Hidden wildlife: Ohio authorities getting a sense of captive wildlife population

摘要

Nobody knows how many tigers chimpanzees, or alligators live in Ohio. State authorities know of 360 privately owned wild animals: 134 primates, 124 wild cats, 46 bears, 32 alligators, 14 lemurs, seven wolves, two hyenas, and a monitor, all of which have been registered with the Ohio Department of Agriculture since September 2012. The wild cats, for example, include 48 tigers, 14 lions, and 15 cougars or mountain lions.