Judge Awards Carole Baskin Control of Joe Exotic’s Former Zoo

In a development that will surely make Joe Exotic apoplectic when he learns of it in prison, Carole Baskin has been awarded the zoo that was the central focus of the freak show Netflix series Tiger King.

That became official on Monday after a judge ruled in favor of Big Cat Rescue Corporation (which is owned by Baskin) during their lawsuit against Greater Wynnewood Development Group, LLC (which was owned by Exotic prior to his spectacular downfall). 

What that means, according to CNN, is that Baskin will now have ownership of the park, which sits on roughly 16 acres of land in Oklahoma’s Garvin County, 

The GWDC has been ordered to vacate the premises “within 120 of service of this order.” That will also include removing zoo animals from said premises. This may sound like an enormous headache, especially to anyone who’s tried to find a home for kittens/puppies/other benign animals that won’t eat you, but the current owner has a plan for that (just read on). 

On top of getting the land, Baskin has also been awarded “several cabins and vehicles.” 

A TMZ story published on Wednesday shows an unconcerned Lowe saying the court win is basically hollow since the property is pretty much just an empty lot at this point. As for the animals, those are going with him to his new zoo. He says he and his wife didn’t even care about the judge’s ruling (and that Baskin deserved the land anyway) and they had even tried to rid themselves of the land by donating it to “the Indian Nation” because a Native American child’s skeleton was found on the property.