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Horror, resignation at killing of Ohio animals
AP via YahooNews ^ | October 20, 2011 | ANDY BROWNFIELD and KANTELE FRANKO

Posted on 10/20/2011 11:24:27 AM PDT by Enchante

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 little local authorities could have done to save the dangerous creatures once they began roaming the countryside after their owner released them before taking his own life.

Sheriff's deputies shot 48 animals — including 18 rare Bengal tigers and 17 lions — after Terry Thompson, owner of the private Muskingum County Animal Farm near Zanesville, threw their cages open Tuesday and then committed suicide.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: animals; ohio; tigers; zanesville; zoo
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To: buccaneer81; org.whodat

You seem to be wasting your time trying to state the facts!

I doubt they wanted to kill the animals for the hell of it!


81 posted on 10/20/2011 3:22:24 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: kcvl

It’s been beyond frustrating trying to get through to some of these people.


82 posted on 10/20/2011 3:57:40 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Probably would not have waited so long outside of Waco either. :)


83 posted on 10/20/2011 4:19:00 PM PDT by Dacula (When life gives you lemons, make apple juice and have people wonder how the hell you did it.)
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To: MikefromOhio

Who ever let the animals loose was just giving the finger to everyone else....don’t know if it was the guy that owned them or some peta person that he notified he was going to off hiimself...


84 posted on 10/20/2011 4:54:18 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: org.whodat

“trigger happy cops”....what a dork you are...I didn’t read about you out capturing them and saving them...coward...


85 posted on 10/20/2011 4:56:16 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: SMARTY
***What human could exist for years in a small cage and keep their sanity***

Ask the guys that live on death row for decades...

86 posted on 10/20/2011 4:58:26 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: HiTech RedNeck
***A big can of tuna fish mixed with Valium?***

Hey, thats my lunch...

87 posted on 10/20/2011 5:01:00 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: xsrdx

Have see video of animals being darted in a zoo cage so that they can be taken out for operations. Even at that sometimes it takes 2 darts by an expert...on a CAGED animal. What is wrong with some of these nutz on these threads? and like democrats, they vote...yikes


88 posted on 10/20/2011 5:12:00 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: org.whodat

You really should just drop it. Your sounding not too smart as you should be able to tell by the answers to your posts....Beauty fades, but stupid last forever...Ron Whites line in his comedy act....


89 posted on 10/20/2011 5:18:44 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: buccaneer81

Not frustrating, just plain impossible.


90 posted on 10/20/2011 5:23:51 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: goat granny

It was the owner. The PETA freaks wouldn’t do that because I think they are smart enough to know the County Mounties would shoot the animals.


91 posted on 10/20/2011 6:35:07 PM PDT by MikefromOhio
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To: goat granny
Some time it is better to be thought a fool than to start writing and remove all doubt, as you have done. Private property is private property, that includes all owned animals. Now try keep you person attacks to your self.
92 posted on 10/21/2011 4:35:47 AM PDT by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by Perry and his fellow demorats.)
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