Sheriff explains why animals were killed

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Channel: TheColumbusDispatch · 2011 · Howto & Style

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Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz explains why deputies killed 49 exotic animals, including 18 tigers, as they escaped from a preserve near Zanesville, Ohio. The preserve owner, Terry Thompson, let the animals loose then killed himself.

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