TED NUGENT Blames Ohio Governor For Failing To Ban Exotic Animal Ownership
October 20, 2011, 12 years ago
According to The Detroit News, TED NUGENT has a bone to pick with Ohio Gov. John Kasich over an exotic animal escape near Zanesville that captivated the nation Wednesday.
The Motor City Madman and conservation activist monitored the situation from a hunting cabin on his 1,200-acre Jackson County farm, and said Kasich was to blame for failing to ban exotic animal ownership.
"I'm going to make a call to Gov. Kasich because he (ended) an executive order by the previous governor that did prohibit and control wild animal ownership," Nugent told The Detroit News on Wednesday. "These are real, wild, dangerous, capable and dangerous animals and they belong in the wild."Many residents of the rural community about 55 miles east of Columbus expressed fear Wednesday after the owner of an exotic game preserve freed scores of animals before committing suicide.
Deputies were reported to have killed nearly 50 animals by late Wednesday afternoon, including 18 tigers and 17 lions, with half a dozen more delivered to the Columbus Zoo.
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