Oct. 20, 2011, Marion Star
By Jessica Alaimo
CentralOhio.com
When animal sanctuary officials in neighboring states found out what happened in Zanesville, they said they weren’t surprised.
Ohio has some of the most lax laws regarding private ownership of exotic animals, being one of fewer than 10 states with no regulation.
“My reaction was, ‘Here we go again.’” said April Truitt, director and founder of the Primate Rescue Center in Nicholasville, Ky. “Ohio is simply full to the brim with exotic animal breeders. ... You can buy anything you want in Ohio.”
The same response came from Ohio’s eastern neighbor.
“We knew something like this was going to happen, we just hoped it wouldn’t be on this scale,” said Melissa Bishop, of the East Coast Exotic Animal Rescue in Fairfield, Pa.
Truitt and Bishop were responding to a situation that broke late Tuesday, when authorities killed 49 of 56 exotic animals that escaped from a Zanesville farm after owner Terry Thompson killed himself.
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