Ohio Exotic Animals

Exotic Animal Regulations Head To Ohio Governor

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 05.23.2012

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Legislation that would tighten regulations on owning exotic animals in Ohio was headed Tuesday to the governor for his expecte...

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Ohio Exotics Farm Faces Foreclosure After Widow Received Animals

AP | Posted 05.11.2012

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ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio widow facing foreclosure has paid back taxes on the rural property where she and her husband once housed dozens of e...

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Widow To Retrieve Exotic Animals From Ohio Zoo

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 05.06.2012

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Five exotic animals are back on the eastern Ohio farm where they lived months ago before their owner abandoned them and releas...

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Ohio Exotic Animal Stampede Ignites Vast Law Review

AP | SUE MANNING | Posted 05.02.2012

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Of all the beasts set free by the suicidal owner of an exotic animal farm in Ohio last year, few were as scary or as lethal as th...

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Ohio Officials To Return Exotic Animals To Widow

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 04.30.2012

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REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (AP) — State officials will return five surviving exotic animals to a woman whose husband released dozens of wild creatures befor...

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Exotic Pets Ban Moving Forward

AP | Posted 05.14.2012

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A state legislator said Wednesday that he hopes a bill that would ban new ownership of exotic pets will prevent situations suc...

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Bill To Regulate Exotic Animals Introduced In Ohio

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 05.09.2012

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio lawmaker is proposing that owners of exotic animals be subjected to background checks and required to fence their prop...

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Ohio Bill Would Prohibit Purchase Of Lions, Bears And Other Exotic Pets

AP | By ANN SANNER | Posted 02.04.2012

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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Proposed legislation in Ohio would ban the purchase of lions, bears and other exotic animals, but current owners of the dangerous wi...

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Final Police Report Reveals New Details About Ohio Exotic Animals Owner

AP | Posted 03.21.2012

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ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A final police report on the release of dozens of exotic pets including lions and tigers from an eastern Ohio farm shows the...

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Suicidal Ohio Exotic Animal Owner Was Sober

AP | Posted 02.21.2012

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A final coroner's report shows an Ohio man who released dozens of wild animals and then killed himself had no alcohol or illega...

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Group Honors Ohio Sheriff Who Led Exotic Animal Hunt

AP | Posted 02.05.2012

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ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) - A national police group is honoring the Ohio sheriff who led the October big-game hunt after the owner of dozens of exotic ani...

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Ohio Exotic Animal Ban Bill Could Debut Next Year

AP | Posted 01.31.2012

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The expected sponsor of a bill that would ban casual ownership of exotic animals in Ohio says it will likely be introduced earl...

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Trial Set In Alleged Attempt To Steal Dead Ohio Lion

AP | Posted 01.29.2012

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ZANESVILLE, Ohio — Four Ohio men will face trial early next year on charges they tried to steal the carcass of a lion that was among exotic anim...

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Ohio Group Proposes Ban On Exotic Animals

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 01.21.2012

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A study group on Monday proposed that Ohio ban new ownership of venomous snakes, monkeys, tigers and other dangerous animals wi...

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5 Attempt To Steal Dead Lion After Ohio Exotic Animals Incident

AP | By JOHN SEEWER | Posted 01.07.2012

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TOLEDO, Ohio -- Five people were charged Monday with trying to steal the carcass of a lion that was among dozens of exotic animals released from a pri...

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Gruesome Details Emerge On Escaped Exotic Animals In Ohio

AP | JOHN SEEWER | Posted 01.04.2012

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TOLEDO, Ohio — African lions and Bengal tigers set free last month by a debt-ridden man distraught over marital problems charged at deputies and...

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Two Options for "Exotic" -- A Slow Death or a Fast Death

Ken White | Posted 01.03.2012

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We need laws to protect both wild animals and people from what happens when those animals are kept where they do not belong by a species which is frighteningly often incapable of taking care of itself.

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Neighbor Of Exotic Pet Farm In Ohio Faced Close Encounter With Lion Before It Was Killed

AP | By KANTELE FRANKO and ANN SANNER | Posted 12.28.2011

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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A neighbor said he'd rather not have six surviving exotic animals returned to the neighboring Ohio farm where an owner killed himsel...

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Wife Of Man Who Set Exotic Pets Free Wants To Reclaim Surviving Animals From Zoo

AP | KANTELE FRANKO and ANN SANNER | Posted 12.27.2011

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Six exotic animals that were among dozens freed by their suicidal owner and survived a big-game hunt by sheriff's deputies with...

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TV Personality Urges Tough Rules On Exotic Animals In Ohio

AP | Posted 12.25.2011

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jack Hanna has urged a state panel to draw up strict rules for owning exotic animals in Ohio, where a man set loose more than 5...

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Ohio Man Reportedly Traded Guns For Exotic Animals

AP | ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and JOHN SEEWER | Posted 12.21.2011

ZANESVILLE, Ohio — An owner of dozens of wild animals who freed them before committing suicide this week was an avid gun collector who had trade...

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Was Killing Dozens Of Loose Exotic Animals The 'Right Thing' To Do?

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Christian | Posted 12.19.2011

Killing scores of exotic animals after they were set free from a farm in Zanesville, Ohio on Tuesday night was the right thing to do, according to Dir...

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