Episode 1062
Joe Exotic
Mon, 2020-Mar-30 02:02 UTC
Length - 1:59
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With 627,960 views on Sunday, 29 March 2020 our article of the day is Joe Exotic.
Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, (né Schreibvogel; born March 5, 1963), popularly known as Joe Exotic, is an American former zoo operator. He previously owned and ran the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park in Oklahoma. He claimed to be the most prolific breeder of tigers in the United States. He ran as a candidate for President of the United States as well as for Governor of Oklahoma, but neither campaign garnered significant public support. In 2019 he was convicted on 17 federal charges of animal abuse (eight violations of the Lacey Act and nine of the Endangered Species Act) and two counts of murder-for-hire, for a plot to kill Carole Baskin, the chief executive officer of Big Cat Rescue, an animal rescue organization for exotic cats. He is currently serving 22 years in federal prison.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:02 UTC on Monday, 30 March 2020.
For the full current version of the article, see Joe Exotic on Wikipedia.
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