Animals Killed

In Zanesville, Ohio Terry Thompson was the owner of the private Muskingum County Animal Farm housing more than 50 animals. Terry left the cage doors open on Tuesday and then committed suicide. Sheriff's deputies shot and killed 48 of those animals, including 18 rare Bengal tigers and 17 lions. Also killed were six black bears, two grizzlies, a baboon, a wolf and three mountain lions. Autopsy shows that Terry had a bite on his head the seems to have come from a large cat, such as a Bengal tiger. It appears that the bite was inflicted quickly after Thompson shot himself. Only six animals (three leopards, a grizzly bear, and two monkeys) were captured alive. A monkey that had been unaccounted for (infected with herpes B virus) was believed to have been eaten by one of the large cats. The survivors were taken to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Officers had been ordered to kill the animals instead of bringing them down with tranquilizers for fear that they would disappear into the night and wake up later.

This is another example of human stupidity and what it does to others. Those poor animals had to die because of that selfish man. Whoever ordered those officers to kill all of the innocent animals annoys me. Maybe they were right, but they could have taken search dogs to look for the animals if they did disappear!

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