Q&A: A look at Ohio’s crackdown on exotic animals

COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. John Kasich has put in place tem­po­rary mea­sures to crack down on pri­vate own­er­ship of dan­ger­ous wild ani­mals while tougher laws are writ­ten this fall. Some ani­mal owner groups wel­comed the order, though oth­ers have blasted it as not going far enough. Crit­ics, includ­ing the Humane Soci­ety of the United States, say they would have pre­ferred a ban on the pur­chase and sale of exotic ani­mals. That’s what Kasich’s Demo­c­ra­tic pre­de­ces­sor, for­mer Gov. Ted Strick­land, ordered before leav­ing office in January.