A day after Ohio authorities killed dozens of exotic animals had been released from their cages by their owner, who was found dead at his farm, police detailed how the man died. Terry Thompson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and sometime later, a tiger bit his head.
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Photos, Video: Surviving Ohio Exotic Animals Settling In At Zoo, Details On Owner's Death
50 Exotic Animals Escape From Ohio Compound, Including Lions, Bears
Around 50 exotic animals, including bears, tigers, lions, cheetahs, wolves, giraffes, and camels, escaped from their enclosures Tuesday at the Muskingum County Animal Farm in Zanesville, Ohio. Their owner, Terry Thompson, was found dead and the animals' cage doors were opened. Zanesville's mayor tells CNN that Thompson had released the animals before shooting himself, but authorities would not confirm this. Around 43 of the animals have been killed, but a SWAT team armed with assault weapons are searching for those that remain at large.
Queens Drug Den Discovered to be Wild Animal House
A drug bust in Springfeild Gardens led cops to a homemade zoo inside a home housing three geckos, two marmosets, three tarantulas, a monitor lizard, a snake, a baby caiman and two iguanas. Animal control was called in to bring in the illegal animals along with seven adult pitbulls, a bulldog and a puppy pitbull with cropped ears. An 84-year-old man who lives nearby said, "This is a nice block. Sometimes things like this happen, but I'm not leaving." [via NYDN]
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