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, ...

The owner of the exotic animals set loose before he committed suicide had quite the past. Check out what people who knew him said, including that the man supplied a lion cub for a photo shoot with ...

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 ...

ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) - 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 ...

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 ...

(COLUMBUS) - On the evening of Oct. 18, 2011, Muskingum County authorities began receiving calls from residents reporting sights of wild animals roaming their neighborhoods. The sheriff’s office would ...

COLUMBUS — Next year, Ohio could swing from zero regulation on exotic animal ownership to imposing stringent regulations in the near term and an outright ban beginning in 2014. Terry Thompson’s ...

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 ...

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 state's countryside Wednesday after the owner of an ...

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 ...

COLUMUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio is one of the most difficult places to own exotic animals in the U.S., with a comprehensive ban on many animals. Although Ohioans cannot own lions, tigers or bears, there ...