According to the stats, Joe Exotic's net worth was somewhere around $10 million to $15 million. Though it's still not clear whether he was paid for the Netflix documentary Tiger King or not.
He was keeping a mixture of lions, tigers, and a rare lion-tiger crossbreed called a liger. Theroux said many of the animals were rescued from private owners who could no longer look after them. Later in the documentary Exotic reveals he has 176 tigers kept at the zoo.
Baskin sold the Wynnewood property in June for $140,000. Under the terms of sale, the new owners are barred from using the property to house exotic animals of any kind — or as a zoo, wildlife park or menagerie — for 100 years.
As of August 2020, the original GW Zoo has been shut down and Baskin sold the land on the condition that it is never used to keep exotic animals in the future.
Jeff Lowe of the hit Netflix show Tiger King is relocating to Mexico with his wife Lauren Lowe. Lowe told TMZ he secured a contract to construct a zoo on 35 acres of property between Tulum and Playa del Carmen. He will do so with the help of a longtime friend who already has a small zoo in there.