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ZANESVILLE, Ohio — Dozens of animals escaped Tuesday from a wild-animal preserve that houses bears, big cats and other beasts, said police, who shot several of the animals and urged nearby residents to stay indoors.
The preserve’s owner, Terry Thompson, later was found dead at the Muskingum County Animal Farm in Zanesville, police said, and all the animal cages were open. They wouldn’t say which of the 48 animals housed there escaped but that the 40-acre preserve had lions, wolves, tigers, giraffes, camels and bears.
“These are wild animals that you would see on TV in Africa,” Sheriff Matt Lutz warned at a news conference.
Staffers from the Columbus Zoo went to the scene, hoping to tranquilize and capture the animals.
