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Tell us how it could happen and what is happening now. >> reporter: grizzlies, lions and tigers shot by sheriff deputy in the dead of night, in such proximity that the lives of the deputies were at risk. >> i had deputies that had to shoot animals with their side arm at close range. that is how vulnerable the situation was. this is not your normal everyday house cat or dog, these are 300-pound bengal tigers we had to put down. >> reporter: 18 bengal tigers were killed, tragedy acknowledged by jack hannah of the columbus zoo, given there are only 1400 left in the wild but he said what was done ...

Tell us how it could happen and what is happening now. >> reporter: grizzlies, lions and tigers shot by sheriff deputy in the dead of night, in such proximity that the lives of the deputies were at risk. >> i had deputies that had to shoot animals with their side arm at close range. that is how vulnerable the situation was. this is not your normal everyday house cat or dog, these are 300-pound bengal tigers we had to put down. >> reporter: 18 bengal tigers were killed, tragedy acknowledged by jack hannah of the columbus zoo, given there are only 1400 left in the wild but he said what was done ...