Exotic Animals Set Loose in Ohio

Police in Zanesville, Ohio where sent to the farm of Terry Thompson last Tuesday because of reports of exotic animals running free. When police arrived, they found Thompson dead with a mortal wound and his cages for the animals were open. Thompson had been known to get in trouble with the law on matters related to the animals, including being accused of depriving them of food. The animals were loose throughout the town. The creatures varied from Bengal tigers to grizzly bears. On Wednesday, citizens of the town were told to keep inside their homes. Sheriff Matt Lutz of Muskingum County gave an order to kill the animals after an attempt to use tranquilizers on a tiger proved ineffective. The animals, 49 dead of the fifty six total animal population of the farm, were buried in a mass grave on the farm property. However, there is still a macaque monkey on the loose, that may or may not be carrying the virus Herpes B.

Source: Reuters