Thirteen years ago Friday, 62-year-old Terry Thompson released 50 wild, exotic animals he kept on his Muskingum County farm before dying by suicide, prompting a police response that killed lions, ...

Many exotic pet owners are hobbyists and they don't have experience needed. Oct. 23, 2011— -- The slaughter of over 50 renegade animals let loose from a backyard zoo in Zanesville, Ohio, ...

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 fellow big-cat enthusiast said Thursday that he had ...

ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- A sheriff says exotic animals on the loose in eastern Ohio were set free by their owner, who apparently killed himself on his farm. Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz said at ...

Owner freed dozens of lions, tigers and other animals Tuesday then killed himself. Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks during a news conference before signing an executive order on dangerous exotic pets ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - The state of Ohio intervened on Thursday to stop six exotic animals from being transferred back to the widow of the man who released them and dozens of other creatures last ...

ZANESVILLE, Ohio — Sheriff’s deputies shot nearly 50 wild animals — including 18 rare Bengal tigers and 17 lions — in a big-game hunt across the Ohio countryside Wednesday after the owner of an exotic ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Animal welfare groups pleaded on Thursday for tighter restrictions or a ban on private ownership of exotic animals after a panic in Ohio this week when scores of dangerous beasts ...

A circus elephant went for a stroll through the streets of Butte, Montana, this week, where she was captured on video by residents. Viola, the 58-year-old Asian elephant, was in the parking lot of the ...

After an all-night hunt, at least 30 of the 48 escaped animals had been gunned down, and others were apparently captured alive. As of midmorning, officers were still hunting for a grizzly bear, a ...