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49 animals killed in Zanesville zoo rampage


In a bizarre incident Wednesday afternoon in Zanesville, Ohio, 56 exotic animals including wolves, monkeys, bears and 18 Bengal tigers were set free from a private reserve and subsequently either shot or tranquilized by police. The animals were let out of their pens by Terry Thompson, 62, who died in an apparent suicide after freeing the animals. […]