Menagerie release results in the shooting deaths of 49 animals

After the shooting stopped and panic subsided, only a monkey was still at large.

The death toll was 49. The carnage included one baboon, six black bears, eight lionesses and 18 rare Bengal tigers. The owner of the private menagerie also was dead. He apparently shot himself after loosing the wild animals on a small community in rural Ohio.
"It's like Noah's ark wrecking right here in Zanesville, Ohio," said Jack Hanna, a former director of the Columbus Zoo.

But local residents and animal activists nationwide didn't speak of this sad story in Old Testament terms. For them, it was a very modern tale of inadequate laws, a night of terror, and innocent animals killed by reluctant authorities who felt they had no other choice.    Full Read