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"Cmdr. Riker, anything new at Kings Island these days?" "Midget wrestling with tazers on the ropes."

Most who commit suicide are not thinking rationally. This is a sad story all the way around, everyone and thing loses.

Put yourself in the city's situation. You see a lion roaming through a subdivision and you don't have a tranquelizer gun, are you going to let him prowl, maybe break through someone's sliding glass door and murder innocent people? Or are you going to be rational and shoot the lion and protect the public? Also, they attempted to tranquelize a tiger and he became very agitated and came after the officers? I guess the officer should surrender to the tiger. I understand people's stance here, but in my opinion saving a couple lions/wolfs/bears/tigers is not worth the loss of one human life. It's unfortunate that the preserves owner is dead, he should have been punished to the full extent of the law.

Unfortunate situation, but from the multiple reports it there have been numerous issues with this individual and facility. Schools are closed in the area today because of the situation and the fact that various big cats are loose as well as bears and wolfs. Not a safe situation and the law enforcement must do what is necessary, even if it means shooting the animals.

The Columbus Zoo is currently housing the 3 leopards (a baby and breeding pair), a juvenile grizzly, and 2 macaques (monkeys). These are all under quarantine in a special area of the zoo's hospital. The zoo currently doesn't house any other macaques, but other zoos have reached out to house these animals once healthy. The zoo does have a pair of leopards in their African Forest region. They have also been long planning to begin a program to take in abandoned juvenile bears in their 3 large bear yards in the North America region. I wouldn't be surprised, so long as he's healthy, if they bear stayed.

The sheriff is now saying that the owner deliberately freed the animals and then committed suicide. See stories by the Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press via the UK's Guardian. This whole thing is the top story right now on Google News, which has over 1,000 stories about it.

Can't agree more. I love watching that guy get some good scares. Thank you very much. Love reading everybodys feedback. - "That chainsaw guy"

It took me longer to write this then it did to ride.