Over the years, he operated sideshows around the country, allowing people to pet tiger cubs. He operated an online reality television show that he streamed from his zoo.
#TIM STARK NOW PROFESSIONAL#
Aside from his career as a zookeeper and his political runs, Exotic had several side-projects, including his country music, magic shows, a career in the police force, and a professional wrestling commentator.įor over 20 years, Exotic was the owner and operator of the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park, known for its big cats. He ran as a candidate for president of the United States as well as for governor of Oklahoma, but neither campaign managed to garner significant public support. He claimed to be the most prolific breeder of tigers in the United States. Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, (né Schreibvogel born March 5, 1963), popularly known as Joe Exotic, is an American former zookeeper, convicted felon and the former owner and operator of Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park in Oklahoma. You can find out who Tim Stark is by streaming Tiger King 2 exclusively on Netflix.Main article: Joe Exotic Joe Exotic, the main subject featured in Tiger King He’s broke, destitute, and delusional, and everything that has happened to him couldn’t have happened to a more deserving guy. He has been fined to the point of utter financial ruin and any assets he might have used to recoup costs have been auctioned off. He was eventually apprehended after being overheard talking about himself and his animals, and since then things haven’t gone well for him.Īs of now, Tim Stark has been ruled a dangerous person, declared himself bankrupt, has had his permit to own and exhibit exotic animals revoked, and is no longer licensed to own or carry any firearms. When the authorities seize his collection, he tries to hide several of his most valuable animals in a lightless, airless box truck which is promptly discovered and emptied.Įventually, Stark goes on the run, constantly posting insane rants to social media intimating that he’s going to blow himself up with a grenade which is later discovered to be a children’s toy. He is wildly rude and threatening to law enforcement, the press, and court officials, makes very thinly-veiled threats to people’s lives, and point-blank refuses to follow any legislation regarding the handling of exotic animals. Stark constantly maintains that he’s an Army-trained sniper and will shoot anyone who attempts to enter his property and remove his possessions, which is, by his own admission, how he sees the animals and justifies their mistreatment. Naturally, Stark’s cavalier attitude resulted in federal authorities raiding Wildlife in Need and seizing his animals, although it takes a while to get to that point. But after Joe Exotic is shipped to state prison, Stark teams up with Jeff Lowe to jointly turn GW Zoo into a thriving mega-zoo in a 50/50 arrangement that Stark claims was anything but. When he’s initially introduced late in the second season, it isn’t immediately clear why any of this is relevant. Wildlife in Need was Stark’s so-called non-profit, a shady business that’s claim to fame was Baby Tiger Playtime, a very hands-on public show that consisted, as far as I can tell, of Stark deliberately antagonizing dangerous animals and then releasing them into crowds of people. He’s yet another owner of an exotic animal “sanctuary” who has made a name and a living on animals clearly being exploited for profit, but between his constant claims of army training, his insane social media rants complete with a plastic prop grenade, and his deeply cruel business dealings, who is Tim Stark, really? You wouldn’t want anyone in Tiger King looking after your pets, but even among such bizarre company, Tim Stark stands out as being perhaps the most detestable.
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