Suicidal owner releases dangerous exotic animals on unsuspecting town
Perhaps if PETA wasn’t too busy making a porn website, they could be doing something a little more constructive, like shutting down poorly run exotic animal farms. That would have prevented the horrific situation that unfolded this week in Zanesville Ohio.
Like something out of a crazy movie, dozens of exotic and highly dangerous animals were mistreated and then set loose on an unsuspecting town by a suicidal owner of an exotic animal farm in Zanesville Ohio. ABC News reported that Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz said that when his men arrived at the animal preserve in Zanesville, they found grizzly bears, lions, Bengal tigers, black bears and leopards roaming the area.
Lutz said the Sheriff’s dept had been aware of animal farm for several years, and that it “has been a huge problem.” – ABC News.
According to ABC News and the sherriff’s report, the animals were kept in cages that looked similar to a giant “wire dog pen” in conditions that were described as “abominable.”
The wild animals terrorized the town sending fear through the hearts of the residents. From all accounts it was complete madness, the sherriff told ABC that his deputies had to kill animals at close range with their sidearms. “These are 300 pound Bengal tigers that we had to put down…”
ABC News reports that the animals’ cages were opened up by Terry Thompson, who owned the animal preserve in Zanesville. Thompson killed himself after freeing his menagerie, Lutz said.
Worse yet, Thompson himself was an unfit owner to begin with. Prior to his death, Thompson was recently released from prison after serving one year on federal weapons charges and according to investigators, he has been cited in the past for animal abuse and neglect.
So the question is, how is a man like this allowed to keep some of the most dangerous animals on the planet in his possession?
For all animal lovers and for those who appreciate the beauty of exotic animals this is more than a horror story, it’s a damn shame.
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