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.
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