Exotic Animals on the Run in Ohio
Lions and Tigers and Bears for Realz! La Times has reported that in Ohio dozens of exotic animals that live on a wild animal preserve "escaped".
The fences had been left unsecured at the Muskingum County Animal Farm in Zanesville, and the animals' cages were open, police said. They wouldn't say what animals escaped but said the preserve had lions, wolves, tigers, giraffes, camels and bears. Bears and wolves were among 25 animals that were shot and killed, police said, and there were multiple sightings of exotic animals along a nearby highway.
I am unsure how animals exactly escape if their pen doors are wide open, but we will go along with it.
He said four deputies with assault rifles in a pickup truck went to the animal farm, where they found the farm's owner, Terry Thompson, dead and all the animal cage doors open. He wouldn't say how Thompson died but said several aggressive animals were near his body and had to be shot.
I find this entire article strange and very ambiguous. How were the doors open and how did Terry die? Those two questions, if properly answered, would be most insightful for the situation. It really saddens me 25 animals died, but considering the situation I am sure police are just trying to act fast. When you deal with aggressive animals who have been fed by humans and around them, it is easy for them to have little fear of humans. If I was in Ohio, I would lock my doors and sleep with the night light on.
