All but one of the wild animals let loose from a private zoo in Ohio this week have been either killed or captured, end balance: Shot down :18 Bengal tigers, 17 lions, 8 bears, 3 mountain lions, 2 wolves, 1 ape

Ohio / NationalTurk – Six animals, three leopards, a grizzly bear and two monkeys – were captured and taken to the zoo after they were freed by their owner before he killed himself. 48 animals are shot down by American police. Meanwhile the man who released the ‘Noah’s Ark’ of deadly animals into Zanesville, Ohio, before committing suicide has been described by neighbours as a gun-crazed animal lover who was having a tough year with debt problems. Sheriff’s deputies shot nearly 50 wild animals – including 18 rare Bengal tigers and 17 lions – in a big-game hunt across the countryside on Wednesday after Thompson threw the cages open at the Muskingum County Animal Farm he owns and then shot himself with a gun.

Ohio Wild Animal Massacre

Vietnam veteran Terry Thompson had reportedly separated from his wife, who was not at the ranch when he released the animals.

Experts mourn deaths of 18 endangered Bengal tigers, the question remains : Did Ohio police right by shooting the animals or could they use a tranqualiazer guns ?

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