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Tiger King: Murder Mayhem and Madness is the latest Netflix documentary series everybody is talking about. Across the seven episodes, Jeff Lowe went from being Joe Exotic’s friend, business partner to an enemy. Express.co.uk has everything you need to know about Lowe and his whereabouts today.

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Who is Jeff Lowe? Jeff Lowe is a zoo owner and former business partner of Joe Exotic. Unfortunately, not much is known about Lowe’s background. He explained in the documentary that he grew up around big cats as his grandfather was a circus owner. Lowe met Joe Exotic in 2015 when he visited Exotic’s zoo, G.W Zoo to buy a cub. However, when he was there, Lowe decided he wanted to help save the zoo from being taken off by animal rights activist, Carole Baskin. READ MORE Tiger King on Netflix location: Where is the big cat zoo?

Jeff Lowe

READ MORE Tiger King on Netflix: Who will play Carole Baskin in new drama? Months later, when Exotic filed for bankruptcy, Lowe put the zoo in his name, effectively meaning he now owned the zoo. In 2016, he and his wife Lauren Lowe bought the zoo and became its owners. Before Exotic was imprisoned, Jeff moved to Las Vegas and started a business where he let people party with cubs. However, Lowe did not have the proper licence to have the animals and they were seized from him by the police. He was also fined $10,000 [£8,240]. Later, Lowe turned on Exotic and became an informant for federal investigators who were looking into the murder-for-hire plot of Carole Baskin.

Jeff Lowe and his wife Lauren Lowe

Jeff Lowe is the owner of G.W Zoo

Joe Exotic is currently serving 22 years in prison

In a recent Facebook post, Lowe wrote: “We think it's best to let this zoo die with Joe's conviction and not make the next generation of animals to live here forever suffer his outrageous behaviour and reputation.” He added: “There is SO MUCH MORE to be revealed about Joe and his crimes against animals, and we don't want to be associated with him any longer." In an interview with KOCO after Joe was sentenced in January 2020, Lowe’s wife Lauren said: “[Joe's] name will not be mentioned. “He will have nothing to do with the new facility. Going to let this place in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, die with him." Lowe has been sharing photographs of his zoo on Instagram, which, looking at the photos is still a work in progress.

