Zanesville Animal Massacre Included 18 Rare Bengal Tigers
By CHRISTINA
CARON (@cdcaron)
Oct. 19, 2011
The massacre began Tuesday evening when sheriff deputies
arrived at a notorious wild animal preserve in Zanesville, Ohio, to see Bengal
tigers, lions, bears and other ferocious animals wandering away, some headed
for the highway.
Fearing the animals would scatter and terrorize the town,
officers began dispatching the wildlife with their pistols. "These animals were on the move and were showing
aggressive behavior," said Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz.
"There were some very close calls," the sheriff
said. At times it was "almost hand to hand" combat with the animals,
Lutz said. "These are 300 pound Bengal tigers that we had to put
down," he said.
During the night of chaos, an escaped lion killed a monkey,
and bears and lions were charging at horses kept at the preserve, he said. When the carnage was over, 49 animals were slaughtered,
including 18 Bengal tigers, 17 lions, six black bears, a pair of grizzlies,
three mountain lions, two wolves and a baboon.
Ohio tragedy shows wild animals belong in the wild
By
Will Travers, Special to CNN
October
20, 2011 -- Updated 1543 GMT (2343 HKT)
A
police officer drives past a sign warning of wild animals on the loose on
October 19 in Zanesville, Ohio.
STORY
HIGHLIGHTS
- Will Travers: Exotic animals must not be exploited as "pets" or backyard oddities
- Travers: Ohio slaughter of 48 wild animals, including 18 tigers and 17 lions, is appalling
- Ohio has a record of violent encounters between animals and people, he says
- "Owning" exotic animals inexcusable, he says, and also puts human lives at risk
Humane? An Enriched Cage is Still a
Cage
July 13, 2010 on 10:10 am | By Andrew
in Agricultural Policy, Concentrated Animal Feeding
Operations, The Big Picture, Uncategorized 12 Comments
The American Humane Association’s (AHA) farm animal welfare
certification program – American Humane Certified – announced in June that it
will permit the use of so-called enriched battery cages for laying hens as an
option for humane housing.
Humane? My first reaction on hearing this was, “Hey guys,
you do realize this is still a cage, don’t you?” But let’s be evenhanded about
this and look at the reasoning put forward by the American Humane Association.
The American Humane Association’s rationale for this decision
is that these cages are “enriched” to allow hens to exhibit natural behaviors.
In making this decision AHA states that it has carried out an extensive
scientific review of the behavior and welfare of laying hens housed in such
systems – mainly looking at research from Europe where conventional cages are soon
to be totally banned.
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