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tip from a customer was a note to lose a few pounds speaks out for the first time today, thursday, october 20th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this thursday morning. good morning. i'm ann curry. >> i'm matt lauer. it is disturbing to see these images of dead bears, lions, and tigers, but both police and animal ak vifctivists are sayin deadly force was necessary to protect human lives. >> what is being called into question is just how easy it is to own an exotic animal in certain states like ohio. could this tragedy have been avoided? ...

this thursday morning 6:00 on the west coast. >> i'm matt lauer. moammar gadhafi's more than 40-year rule came to an end back in august. it appears his life came to an end near his hometown of sirte. >> the region was seen as his last vestige of control. >> let us get right to the story. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has been following it. andrea, good morning to you. we know the rebels had been coordinating with yay t coordinating with nato officials trying to rid their country of gadhafi for a while. do we have any indication that nato or u.s. forces wer...