Zanesville Ohio

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Animal Massacre in Ohio: The Horrible Fate of the "Zanesville 49"

Marc Bekoff | Posted 12.25.2011

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It's too late to bring these animals back and give them the life they deserved. But one thing that can and must be done is to implement regulations and laws about the keeping of exotic animals.

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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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'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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Zanesville On Obama's Faith-Based Initiatives: Thanks But No Thanks

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayhill Fowler

Secular Democrats don't like Obama's faith-based plans any more than church leaders do. "Cut out the Jesus part?" one asks me. "I don't think so!"

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