In 2019, Maldonado-Passage was convicted on 17 federal charges of animal abuse (eight violations of the Lacey Act and nine of the Endangered Species Act)[2] and two counts of murder for hire, for a plot to kill Big Cat Rescue CEO Carole Baskin.[2] He is serving a 22-year sentence in federal prison. In 2020, Netflix released a seven-part documentary, Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, focused on Maldonado-Passage, his zoo, and his feud with Baskin.