49 Wild Animals Slaughtered near Preserve in Zanesville Ohio- Owner dead- Animals dead- New INFORMATION!

Better off their dead than live in this world with cruel people.

Nobody has mentioned all the charges of animal abuse against him when he raised cattle.

Walker.. I have been wanting to do this for you for awhile...



Made me laugh..love ideas for the new Disney(?) screenplay btw.

I have to be sad overall.. no way around that

No worries, just a sad situation all round. Just glad nobody's been hurt.

So IF (just IF) a deadly virus broke out in the region they would have a nice scapegoat to blame iton... in this case "Scapemonkey"

""This was a very, very bad situation," County sheriff Matt Lutz told a news conference. "These animals were on the move, and they were showing aggressive behaviour."
Ohio exotic animals freed Photograph: Tony Dejak/AP

Animal bodies were seen scattered near a barn on the game preserve, and they were later buried there. Lutz said that it appeared Muskingum County Animal Farm owner Terry Thompson opened the farm's cages and gates and shot himself"
glp wont let me post link was to guardian


call " aggressive behavior " that's why they had to hunt them down to shoot them.

here is another link [link to www.nytimes.com]

Last Edited by barky on 10/19/2011 04:38 PM

You just might be right. I wonder....

You just might be right. I wonder....

Jack Hanna just reported the Monkey was found, it had been half eaten by one of the lions..

No word on the Lone Wolf yet....

It's really some kind of insane secret ritual. Why, what for? Keeping it glp like.

"...was struck by a vehicle on a highway adjacent to the 46-acre preserve, and one of the monkeys kept at the compound was killed by a lion, officials said. "
"Officials said that either 48 to 51 animals were kept at the compound, based on two conflicting lists kept by caretakers, and that only a mountain lion, a grizzly bear and a monkey remained unaccounted for."
[link to www.nytimes.com]

so two had been killed by lions?

Last Edited by barky on 10/19/2011 04:42 PM

I think Hanna was speaking about the Monkey they were looking for...He was killed on the property by the lion...

^ This ^

""In the summer of 2010, an animal caretaker was killed by a bear at a property in Cleveland. The caretaker had opened the bear's cage at exotic-animal keeper Sam Mazzola's property for a routine feeding.
Though animal-welfare activists had wanted Mazzola charged with reckless homicide, the caretaker's death was ruled a workplace accident. The bear was later destroyed.
This summer, Mazzola was found dead on a water bed, wearing a mask and with his arms and legs restrained, at his home in Columbia Township, about 15 miles southwest of Cleveland.""
[link to www.time.com]

>Ohio... Everything happens in Ohio... Weird and sad, with a side order of weird.

+1

why did they shoot the GIRAFFE!?!?

that thing is harmless

monkeys?

they climb trees!

wolves and bears are indigenous to the AMERICAs and that area

exotic?

HARDLY!

since they were raised in captivity, they are less WILD you tards

cops just need a reason to KILL something

i hope the animals get them in their sleeps in the astral plane!

LOL

Tonya Shipley: Summary: Sheriff Matt Lutz addressed the issue of shooting the animals throughout the day. He tried to express to people exactly the situation they were up against. He said they had a case where one of the vets - who he said was braver than him - approached one of the tigers in order to use the tranquilizer on it, but once it was shot it went crazy and bolted from them. Once it did, the officers had to shoot it.
Many animals were killed Tuesday but hadn't been accounted for completely as they were recovering the bodies today.
Lutz said people needed to understand they weren't dealing with small animals. Some of these were 300 pounders.
Jack Hanna backed up the sheriff's use of force. He said people need to understand how dangerous this situation could have been if these animals had gotten out into neighborhoods.
He told a couple of stories including how he saw a bengal tiger take down a 2,000 pound water buffalo once. He told a more personal story about how a friend's child had his arm torn off by an animal.
He told these stories to try to convey to people that this wasn't done with malice but with safety in mind. He too expressed sadness over the whole situation and especially for the officers that would have to go home tonight and tell their children they shot and killed these animals.

just because one over reacted doesnt mean they all will, they are wild animals not pets. i think bango tigers are endangered arent they?

why was the GIRAFFE SHOT?

MONKEYS? OH PLEASE...

I find Jack Hannah to be more dangerous considering what has race has done in term of GENOCIDE

how many people have Animals killed compare to people on people, especially a certain race of people?

should we approach all with white people with are fingers on the trigger?

