Zanesville exotic animal release, massacre: a look back 13 years later

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, tigers, bears, wolves and more. Eighteen endangered Bengal tigers, 17 lions, eight bears and other animals were set free by Thompson from his 73-acre farm west of Zanesville on Oct. 18, 2011. When the first 911 call came in about wild animals roaming the countryside, Muskingum County Sheriff's Deputies that responded expected to deal with a few animals, not dozens...