COLUMBUS — Legislation that would tighten regulations on owning exotic animals in Ohio was headed Tuesday to the governor for his expected signature, months after authorities were forced to shoot dozens of lions, tigers and other dangerous wildlife released from a farm last fall.
COLUMBUS — An Ohio zoo on Friday returned five surviving exotic animals to a woman whose husband released dozens of wild creatures last fall before he committed suicide.
REYNOLDSBURG — State officials will return five surviving exotic animals to a woman whose husband released dozens of wild creatures before committing suicide. The Ohio Department of Agriculture announced the decision Monday at an agency hearing in which the state was to defend its authority to quarantine the animals — two leopards, two primates and a bear — on suspicion of infectious diseases.
COLUMBUS — An attorney for a suicidal animal owner’s widow who is seeking the return of exotic animals that survived an October release said she has adequate cages for them at her eastern Ohio farm, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.
REYNOLDSBURG — An administrative hearing has been delayed for a week over Ohio’s quarantine order for five animals kept at a zoo since their owner released dozens of wild creatures from his farm before he committed suicide in October.
COLUMBUS — An Ohio lawmaker is proposing that owners of exotic animals be subjected to background checks and required to fence their property — measures supporters say might have saved dozens of lions, tigers, and other wild creatures that were shot by authorities months ago after their suicidal owner let them loose.
COLUMBUS (AP) — A recently released federal prison inmate who freed dozens of exotic pets including lions and tigers from his eastern Ohio farm and then killed himself had been distraught over a plan to place him on house arrest, a probation officer told deputies in records released this week.
COLUMBUS — The expected sponsor of a bill that would ban casual ownership of exotic animals in Ohio says it will likely be introduced early next year.