46 animal deaths & a suicide belatedly impelled anti-regulation politicians to regulate ZANESVILLE, Ohio––Six years after exotic animal collector Terry Thompson, of Zanesville, Ohio, released 56 lions, tigers, leopards, pumas, wolves, bears and monkeys before committing suicide on October 18, 2011, “Ohio no longer has a reputation as a state with lax animal laws,” recently […]
Steve Graham defends Copenhagen Zoo giraffe killing
HAGERSTOWN, Maryland––The execution of Marius the giraffe at the Copenhagen Zoo on February 9, 2014 provoked discussion in Europe paralleling a debate that raged in the U.S. between 20 and 30 years ago, stoked by former Detroit Zoo executive director Steve Graham. Previously president of the […]