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Kieran Isgin

Tiger King to return to Netflix for a second season later this year

Netflix's hugly popular show series Tiger King is returning for a second season later this year.

The first series of the show told the story of Joe Exotic, an eccentric wildlife breeder obsessed with tigers.

He was later jailed for plotting the murder of an animal rights activist who disagreed with his practices.

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Netflix has confirmed the show will return for "more madness and mayhem" in Tiger King 2.

The directors from the original seven-part series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem And Madness, Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin, are returning to direct the new instalment.

Tiger King quickly became a global hit upon release, with 64 million households streaming it within the first four weeks of its March 2020 premiere.

Joe Exotic was originally sentenced to 22 years in federal prison (Santa Rosa County Jail via AP, File)

An aftershow episode, titled The Tiger King And I, was later added to the streaming service in April 2020.

It was hosted by comedian Joel McHale, and included interviews with stars from the show including John Reinke, Joshua Dial, John Finlay, Saff, Erik Cowie, Rick Kirkman, and Jeff and Lauren Lowe.

The eccentric star of the show, Exotic, real name Joseph Maldonado-Passage, and other big cat breeders in the US were explored in the show as it unveiled the industry's bizarre underworld.

It proved hugely popular and attracted an army of celebrity fans, many of whom dressed up as Exotic.

Exotic was sentenced in January 2020 to 22 years in federal prison after being convicted of trying to hire two different men to kill animal rights activist Carole Baskin.

In July, a federal appeals court ruled that he should get a shorter prison sentence for his role in the murder-for-hire plot and for violating federal wildlife laws.

Joe Exotic (Netflix)

A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in Denver agreed with Maldonado-Passage that the court should have treated them as one conviction at sentencing because they both involved the same goal of killing Baskin.

According to the ruling, the court should have sentenced Maldonado-Passage to somewhere between 17 and a half years and just under 22 years in prison, rather than between just under 22 years and 27 years in prison.

The court ordered the trial court to re-sentence Maldonado-Passage.

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