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275-lb. pet cougar escapes, kills dog

A man's 275-pound pet cougar escaped from its cage and killed a neighbor's dog before being recaptured.

 

Lions and tigers shot in Ohio; owner freed them

Lions and tigers shot in Ohio; owner freed them

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-animal park threw their cages open and committed suicide in what appeared to be one last act of spite against his neighbors and police.

Senh: That crazy guy appeared on the Rachel Ray show as an animal handler. I don't think the sign "Caution Exotic Animals" is effective. It doesn't sound dangerous. Now, if the sign had included the words "lions" and/or "tigers," it would get the point across. The police members shooting the animals all sound very sympathetic towards them. It really is too bad that all those endangered tigers are shot - all 18 of them, especially when there are only thousands of them left in the world. I think they made the right decision to shoot them before night falls. There should be laws in place banning the ownership of wild animals because they are a danger to society.

 

Tigers numbers dwindle to 3,200

Tigers numbers dwindle to 3,200

The number of tigers in the wild has dwindled to 3,200, the World Wildlife Fund said Wednesday as it launched a campaign to save them.

 

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