unleashed on the town
609
00:34:05,501 --> 00:34:07,587
by a man who kept them in his backyard.
610
00:34:09,338 --> 00:34:13,426
I believe that there are a number
of ticking time bombs out there,
611
00:34:13,509 --> 00:34:17,013
and when those places implode
and somebody does something crazy,
612
00:34:17,597 --> 00:34:20,683
that will probably push
our legislation forward.
613
00:34:21,726 --> 00:34:24,312
Forty-eight of his animals
were eventually killed,
614
00:34:24,395 --> 00:34:27,315
pushing Ohio lawmakers
to author a new bill
615
00:34:27,398 --> 00:34:30,359
restricting private ownership
of exotic pets.
616
00:34:30,443 --> 00:34:34,072
It's not that having lions
and tigers is bad unto itself.
617
00:34:34,155 --> 00:34:37,909
It is the way he took care of them
that made it take place.
618
00:34:37,992 --> 00:34:44,165
Properly managed wildlife can become
a great tool for wildlife education, like…
619
00:34:44,248 --> 00:34:48,044
Arguably the loudest,
most defiant voice on the front lines
620
00:34:48,127 --> 00:34:51,005
of the big cat debate belongs to this man.
621
00:34:51,089 --> 00:34:53,091
I'm Joe Exotic and this is Sarge.
622
00:34:53,925 --> 00:34:57,261
The president of the Humane Society
called this place, and I quote:
623
00:34:58,054 --> 00:35:01,974
"A ticking time bomb and potentially
ten times worse than Zanesville."
624
00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:04,352
It is a ticking time bomb
if somebody thinks
625
00:35:04,435 --> 00:35:06,475
they're gonna walk in here
and take my animals away.
626
00:35:06,521 --> 00:35:08,022
It's going to be a small Waco.
627
00:35:09,774 --> 00:35:11,174
That's a pretty powerful statement.
628
00:35:11,234 --> 00:35:14,821
It's a very powerful statement
because I have poured my entire life
629
00:35:14,904 --> 00:35:15,905
into what I do.
630
00:35:15,988 --> 00:35:20,618
Nobody is gonna walk in here
and freely shut me down
631
00:35:20,701 --> 00:35:24,247
and take my rights away from me
as long as I am not breaking the law.
632
00:35:33,047 --> 00:35:36,425
You know, I've been sheriff here now
for over eight years,
633
00:35:36,509 --> 00:35:41,264
and our community gets its share of crime,
drug use, burglaries, domestic assaults.
634
00:35:42,807 --> 00:35:43,975
But then there's Joe Exotic.
635
00:35:45,935 --> 00:35:49,939
Within a year of becoming sheriff,
Joe walks into my office.
636
00:35:50,606 --> 00:35:51,732
- Good, good.
- Right here.
637
00:35:51,816 --> 00:35:54,861
From that point on, it was, uh...
it's been nonstop,
638
00:35:54,944 --> 00:35:57,488
you know, with the G.W. Zoo and Joe.
639
00:36:04,287 --> 00:36:07,331
This is the thing you don't want
when you have tigers, folks.
640
00:36:07,415 --> 00:36:10,793
It's a real life tornado,
and there ain't nothin' you can do
641
00:36:10,877 --> 00:36:12,795
besides protect yourself.
642
00:36:13,337 --> 00:36:16,757
I've gotten a lot of calls to...
"You better watch Joe.
643
00:36:17,216 --> 00:36:19,051
He's doing this, he's saying that."
644
00:36:21,721 --> 00:36:25,391
One of the things that keeps me awake
at night is the park.
645
00:36:25,474 --> 00:36:27,018
If you're an animal rights person,
646
00:36:27,143 --> 00:36:29,478
and you try and come into this facility,
647
00:36:29,979 --> 00:36:31,939
this is what
you're going to be greeted with.
648
00:36:35,818 --> 00:36:37,987
Joe is a very paranoid person.
649
00:36:38,070 --> 00:36:42,116
When I really realized
Joe was potentially dangerous
650
00:36:42,408 --> 00:36:45,411
was when he made a comment
about "this could be another Waco."
651
00:36:45,494 --> 00:36:47,830
That stand-off near Waco
began as a federal raid
652
00:36:47,914 --> 00:36:50,249
when federal agents tried to serve
a search warrant.
653
00:36:53,252 --> 00:36:56,255
Our hearts go out to these brave agents
who died today in the line of duty.
654
00:36:56,839 --> 00:36:58,716
And I took that as a direct threat
655
00:36:58,799 --> 00:37:01,928
that if my office ever had to take
some action out there,
656
00:37:02,511 --> 00:37:04,055
we were going to have a shoot-out.
