Zoo and an inside look at Joe Exotic’s operations from his stage show, the interactive tour, as well as never-before-seen interview footage of Joe. In 2018, Animal Planet’s Wolves and Warriors film crew was given access to the G.W. It’s not all bad news as the producers sought out the heartwarming stories of those that found new homes after the G.W. These interviews will be paired with never-before-seen footage of Joe filmed for Animal Planet’s Wolves and Warriors in 2018, as audiences will hear and see the stories of animals who were caught in the crossfire of Joe Exotic’s big cat breeding business. The viewers will be given the animal survivor POV as we follow the emotional stories of animals that made it out of the zoo for a second chance at life, and hear from ex-employees, including Saff Saffery-who lost an arm to one of Joe’s tigers-and others with firsthand knowledge of the animal breeding and unethical sales and bartering that helped to propel Joe Exotic’s empire into a cash cow until things went south for the man who married two of his lovers at the same time. Now Animal Planet’s documentary special features one of Joe Exotic’s last formal interviews before his arrest.

Zoo left the audiences reeling from the allegations of lies and total deception which came to light with uncovered wildlife violations at the center. The story behind Joe Exotic and the infamous G.W.

Producers will also talk to rescue leaders, exotic animal experts, and others with firsthand knowledge of the animal trafficking and breeding that fueled Joe Exotic’s empire. Saffery was the devoted employee whose arm was taken by a tiger, yet he harbors no ill will. The documentary will also hear from ex-employees, including Saff Saffery. Many never had that chance and were allegedly killed at the hand of Joe and others at the park. Now viewers will follow the emotional stories of the surviving animals that made it out of the zoo for a second chance at life. The bonus for fans of this ongoing sage is that Animal Planet has secured one of Joe Exotic’s last formal interviews before his arrest. Zoo is where Animal Planet’s all-new documentary special, Surviving Joe Exotic will focus.

Surviving Joe Exotic will detail the atmosphere of working alongside the now incarcerated roadside zookeeper and the aftermath of his unhinged vision. Now Animal Planet has a documentary that focuses on the animals that made it out alive and examines what the effect Joe Exotic had on his peers, employees and especially the abused tigers. The infamous zookeeper was relatively unknown until Netflix’s bizarro look into the Oklahoma big cat aficionado’s world became a streaming sensation.Īnd since the documentary hit the streamer at the beginning of the pandemic, millions watched the story of his stranger than fiction life unfold. There has never been anyone like Joe Exotic on television.

Surviving the aftermath restless