In a heartbreaking story, Terry Thompson, the owner of an eastern Ohio farm, opened the cages of 56 wild animals including bears, lions, and tigers, and then committed suicide. Law enforcement who responded to a 911 call had the job of herding the freed animals back while keeping people out of harms way. How did they accomplish this? By shooting 48 of these animals at point blank range, including 18 tigers, 9 lions, 8 lionesses, 3 mountain lions, 6 black bears, 2 grizzly bears, and a baboon. Although Thompson's animal farm was investigated for animal cruelty, no one committed the cruelty close to what law enforcement did today.
I am an advocate of animal rights, and as most of you know, I adopted an endangered wild tiger in Africa, naming him Rory. Wild tigers are on the endangered species list, as are lions and some types of bears. Murdering 56 of these endangered animals is against the law- you can't hunt endangered animals- this should be NO exception!!! Why couldnt they hire zoo keepers and zoologists and veterinarians who know how to properly handle these types of animals and keep them out of harms way? Maybe because they didnt want to deal with going through the trouble and time to handle this the ethical way. This just shows who really cares about the treatment of animals. I am sure the World Wildlife Foundation will be speaking about this matter if they haven't already. I think we learned a lesson today: no life is more valuable than another, human or animal. Give your dog a hug or brush your cat tonight- because apparently you never know....
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I can't even begin to express how much this digusts me. Animals should be treated much better than this, especially endangered species
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