Exotic Animals on the Loose in Ohio After Park Owner Found Dead

[Geee]

Fox News:

ZANESVILLE, OHIO – Dozens of animals escaped from a wild-animal preserve that houses bears, big cats and other beasts, and the owner later was found dead there, said police, who shot several of the animals and urged nearby residents to stay indoors.

The fences had been left unsecured Tuesday at the Muskingum County Animal Farm in Zanesville, in east-central Ohio, and the animals' cages were open, police said. They wouldn't say what animals escaped but said the preserve had lions, tigers, cheetahs, wolves, giraffes, camels and bears. They said bears and wolves were among 25 escaped animals that had been shot and killed and there were multiple sightings of exotic animals along a nearby highway.


"These are wild animals that you would see on TV in Africa," Sheriff Matt Lutz warned at a press conference.

Neighbor Danielle White, whose father's property abuts the animal preserve, said she didn't see loose animals this time but did in 2006, when a lion escaped.

"It's always been a fear of mine knowing (the preserve's owner) had all those animals," she said. "I have kids. I've heard a male lion roar all night."

Lutz called the escaped animals "mature, very big, aggressive" but said a caretaker told authorities the preserve's 48 animals had been fed on Monday. He said police were patrolling the 40-acre farm and the surrounding areas in cars, not on foot, and were concerned about big cats and bears hiding in the dark and in trees.

"This is a bad situation," Lutz said. "It's been a situation for a long time."

Lutz said his office started getting phone calls at about 5:30 p.m. that wild animals were loose just west of Zanesville on a road that runs under Interstate 70.

[RandyM]

(Cue Dorothy)

 

Lions and tigers and bears.... oh my!

[Pepper]

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"In a move that has upset animal lovers around the nation, police have killed dozens of exotic animals after the owner of an Ohio preserve set them free. The sheriff in Zanesville, Ohio said the owner likely killed himself on his farm after releasing animals. Two animals, a wolf and monkey, remain on the loose."

 

 

 

If there is any justice, the tigers and lions that have been killed clawed their owner's balls off before his descent into hell.

[SrWoodchuck]

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"In a move that has upset animal lovers around the nation, police have killed dozens of exotic animals after the owner of an Ohio preserve set them free. The sheriff in Zanesville, Ohio said the owner likely killed himself on his farm after releasing animals. Two animals, a wolf and monkey, remain on the loose."

 

 

 

If there is any justice, the tigers and lions that have been killed clawed their owner's balls off before his descent into hell.

It was reported that the monkey has Type D Herpes......whatever that is.....so don't monkey around with him....wear rubber gloves & a raincoat, if he shows up at your door!

[clearvision]

Hopefully the monkey does not understand words.....

 

[Rheo]

RyanRuggiero Ryan Ruggiero

by BreakingNews

Sheriff says all animals in Zanesville are now accounted for-The monkey on the loose was apparently eaten by one of the large cats

[Sabre86]

Even Jack Hanna said under the circumstances, shooting the animals was a regrettable but necessary action.

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RyanRuggiero Ryan Ruggiero

by BreakingNews

Sheriff says all animals in Zanesville are now accounted for-The monkey on the loose was apparently eaten by one of the large cats

OK not to be to graphic, but I hope they investigate this by examining the dead cats.

 

A monkey believed to be infected with Herpes-B was the last holdout, but police say it could have been eaten by one of the other escaped animals.

 

"We're convinced that we do not have any animals running at large," the Sheriff's office told NBC4.