What Happens in Vegas: Wild Cat Roams Neighborhood, Kills Chicken

I'm not sure which is weirder, a wild cat in a neighborhood, or a lady with multiple chickens. But anyway, bad kitty!

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Metro, animal control track down escaped wild cat

Metro Police and city of Las Vegas Animal Control helped to track down a wild cat that escaped Wednesday morning. According to police, they got a call just before 9 a.m. about a large cat escaping from its owner and roaming a neighborhood near Cheyenne Avenue and Jones Boulevard. . .

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What Happens in Vegas: Chimps on the Loose Have Unhappy Ending

Awww. My step-dad used to raise exotic animals, though usually reptiles. We never had a primate (other than my brother). But I don't think owning unusual animals is all that weird. But I do know that animals like to escape. And that chimps are very, very smart. It's just too bad the owner couldn't get them back inside in time. Sad.

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Chimp Saga Ends in Northwest Las Vegas Neighborhood


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Metro Police shot one chimpanzee and tranquilized another after the pair escaped from a northwest Las Vegas home causing some tense moments in the neighborhood. . .

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Zanesville, Ohio: Wild Animals Set Free, Killed

Tragic.

I suppose it's possible that you haven't heard about the dude who had tons of wild animals (Bengal tigers, lions, monkeys, etc.), set them free in Zanesville, Ohio, and then killed himself. But I doubt it. I thought I should mention it anyway, since I'm from Columbus, not so far from Zanesville. I knew people from there, and my step-dad used to have some exotic animals (snakes, turtles, alligators), but never knew anything like this.


I suppose the guy thought he was doing a good thing, releasing them? Or maybe he wanted them to savage the Zanesville populace. Whatever he was thinking, all he accomplished was getting most of them--some endangered--killed. On top of this, there's some back-and-forth about Governor Strickland passing an exotic animal ordinance, and Governor Kasich revoking it. I have no nice things to say about Kasich, and can see no good in revoking such a thing, but I don't know if in this case it would have made any difference.


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Zanesville animals: 24 hours later, 1 monkey still on the loose

Only a few law enforcement officials remain on Kopchak Road at this time, and the road has been reopened 24 hours after the Muskingum County Sheriff's Office encountered exotic animals owned by Terry Thompson. And the three school districts that canceled classes on Wednesday -- Zanesville, West Muskingum and Maysville -- will be in session Thursday. . .

Read more at : Zanesville Times-Recorder