Ever wanted to go on safari?
 

Just a short trip to Ohio, and you too can be hunting lions.

Police seek escaped exotic animals in Ohio

By ANDY BROWNFIELD, Associated Press – 3 hours ago

ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A sheriff says new, overnight animal sightings have not been confirmed in rural eastern Ohio, where police have killed dozens of animals that escaped from a wild-animal preserve.

Muskingum County Sheriff Sheriff Matt Lutz (lootz) told ABC's "Good Morning America" before dawn on Wednesday that he believed up to 35 of the 48 animals were accounted for. He says daylight will allow officers to get a more accurate count.

Deputies responding to the initial reports of loose bears, big cats and other beasts found the farm's owner dead on Tuesday. Authorities aren't saying how he died but say his death wasn't suspicious.

Police said the farm's fences had been left unsecured and the animals' cages were open.

Copyright © 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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http://abcnews.go.com/US/animals-loo...ry?id=14767017

hahaha, seeing if i get any friends in the area with the scoop

Very sad that all the animals had to be killed.

Crazy. I too feel bad for the animals who are probably scared out of their minds

The carnage.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...rant/wild8.jpg


From Reuters:
Quote:
As of Wednesday afternoon, 49 of the animals had been killed and buried on the farm, six had been recaptured and one remained missing, officials said.

18 Bengal tigers Dead

9 male lions Dead

8 female lions Dead

6 black bears Dead

3 mountain lions Dead

2 grizzly bears Dead

1 baboon Dead

2 wolves Dead

1 grizzly bear Recaptured

3 leopards Recaptured

2 monkeys Recaptured

1 macaque monkey Missing

So sad... those animals probably shouldn't have been in there in the first place. From the article, it doesn't seem that the preserve owner was taking very good care of them.

This story spawned the best dumbass blank stare I've seen in a while.

Me: Did you hear about those exotic animals in Ohio?
Mike: Yeah. Crazy, huh? All those lions and stuff....where do you think he got them?
Me: Africa, I'd guess?
Mike: Hey, do you think they have zoos in Africa?
Me: Yes, but I think they just call it "outside".

*blink blink* stare *blink blink*

The best part of this is the news agencies trying to avoid saying "Tigers and Lions and Bears". THey always just say "lions and tigers"

"Oh my!"