In My Humble Opinion on the Exotic Animal Release

I sat transfixed as I watched the video (see below) of the news conference on the exotic animal release in Ohio. (Since then the last animal has been accounted for and area secured.)

Of course, the authorities made the choice to kill the many tigers, lions, bears, etc., that had been let loose by their owner rather than to capture them. They received numerous death threats because of it.

That made me wonder especially as I listened to world-renowned animal expert, Jack Hanna, (the man on the right in the thumbnail) speak of how he once had to go into a lion's cage to retrieve the arm of a 3-year old which had been ripped off from the shoulder down.

That scene quite possibly could have been repeated over and over again on the streets and neighborhoods of one American city if the police hadn't acted as they did. (I applaud them.)

And there are just some things that you must do (even though you'd rather not) because you've got the greater good in mind.

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