Joe Exotic is having his voice heard. On Thursday’s “Nightline” the former exotic-animal park operator gave his first interview from jail since being resentenced to 21 years in prison on a murder-for-hire conviction. READ MORE: ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic Resentenced To 21 Years In Prison “I’m losing weight real bad and the sores in my mouth are unbearable to live with all the time.
But you know, in the three and a half years that I’ve been in custody, I’ve been taken to the hospital 43 times,” he said of his health. “I have little to no immune system and then they have to give me blood infusions every four weeks.
Juju, I don’t see me walking out of here alive.” Talking about his experience in prison, Joe added, “You have no windows. It’s just a concrete room with no enrichment.
No TV, no radio, no nothing. You cannot in America put a monkey in a cage, according to the Animal Welfare Act, and treat them like this.” As for the TV documentary that’s made him globally famous, Joe admitted, “I have seen nothing,” but he did credit the show’s popularity to himself. “I have received and answered back over 11,000 letters.
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