657
00:37:04,138 --> 00:37:06,390
This is my little town.
658
00:37:06,474 --> 00:37:11,187
I'm the mayor, the prosecutor,
the cop, and the executioner.
659
00:37:14,023 --> 00:37:16,651
You know, after the Waco deal,
me and Joe made a pact.
660
00:37:17,443 --> 00:37:18,903
If anything went bad,
661
00:37:20,029 --> 00:37:21,447
we were gonna shoot each other.
662
00:37:22,156 --> 00:37:23,324
And then that day...
663
00:37:24,325 --> 00:37:27,119
I put our names on our bullets right here.
664
00:37:27,203 --> 00:37:28,829
I have my name
and his name on a bullet.
665
00:37:29,288 --> 00:37:31,165
If anything went wrong,
it was gonna happen.
666
00:37:33,292 --> 00:37:34,961
What kinda camera guy are you?
667
00:37:35,044 --> 00:37:38,256
Someone like Joe,
who is very polarizing...
668
00:37:38,756 --> 00:37:42,426
He can draw out people to oppose him.
669
00:37:43,010 --> 00:37:44,428
Oh, fuck yeah!
670
00:37:45,012 --> 00:37:46,222
For instance, I mean,
671
00:37:46,305 --> 00:37:50,643
I would get a little cut-out postcard
like this, addressed to me...
672
00:37:51,435 --> 00:37:54,397
picture of Joe with the word evil on it.
673
00:37:55,022 --> 00:37:57,316
That was really the point I realized,
you know,
674
00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:02,446
there's people that are opposite
of what Joe believes in.
675
00:38:04,198 --> 00:38:07,159
I have defended myself since 2006
676
00:38:07,243 --> 00:38:09,829
against People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals.
677
00:38:11,122 --> 00:38:14,375
Carole Baskin is supported
by the help of PETA
678
00:38:14,458 --> 00:38:17,461
to the point that they've actually made me
a target now.
679
00:38:19,380 --> 00:38:23,467
PETA is unapologetic
in its mission to help animals,
680
00:38:23,551 --> 00:38:27,722
and we've been targeting Joe Exotic
for many, many years.
681
00:38:28,139 --> 00:38:29,390
I think that we can't...
682
00:38:31,517 --> 00:38:34,645
underestimate how dangerous some
of these people are.
683
00:38:36,981 --> 00:38:40,943
They think that animals
are being beat everywhere they go.
684
00:38:41,027 --> 00:38:42,903
We didn't beat tigers at our zoo.
685
00:38:43,029 --> 00:38:44,322
We sure got accused of it.
686
00:38:46,115 --> 00:38:48,951
Those people are fucking insane, man.
687
00:38:50,077 --> 00:38:51,329
Actually, they scare me.
688
00:38:52,580 --> 00:38:54,081
Joe is always armed.
689
00:38:54,165 --> 00:38:55,875
There's always a gun at his side.
690
00:38:56,709 --> 00:38:58,419
What do you carry that gun for?
691
00:38:58,502 --> 00:38:59,670
People.
692
00:38:59,754 --> 00:39:02,006
- Not the cats?
- Not the cats.
693
00:39:02,089 --> 00:39:03,966
I'd shoot you before I shot my cat.
694
00:39:04,633 --> 00:39:06,927
We have 24-hour armed guards,
695
00:39:07,011 --> 00:39:09,013
three of us wear firearms.
696
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,516
That is how bad this has gotten.
697
00:39:13,851 --> 00:39:15,936
I sleep with an AK-47
under my mattress.
698
00:39:16,687 --> 00:39:17,688
Loaded, ready to roll.
699
00:39:19,065 --> 00:39:21,734
Joe, he had threats all the time
on Facebook.
700
00:39:21,817 --> 00:39:23,462
He had problems with PETA
coming onto the park
701
00:39:23,486 --> 00:39:25,086
and taking pictures and stuff like that.
702
00:39:25,154 --> 00:39:26,322
And trying to discredit him,
703
00:39:27,782 --> 00:39:29,367
so he needed extra security.
704
00:39:31,243 --> 00:39:34,413
Over the course of eight years,
I would guess we have probably taken
705
00:39:34,497 --> 00:39:36,582
40 to 50 police reports from Joe.
706
00:39:36,665 --> 00:39:39,293
And we have had people
try to get on that park.
707
00:39:39,877 --> 00:39:41,921
This guy has been videotaping.
708
00:39:42,004 --> 00:39:44,006
And we warned him twice.
709
00:39:44,298 --> 00:39:45,925
And he claims he's with PETA.
710
00:39:46,550 --> 00:39:47,550
Main thing is...
