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it was a jungle out there. lions and tigers, monkeys and bears, wolves and baboons, all kinds of wild animals, dozens of them on the loose in normally quiet zanesville, ohio, once known as the pottery capital of the world and home to 25,000 people. one of those people had kept these animals on his farm, and last night, the police say, for reasons we may never know, he set the animals free and then took his own life. then it got very dangerous, very fast. who was this 62-year-old man? we asked cynthia bowers in zanesville to find out. cynthia. reporter: good evening, scott. terry thompson, who opened this exotic animal farm had a number of run-ins with the law, many of them animal related. out of the more than 50 exotic animals he kept here, only four had state permits for black bears. this was the headline this morning in central ohio, and this is how jack hanna, director emeritus of the columbus zoo, put it. this is like not just a nightmare. it s like noah s ark, wrecki
put it. this is not just a nightmare. it s like noah s ark, wrecking right here in zanesville, ohio. reporter: the sheriff said the animals kept on a private farm had been set loose. among them one baboon, three mountain lionlions and 18 tigers. reporter: the animals cages cut open by the owner terry thompson who then apparently committed suicide. he left no note. a vietnam vet whose fascination with animals is said to have begun in 1977 when he gave his wife a lion cub as a gift. many of his animals were purchased through exotic animal auctions. neighbor sam kopchak spotted the animals and made the first 911 call. i said we have a major big problems. there are animals out. i said i don t know how many. i know there s a lion, i know there s a bear. reporter: it was getting dark by the time police arrived and deputies were given the order shoot to kyle. we are not talking about your normal, everyday house cat or dock. i gave the order on the way here that if an