Ohio police hunt escaped animals news from bbc
Police have shot and killed dozens of exotic animals that escaped from a private zoo in Zanesville, Ohio.
Sheriff Matt Lutz said he personally gave the order to shoot
the escaped animals, including grizzly bears, black bears, wolves,
tigers and lions.
On Wednesday, Mr Lutz said police believe they have now accounted for all 56 animals except one monkey.
The animals' owner, Terry Thompson, was found dead at the zoo, and police believe he killed himself.
Mr Lutz said a preliminary investigation suggested Mr Thompson left fences open at the farm.
'Incredibly dangerous'
Officials said the "volatile situation" of animals escaping
from the 73-acre (29-hectare) Muskingum County Animal Farm and the
approach of nightfall on Tuesday had prompted the shoot-to-kill order.
Forty-eight of the 56 animals were then shot dead on the sheriff's orders.
Among those killed were 17 lions and 18 Bengal tigers. US
nature TV host Jack Hanna said the killing of the tigers was especially
tragic as there were only about 1,400 remaining in the world.
Six animals - three leopards, one grizzly bear and two
monkeys - were captured and have been sent to the nearby Columbus Zoo.
One wolf was also found dead, leaving just a monkey unaccounted for.
Staff from the nearby Columbus Zoo were called on to tranquilise the roaming animals.
Mr Hanna, a former director of Columbus Zoo, in the nearby
Ohio state capital, said tranquilising animals in the dark was
incredibly dangerous, and told reporters that "the sheriff did the right
thing".
"You cannot tranquilise an animal like this, a bear or a leopard or a
tiger [at night]," Mr Hanna told ABC before the news conference.
"If you do that, the animal gets very excited, it goes and
hides, and then we have [police officers] in danger of losing their
life, and other people."
Sheriff's Deputy Jonathan Merry was one of the first to respond to the incident.
Mr Hanna said the scope of the event was immense.
"This is like Noah's Ark wrecking here in Zanesville," he said.
He shot a gray wolf and a black bear, firing his pistol as
the bear charged at him. The policeman said the bear was about 7ft (2m)
away when he killed it with a single round.
"All these animals have the ability to take a human out in the length of a second," he told the Associated Press news agency.
Lax regulation
Overnight, police have urged people in Zanesville to stay
indoors and flashing signs along nearby highways told motorists:
"Caution exotic animals" and "Stay in vehicle".
Several local school districts cancelled classes.
Staff from the nearby Columbus Zoo were called on to tranquilise the roaming animals.
Mr Hanna, a former director of Columbus Zoo, in the nearby
Ohio state capital, said tranquilising animals in the dark was
incredibly dangerous, and told reporters that "the sheriff did the right
thing".
The shoot-to-kill order has been criticised, but also supported by one wildlife expert
"You cannot tranquilise an animal like this, a bear or a
leopard or a tiger [at night]," Mr Hanna told ABC before the news
conference.
"If you do that, the animal gets very excited, it goes and
hides, and then we have [police officers] in danger of losing their
life, and other people."
Sheriff's Deputy Jonathan Merry was one of the first to respond to the incident.
Mr Hanna said the scope of the event was immense.
"This is like Noah's Ark wrecking here in Zanesville," he said.
He shot a gray wolf and a black bear, firing his pistol as
the bear charged at him. The policeman said the bear was about 7ft (2m)
away when he killed it with a single round.
"All these animals have the ability to take a human out in the length of a second," he told the Associated Press news agency.
Lax regulation
Overnight, police have urged people in Zanesville to stay
indoors and flashing signs along nearby highways told motorists:
"Caution exotic animals" and "Stay in vehicle".
Several local school districts cancelled classes.
Animals shot dead
- 1 wolf
- 6 black bears
- 2 grizzly bears
- 17 lions
- 1 baboon
- 3 mountain lions
- 18 Bengal tigers
"We didn't want kids waiting by the bus stop and seeing these big animals," Mr Lutz said.
Police have several suspects in custody after they attempted to steal one of the animals Tuesday evening.
Another animal was struck by a car on a nearby highway.
Ohio has some of America's most lax regulation of exotic
pets, reports say - and some of the country's highest rates of injuries
and deaths caused by them.
In 2010, an animal caretaker was killed by a bear at a
property in Cleveland. The death was eventually ruled a workplace
accident.
Sheriff Lutz said his office began getting phone calls at
about 17:30 local time (21:30 GMT) on Tuesday, saying animals were loose
on a road just west of the town.
Dead animals were scattered around Zanesville on Wednesday morning
Four armed deputies were dispatched to the zoo, where they
found Mr Thompson's body and the animal cages open. Several aggressive
animals found near the body were shot, Mr Lutz said.
Mr Lutz said his main concern was protecting the public in the largely rural area.
"This is a bad situation," Mr Lutz said. "It's been a situation for a long time."
Federal Division of Wildlife officers were drafted in to help with the situation, a local official said.
A neighbour of Mr Thompson, Danielle White, said he had been
in legal trouble, and police said he had recently been released from
jail.
A colourful character
"He was in hot water because of the animals, because of
permits, and [the animals] escaping all the time," Ms White said. A few
weeks ago, she said, she had to avoid some camels grazing on the side of
a freeway.
Mr Thompson had been released from federal prison three weeks
earlier after serving a one-year term on firearms charges, according to
the AFP news agency.
His farm was reportedly raided June 2008, seizing more than 100 guns.
A local resident, Bill Weiser, said Mr Thompson had been a
colourful character who flew planes, raced boats and owned a custom
motorcycle shop which also sold guns.
"He was pretty unique," Mr Weiser told AP. "He had a
different slant on things. I never knew him to hurt anybody, and he took
good care of the animals."
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