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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ZANESVILLE, Ohio — Amid expressions of horror and revulsion at the killing of dozens of wild animals in Ohio — and photographs of their bloody carcasses — animal rights advocates agreed there was ...

It was one of the most horrifying animal stories of 2011. On Oct. 18, Terry Thompson of Zanesville, Ohio, set loose captive Bengal tigers — along with dozens of other exotic animals in his private ...

Thompson's collection of black bears, grizzlies, mountain lions, leopards and other exotic creatures was no secret to neighbors or authorities who were called many times over the years about animals ...