Ohio Police Kill 18 Out Of 1,400 Bangel Tigers Left In The World

So today the news breaked about a man in Ohio Freeing all his wild animals he had at his farm and then taking his life.Forty-eight of the 56 animals were then shot dead on the sheriff's orders.
Among those killed were 17 lions and 18 Bengal tigers. US nature TV host Jack Hanna said the killing of the tigers was especially tragic as there were only about 1,400 remaining in the world.
Six animals - three leopards, one grizzly bear and two monkeys - were captured and have been sent to the nearby Columbus Zoo...
One wolf was also found dead, leaving just a monkey unaccounted for.

Staff from the nearby Columbus Zoo were called on to tranquilise the roaming animals.
Mr Hanna, a former director of Columbus Zoo, in the nearby Ohio state capital, said tranquilising animals in the dark was incredibly dangerous, and told reporters that "the sheriff did the right thing".
Escaped lion shot dead near Zanesville, Ohio (Pic: ABC TV) The shoot-to-kill order has been criticised, but also supported by one wildlife expert

"You cannot tranquilise an animal like this, a bear or a leopard or a tiger [at night]," Mr Hanna told ABC before the news conference.

"If you do that, the animal gets very excited, it goes and hides, and then we have [police officers] in danger of losing their life, and other people."

Mr Hanna said the scope of the event was immense.

via:bbc