OHIO SHERIFF MAKES TOUGH DECISION TO KILL ESCAPED EXOTIC ANIMALS ON SIGHT

摘要

When Terry Thompson let loose the 56 exotic animals including lions and tigers he kept on a farm in rural Zanesville, Ohio, and committed suicide, it was up to Sheriff Matt Lutz of the Muskingum County (Ohio) Sheriff's Office to determine what to do. "I made the decision we were going to shoot the animals so they couldn't get away," says Lutz. For his decisive action that prevented injury, the sheriff has been named the January 2012 Officer of the Month by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.