UPDATE: that monkey's carcass has been found. BREAKING NEWS: Monkey is the last exotic animal still at large in Ohio - CNN.com. "As of Wednesday afternoon, authorities had killed 49 animals -- 18 tigers, 17 lions, six black bears, two grizzly bears, three mountain lions, two wolves and a baboon. Another grizzly bear, three leopards and two monkeys had been captured and taken to a zoo, Lutz said."

Monkey is the last exotic animal still at large in Ohio - CNN.com:

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Apparently, the owner wanted to unleash a deluge of his exotic animals onto the society who had thrown him in jail for 1 year, on illegal possession of firearms.
Then he shot himself dead.

How sad...

"As of Wednesday afternoon, authorities had killed 49 animals -- 
18 tigers, 
17 lions, 
six black bears, 
two grizzly bears, 
three mountain lions, 
two wolves 
and a baboon. 


Another grizzly bear, 
three leopards and 
two monkeys had been captured and taken to a zoo, Lutz said."


Out of some 1,400 tigers worldwide, 18 Bengal tigers were shot dead in Ohio, today.

See my previous blogpost about Bengal tigers: 
http://dorincard.blogspot.com/2010/09/bengal-tiger-panthera-tigris-tigris-1.html

Authorities should have kept a closer look, all these years, on the owners of dangerous, exotic animals.