Shoot-to-kill hunt as beasts run wild

Dozens of exotic animals including tigers, lions and bears were let loose on Ohio farmland by their owner before he committed suicide, sparking a shoot-to-kill hunt for the wild beasts and forcing panicked residents to stay inside on Wednesday.

• List of the animals on the farm

After a grizzly bear and a mountain lion were captured, only one monkey remained unaccounted for out of 56 animals on the farm, said Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz.

Forty-nine of the animals were killed and buried on the farm, while six were recaptured.   More