711
00:39:47,676 --> 00:39:49,678
Oh, just investigating
some animal rights issues
712
00:39:49,762 --> 00:39:50,930
that might be happening.
713
00:39:51,722 --> 00:39:53,362
They take things to the extreme.
714
00:39:53,933 --> 00:39:56,560
Have you got a tiger in a zoo in a cage?
Yeah.
715
00:39:56,644 --> 00:39:59,688
How are you gonna keep him from running
downtown and going to 7-Eleven?
716
00:40:02,066 --> 00:40:05,736
Carole, PETA,
those characters want to attack everyone.
717
00:40:06,487 --> 00:40:08,322
Carole wants to be the last man standing.
718
00:40:08,406 --> 00:40:10,825
There can be only one,
and it has to be her.
719
00:40:11,826 --> 00:40:15,788
She's got tens of thousands
of people out there brainwashed
720
00:40:15,871 --> 00:40:17,665
that we're abusing animals.
721
00:40:18,499 --> 00:40:21,210
I just called her a plain-out hypocrite.
722
00:40:25,506 --> 00:40:26,841
You're open to the public.
723
00:40:26,924 --> 00:40:32,012
You're doing boat tours, night tours,
day tours, kid tours, kid camps, weddings.
724
00:40:32,096 --> 00:40:33,096
You name it.
725
00:40:34,432 --> 00:40:36,142
If you're taking photos and stuff,
726
00:40:36,225 --> 00:40:39,145
it'd be great if you would use the hashtag
"BigCatRescue,"
727
00:40:39,228 --> 00:40:40,229
so you can find us there.
728
00:40:40,312 --> 00:40:43,023
Go ahead and open the gates
and go see some cats.
729
00:40:43,983 --> 00:40:45,443
It's a moneymaker for them.
730
00:40:46,152 --> 00:40:48,154
These tickets sold out really fast,
731
00:40:48,237 --> 00:40:50,614
and so we're so happy to see all you guys.
732
00:40:50,698 --> 00:40:53,826
If you're not fuckin' exploiting animals
at that point,
733
00:40:53,909 --> 00:40:55,161
what the hell are you doing?
734
00:40:55,244 --> 00:40:58,080
These guys are checking out Max
and Mary-Anne.
735
00:40:58,164 --> 00:41:02,126
Carole is, I would have to say,
a hero of mine.
736
00:41:02,209 --> 00:41:04,336
She's an awesome advocate for cats.
737
00:41:04,420 --> 00:41:07,673
These animals have a life to live now.
A happy life to live.
738
00:41:07,756 --> 00:41:13,554
And I tell everyone this is like
the Ritz-Carlton of animal sanctuaries,
739
00:41:13,637 --> 00:41:15,973
'cause you just do an amazing job.
740
00:41:16,056 --> 00:41:18,559
- Stop it, you're going to make me cry.
- I know.
741
00:41:24,023 --> 00:41:27,318
In my opinion,
Carole Baskin was as bad as Joe.
742
00:41:27,651 --> 00:41:28,861
They were both, you know,
743
00:41:28,944 --> 00:41:31,822
taking advantage of exotic animals
to make money.
744
00:41:32,364 --> 00:41:34,575
So, to me, it was just a feud.
745
00:41:34,658 --> 00:41:36,494
Carole Baskin, yup,
746
00:41:36,577 --> 00:41:40,748
that lady that profits
over 1.5 million dollars
747
00:41:40,831 --> 00:41:43,751
suckin' on your heartstrings
about shit on the internet
748
00:41:43,834 --> 00:41:44,877
that ain't even true!
749
00:41:45,544 --> 00:41:50,841
They are always trying to upset me
on social media.
750
00:41:51,425 --> 00:41:53,427
I got a big mouth
and a television station.
751
00:41:54,094 --> 00:41:56,764
- It seems to be.
- And that works.
752
00:41:56,847 --> 00:41:59,517
Why would you give to a facility
to rescue animals
753
00:41:59,642 --> 00:42:01,894
to live in luxurious cages?
754
00:42:01,977 --> 00:42:04,188
Well, how about that one?
755
00:42:04,813 --> 00:42:07,733
That mountain lion is sticking his head
through a hole in the fence
756
00:42:07,816 --> 00:42:09,193
in order to drink out of a...
757
00:42:09,276 --> 00:42:11,820
Joe started bashing her.
She started bashing him.
758
00:42:11,904 --> 00:42:13,989
You know, getting the mall shows canceled.
759
00:42:14,657 --> 00:42:18,744
And she put up billboards,
and she made this 911 animal abuse site.
760
00:42:18,953 --> 00:42:21,247
Joe was one of the top contenders on it.
