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Horses Escaped From Same Farm Where Exotic Animals Were Released

AP | Posted 05.22.2012

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ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A sheriff says his office is investigating after horses repeatedly escaped from the Ohio farm where dozens of exotic animals...

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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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Injured Leopard Euthanized After Exotic Zoo Escape Debacle

AP | KANTELE FRANKO | Posted 03.31.2012

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A spotted leopard that was among six creatures kept at an Ohio zoo after an exotic animal escape was euthanized after it was h...

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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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Zoo Owner's Disturbing Message Said Before Setting Loose Exotic Animals And Killing Self

AP | By JOHN SEEWER | Posted 01.05.2012

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TOLEDO, Ohio -- A debt-ridden man distraught over marital problems and deep in debt told one of his farmhands the night before he released a menagerie...

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Terry Thompson's Animals

Jane Hardy | Posted 12.28.2011

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As over 47 animal carcasses are hauled away, all that remains of a dream -- made by the blood and sweat of Terry Thompson -- is the blood mixing with rain in the paw prints of his animals.

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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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How You Can Help Surviving Animals From Ohio Farm Tragedy

Posted 12.25.2011

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Though the Columbus Zoo has now taken in the sole six survivors from the Zanesville, Ohio, farm tragedy, the animals still need additional help. No...

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Tattooing To Help Surviving Exotic Animals In Ohio

AP | Posted 12.24.2011

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ZANESVILLE, Ohio -- People getting tattoos have helped the surviving exotic animals from an Ohio farm where the owner opened the cages and then killed...

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What's the Lesson From the Ohio Exotic Animals Incident?

Danny Groner | Posted 12.23.2011

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The story made waves around the internet, leading many commentators to consider the lessons from the incident. Here are a select few.

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'The Novelty Wears Off, And Then They Turn Into What They Are: Wild Animals'

AP | By MICHAEL RUBINKAM | Posted 12.22.2011

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-- Yadah used to be an adorable baby. Now he's a cranky 5-year-old with a willful streak and a $250-per-month food bill, and Shannon Pandarvis is des...

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Ohio Man Reportedly Traded Guns For Exotic Animals

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

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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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Puzzling Details Emerge On Ohio Man Who Freed Exotic Animals, Then Killed Self

AP | ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and ANN SANNER | Posted 12.21.2011

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ZANESVILLE, Ohio -- The exotic-animal owner who killed himself after turning loose dozens of lions, tigers and other beasts was deep in debt, and a fe...

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PHOTOS: 'It's Like Noah's Ark Wrecking Right Here In Zanesville, Ohio'

AP | By ANDY BROWNFIELD and KANTELE FRANKO | Posted 12.20.2011

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ZANESVILLE, Ohio -- Amid expressions of horror and revulsion at the killing of dozens of wild animals in Ohio - and photographs of their bloody carcas...

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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

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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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Owner Of Exotic Animal Farm Allegedly Killed Self After Freeing Animals

AP | ANDY BROWNFIELD and KANTELE FRANKO | Posted 12.19.2011

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ZANESVILLE, Ohio — Sheriff's deputies shot nearly 50 wild animals – including 18 rare Bengal tigers and 17 lions – in a big-game hun...

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