Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage (né Schreibvogel; born March 5, 1963),[citation needed] better known as Joe Exotic, is an American former zoo operator and convicted felon. The former owner and operator of the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park in Oklahoma, Maldonado-Passage had claimed to be the most prolific breeder of tigers in the United States.[1] He twice unsuccessfully ran for public office, first for President of the United States in 2016 as an independent, and then for Governor of Oklahoma in 2018 as a Libertarian.