Jeff Lowe: ‘Tiger King’ zoo closed for good thanks to PETA’s ‘false accusations’

Good night, sweet prince.

The zoo formerly owned by Joe Exotic, the breakout star of Netflix’s hit docuseries “Tiger King,” has shuttered to the public for good, current owner Jeff Lowe announced Tuesday via social media.

In several aggressive Facebook posts on the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park’s profile, Lowe said that the documentary has earned them an “unfathomable source of income” that will ensure the long-term care of the animals.

“As of today, we have decided to close the old zoo effective immediately,” one post read. “[Due to] the permanent closure of the Wynnewood Zoo, I’m forfeiting my USDA exhibitors license.”

Lowe, 67, who was prominently featured in the Netflix series, assured his followers that this was a “voluntary forfeiture” — despite a probe for alleged animal neglect — and that he made this decision “more than a month ago.”

However, in June, big cat rival Carole Baskin was legally awarded control of the famed Oklahoma zoo. Lowe was given 120 days to leave the property and remove the animals.

Exotic, 57, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, is currently serving a 22-year-sentence in prison after he hired a hitman to kill Baskin, 59. The “Here Kitty Kitty” singer had also fraudulently transferred ownership of his animal kingdom to his mother in 2011 “to avoid his creditors.”

On Facebook, Lowe alleged that the USDA “has now folded to the pressures of PETA and continue[s] to make false accusations against me.”

“Our new park will, at least for the foreseeable future, be a private film set for Tiger King related television content for cable and streaming services,” he wrote, referring to the new zoo he was building in Thackerville, Oklahoma.

Baskin responded to the news on the profile for her own feline “sanctuary.” “I know everyone is going to bombard me with the question we all want answered; ‘What about the animals?,’” she wrote. “We don’t know yet what will happen but will alert you the minute we do.”

“The animals are now in private hands and will remain in private hands,” Lowe claimed.

Although Lowe said that he had passed previous inspections, two recent investigations from the USDA found several instances of mistreatment of the animals, according to Fox News.

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