I know for a fact that they could’ve figured out a different way to resolve the problem of these runaway animals… Can you say Tranquilizers? This is really a shame considering some of those animals were endngered. :/
this is from the “The Daily Dispatch” a newspaper in Ohio.
And I quote…
“Authorities worked overnight and through today in Zanesville tracking the some 58 tigers, lions, bears, wolves, and other exotic animals that made their way into public after Terry Thompson opened their gates last night before killing himself.
Yes, in almost all cases, that meant shooting the animals instead of attempting to tranquilize them. Plenty of folks are upset about that fact, though authorities have tried to explain their rationale.
A small handful were relocated to the Columbus zoo. The rest were killed.
Warning: these pictures are pretty graphic. And sad.”