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  1. Columbus zoo says 3 leopards, 2 monkeys and grizzly bear from #Zanesville doing well and "is imperative them with time to adjust in calm." 9 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  2. WARNING: graphic photo from the scene @melissarob83 :( i stumbled onto this pic somewhere i.imgur.com/Wu2iu.jpg #zanesville about 2 hours ago via web in reply to melissarob83
  3. Latest, updated #NYT story on exotic animals lose, then killed, in #Zanesville, Ohio. Sad story. Didn't sleep at all: nyti.ms/r4RVSv about 2 hours ago via web
  4. Update: zoo COO now says escaped monkey is more than likely dead, either eaten or killed and unaccounted for. Still possible alive, unlikely about 11 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  5. #NYT A1 write-thru on #Zanesville animal tragedy. More details, more interviews, etc. Here: nyti.ms/nEf35J about 12 hours ago via web
  6. Comments on #Zanesville animal story cover everything. Tells much about incident, but society, too, and perception : nyti.ms/obtZKI about 12 hours ago via web
  7. Consensus seemed that Ohio will enact new laws soon. It would be tough not to, given what happened and also history w/animals #Zanesville about 12 hours ago via web
  8. @CronoYellow27 Good ? re conditions at the preserve. Officers said animal conditions fine but house conditions not. One: inside was decrepit about 12 hours ago via web
  9. @MattLincolnTV Good ? on how someone could acquire 18 Bengal tigers. In Ohio, easier than you'd think. Mostly through auctions. All legal. about 12 hours ago via web
  10. Still can't fathom that in this McDonald's, while people big Macs, we're maybe a mile from where 49 exotic animals were killed. #Zanesville about 12 hours ago via web
  11. Same official said former governor wanted law to prevent owning exotic animals. Would have been enacted in Jan. Delayed, but in works. about 13 hours ago via web
  12. Humane Society official said Ohio had other incidents. Bear mauled man near Cleveland. Monkeys attacked children in Freemont. about 13 hours ago via web
  13. Also, #Zanesville FYI, I can understand the outrage here. But ... me reporting police reasoning does not equal my opinion, me condoning. about 13 hours ago via web
  14. @hand_turkey re wife of man who let animals loose. There when happened. Visibily shaken today. Animals legally owned. Charges, unlikely. about 13 hours ago via web
  15. @laurelwassner Good ? Friends described man as animal lover, who rescued animals. Court records paint different picture, repeated abuses. about 13 hours ago via web
  16. Sorry for the break. Story edits. Among the more bizarre details, friend of owner said two of the dead lions once belonged to Mike Tyson. about 13 hours ago via web
  17. @.Prof_Henshaw Good ?. Way it was explained is animals posed immediate danger. Owner had opened, cut cages. Some went 500 yds. #Zanesville about 14 hours ago via web
  18. Those asking about tranquilizers: Cops response is they don't carry them, didn't have time to wait, public safety more important #Zanesville about 14 hours ago via web
  • Name Greg Bishop
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  • Bio New York Times general assignment sports reporter. Lots of NFL, boxing, tennis, Olympics. Still some Jets. Syracuse grad.
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