Rare animals escape from American zoo

[Gambit]

The owner of a private Ohio zoo from where dozens of exotic animals were set free died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the local sheriff has confirmed.

A post-mortem examination also showed that Terry Thompson was bitten by one of his animals, possibly a tiger, shortly after his death.

 

More than 50 animals - including lions, tigers, wolves and bears - were shot dead after being freed in Zanesville.

 

One monkey still at large may have have been eaten by a big cat, police say.

 

"We have had no reported sightings of anything, and it's a high probability that he could have been eaten by one of the big cats," Sheriff Matt Lutz told CBS News on Thursday morning.

 

'Volatile situation'

Officials said the "volatile situation" of animals escaping from the 73 acre (29 hectare) Muskingum County Animal Farm and the approach of nightfall on Tuesday had prompted the shoot-to-kill order.

 

Among those killed were 17 lions and 18 Bengal tigers.

 

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Trigger-happy American cowboys, bet they couldn't wait to get their guns out and start shooting!

 

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