What ‘Tiger King’ Didn’t Tell You: The Untold Story of Joe Exotic.

Joe Bred Ligers at His Zoo 

On the topic of ligers, it is impossible to get a straight answer out of people like Joe Exotic and Doc Antle. Privately, both zookeepers bred their own ligers in captivity with no attention paid to the abuse they rendered. Ligers are known for being incredibly unhealthy and beholden to health defects like heart failure, going cross-eyed, or weighing in at more than 1,000 pounds.