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The escape. On October 18, 2011, owner Terry Thompson allegedly set free 50 of his 56 exotic animals before taking his own life by shooting himself in the head. Lions, tigers, bears and wolves were among the animals that escaped and were hunted by local law enforcement out of fear for public safety. [2]
The miracle of the great Zanesville zoo escape—which began last fall when a depressed, desperate man named Terry Thompson set free his vast collection of exotic animals—was that not a...
Sheriff's deputies shot 48 animals , including 18 rare Bengal tigers and 17 lions, after Terry Thompson, owner of the private Muskingum County Animal Farm near Zanesville, threw their cages...
Muskingum County deputies gunned down tigers, lions and bears in rainy fields about 55 miles east of Columbus, a senseless tragedy that stunned the world. What happened: 10 years ago today, exotic animal collector Terry Thompson set 50 animals loose before fatally shooting himself on his 73-acre farm west of Zanesville.
The 62-year-old owner of an exotic animal farm freed his 56 wild animals on Tuesday (including lions, Bengal tigers, wolves and cheetahs) before taking his own life. Authorities killed 49...
Thirteen years ago Friday, 62-year-old Terry Thompson released 50 wild, exotic animals he kept on his Muskingum County farm before dying by suicide, prompting a police response that killed lions,...
In the fall of 2011, exotic animal owner Terry Thompson returned home to his 70-plus-acre farm near Zanesville after a year-long stint in prison on a federal firearms conviction.
Ten years ago, exotic animal owner Terry Thompson returned home to his 46-acre farm near Zanesville after a year-long stint in prison on a federal firearms conviction. Three weeks later,...
ZANESVILLE, Ohio — A friend of Terry Thompson, who was called to the exotic-animal owner's property the night the man opened his animals' cages and shot himself, has written a book about...
Exotic, Ohio is a documentary about exotic animal ownership in Ohio centered around the 2011 Zanesville Animal Massacre. The piece investigates the life of Terry Thompson who released 49 privately owned exotic animals into his neighborhood before committing suicide.