Inside The TIGER KING’S Abandoned Zoo and House | Joe Exotics House with Everything Left Behind That's Weird! If you watch Netflix at all you know all about the Tiger King. Joe Exotic was the owner of a popular exotic zoo in Oklahoma where the main focus was tigers. in the Netflix series he has an enemy by the name of Carole Baskins who owns a large big cat rescue in Florida. safe to say Joe and Carole hate each other and Joe has made several videos about his hate towards Carole. If you haven’t seen the show I recommend watching that to see the whole story. But today we are taking a look at the abandoned zoo and home that once belonged to the Tiger King himself before he was put in jail for a murder for hire charge.