I live less than twenty miles from Zanesville, near Rt. 40...I just saw the pics of the dead animals...disturbing...They even cancelled school in muskingum county because of the animals....both sides have alot of negligence...they should have just tranqued them.

I live just north of Zanesville! I'm telling you there is something NOT RIGHT with this story!

This man knew what these animals were capable of! He DID NOT CUT OPEN SOME THE CAGES, then kill himself. Come on people!

My guess is he caught someone (animal rights people?) in the act of cutting open the cages and fences. He probably tried to stop them. They killed him, got his keys to free the other animals, then put the keys back on his body! Hello???

Land grab as someone else suggested is also plausible!

AND THIS JUST IN...

Tonya Shipley: Summary: More on Terry Thompson from a Times Recorder 2008 article

Terry Thompson, 59, of 270 Kopchak Road, had representatives from the Columbus Zoo and the Muskingum County Humane Society on his property in June after they received complaints about the condition and treatment of the numerous tigers, lions, bears, horses and other exotic and domestic animals on the property.
Officials with the Federal Division of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms were also at Thompson's home that day, but neither Thompson nor federal officials will discuss why.
"I think people don't fully understand the situation," Thompson said as he stood in front of an enclosure housing two of his lions, who immediately rubbed against the cage urging him to pet them. "People are quick to scrutinize me when they really have no idea of what I'm about or why I have chosen to have these animals."
Prosecutor Michael Haddox said after a complete and extensive investigation by the Muskingum County Sheriff's Office, no charges will be filed against Thompson.
"We had several experts out at the Thompson place including a number of veterinarians and even experts from the Columbus Zoo and they found nothing wrong," Haddox said. "I'm not going to tell you that the animals out there are taken care of like you or I might take care of one of our pets, but there is no one that can say their conditions are violating any statutes of law."

More from that article:
Haddox said there were concerns regarding the cages some of the animals were in.
"We had a safety concern and Lt. Steve Welker told Mr. Thompson that he wanted some of the cages higher and some of the cages needed tops on them. Those issues have been taken care of to Welker's satisfaction, I've been told."
All the animals are behind steel cages re-enforced with double locks. Some of the cages are 12-feet high and most have tops.
"The sheriff's office asked me to take some added precautions with some of my enclosures and that's what we did," Thompson said.

More from that article:

Haddox said when researching the problem at the Thompson home, he discovered there are little to no laws regulating exotic animals in Ohio.
"I know exotic animal ownership has blossomed here in the last several years," Haddox said. "We just couldn't find any laws that say someone can't own an exotic animal."
Haddox believes state legislators should take a close look at the issue as more and more residents are purchasing animals.
Thompson agreed that people don't understand but doesn't think the laws need to be changed.
"I have them because I love them and am willing to do whatever I have to to take care of them," Thompson said. "I have seven veterinarians on call at any time. If one of my bears gets a hangnail, I call a certain vet. If a cat sneezes, I call another vet. I don't use the animals for commerce, so I'm under no regulations like a zoo. But I make sure my animals aren't a threat to the community, either."
Thompson said he didn't just jump into owning exotics before thinking it through.
"But until you follow in my footsteps, don't judge me," Thompson said.

OH GOD! That stinks to high HELL.. if that is true I want every PETA activist JAILED (put in a cage) until HELL freezes over! (may happen with the pole shift) that would be the last straw! Fuming now!

ANIMAL FARM

More proof the system is broken beyond repair. A guy who has committed no crime is sentenced to federal prison in Amerika ....

While BANKER scum walk off with billions.

Justice has been served.

What is curious about this is that he was a dealer who had failed to renew his license. It almost seems like they had other problems with him but this was the only thing they could effectively charge him with. Typically, i think they would have just made him renew the license or hand over the guns.

Also, he had ver little ammo. A gun without ammo is just a hunk of metal & wood, making it a rather clumsy club at best.

More than meets the eye here.

Just heartbreaking it had to turn out this way.

Thank you for making me laugh.

What a mess. All because some jackass wanted to keep wild animals that he was not equipped to take care of. Sad for all, I'm sure the LE didn't enjoy shooting the animals.

That'd be where you're wrong. Lutz and his sheriff department are trigger-happy assholes. I've heard them brag about hitting people in the head with night sticks before. Muskingum County Sheriffs are sick fucks.