Bill to regulate exotic animals introduced in Ohio

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.