761
00:42:21,455 --> 00:42:24,583
Carole would now and then
put up something online
762
00:42:24,667 --> 00:42:27,878
about how Joe's breeding
and he's bad and all this.
763
00:42:27,962 --> 00:42:30,297
And he would go off on his internet show.
764
00:42:30,381 --> 00:42:33,634
I consider that bitch to be one
of the biggest terrorists
765
00:42:33,717 --> 00:42:35,719
in the exotic animal world right now.
766
00:42:35,803 --> 00:42:38,889
It is financially draining
to fight this woman.
767
00:42:38,973 --> 00:42:41,183
To get a little bit of background on Joe,
768
00:42:41,267 --> 00:42:43,936
all you gotta do
is go to tigercubabuse.com.
769
00:42:44,019 --> 00:42:48,065
We got undercover video of him
using a 20-week-old cub
770
00:42:48,148 --> 00:42:51,318
that jumped on this little boy
and bit him on the leg.
771
00:42:53,028 --> 00:42:54,530
She's ruthless.
772
00:42:54,613 --> 00:42:56,156
Most of us are not ruthless.
773
00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:58,492
People who really love animals
are rarely ruthless.
774
00:43:00,286 --> 00:43:03,664
There shouldn't have to be
a place that rescues big cats from abuse
775
00:43:03,747 --> 00:43:04,747
in this country.
776
00:43:05,874 --> 00:43:10,004
What we're asking you to do is champion
the Big Cat Public Safety Act.
777
00:43:10,754 --> 00:43:13,215
The Big Cat Public Safety Act
would end the ownership
778
00:43:13,299 --> 00:43:15,134
of big cats as exotic pets
779
00:43:15,217 --> 00:43:18,762
and prohibit exhibitors from allowing
the public to have contact with them.
780
00:43:19,221 --> 00:43:22,182
The Big Cat Safety Act, if passed,
781
00:43:22,349 --> 00:43:25,769
it will destroy private zoos
across America.
782
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:32,276
For Carole... and all of her friends
that are watching out there,
783
00:43:32,359 --> 00:43:35,029
before you bring me down...
784
00:43:37,573 --> 00:43:39,033
it is my belief...
785
00:43:39,700 --> 00:43:41,577
that you will stop breathing.
786
00:43:43,078 --> 00:43:44,288
It got pretty ugly.
787
00:43:44,830 --> 00:43:47,291
We hear it's Carole's birthday next month.
788
00:43:47,833 --> 00:43:49,835
And we're shipping her two of these!
789
00:43:51,170 --> 00:43:53,964
Look at the fangs on that!
790
00:43:56,216 --> 00:43:58,385
One day I went out
to open up the mailbox
791
00:43:58,469 --> 00:44:00,638
and it just exploded with snakes.
792
00:44:03,557 --> 00:44:07,186
There are crazy people out there
who want to see me dead.
793
00:44:07,853 --> 00:44:09,188
Happy birthday, Carole.
794
00:44:10,689 --> 00:44:14,068
What... keeps me up at night
795
00:44:14,151 --> 00:44:17,738
is worrying about them
hurting a family member to get to me.
796
00:44:20,532 --> 00:44:23,369
It was just a... hate.
797
00:44:23,452 --> 00:44:26,914
He has hate for Carole Baskin. Nasty hate.
798
00:44:36,799 --> 00:44:38,926
A hundred rounds of .223.
799
00:44:39,009 --> 00:44:42,429
You got it. Is that gonna be it
or do you need any explosives today?
800
00:44:47,226 --> 00:44:48,519
Carole's taking a nap.
801
00:44:58,153 --> 00:45:00,781
There, I've got every animal rights person
all in one row.
802
00:45:03,450 --> 00:45:05,119
Dynamite.
803
00:45:05,202 --> 00:45:06,202
Ready?
804
00:45:06,662 --> 00:45:08,080
Aim... Fire.
805
00:45:23,387 --> 00:45:25,514
This is a prepaid call from...
806
00:45:25,597 --> 00:45:26,849
Joe Exotic.
807
00:45:26,932 --> 00:45:29,393
...an inmate at the Grady County Jail.
808
00:45:35,149 --> 00:45:36,275
I'm in a cage.
809
00:45:39,153 --> 00:45:41,155
Do you know why animals die in cages?
810
00:45:42,531 --> 00:45:44,658
Their soul dies.
811
00:45:47,202 --> 00:45:50,789
I'm not gonna be accused and go to prison,
812
00:45:50,873 --> 00:45:55,419
and lose everything I have for things
that other people did.
813
00:45:55,919 --> 00:45:57,588
Before this is over with,
814
00:45:58,505 --> 00:46:00,090
I'm gonna shut down everybody.
815
00:46:14,271 --> 00:46:17,024
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816
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817
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