69% of adults, including 72% of those who watched some or all of the series, support legislation that would ban private possession of big cats.

59% of those who have watched some or all of “Tiger King” have seen, read or heard mostly negative things about Carole Baskin; half said the same of Joe Exotic.

As more Americans turn to streaming services to occupy their time at home, Netflix Inc. has found its latest hit in “Tiger King,” a true crime documentary series about big cat breeding in the United States. New polling finds that while the bulk of viewers have seen, read or heard mostly negative things about both exotic cat-breeder Joe Exotic and his adversary, animal rights activist Carole Baskin, they are more likely to have a favorable view of Exotic and his associates.

An April 2-4 Morning Consult/The Hollywood Reporter survey of 2,200 U.S. adults found that 41 percent had seen, read, or heard “a lot” or “some” about the Netflix original, while more than a fifth (22 percent) said they’ve watched some or all of the series.

LightShed’s Rich Greenfield, who has been tracking the series’ popularity on Netflix, reported on April 5 that it had been the top title for 14 straight days, and as of April 8, Netflix still lists the show as No. 1. The series had 34.3 million unique viewers from March 20-29, according to Nielsen data.

Among the 484 respondents who had watched at least some of the series, 47 percent had a favorable view of Exotic, the former owner of the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park, greater than the 30 percent of “Tiger King” viewers said they had seen, read or heard mostly positive things about him. Half of the viewers said they had heard mostly negative things.