Exotic, who was alienated by his family when they learned his was gay, described his love of animals as a way to cope with his painful childhood. What seemingly started out a passion, appears to have become an addiction. As the doc shows, Exotic’s wild cat business kept expanding until it became too big for him to handle. Some say he was so fame and money-obsessed, that he completely forgot about the animals at his zoo, now known as The Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park (or GW Zoo). Exotic mismanaged his finances, made an ill-advised decision to run for President (and then Oklahoma Governor), and picked on the wrong woman to go to war with (we’ll get to that in a second).