Exotic Animal Massacre The "Zanesville massacre" | Full Documentary | Predator Pets

In this episode of Predator Pets discover the true story know as the Zanesville Massacre. Find out in detail a group of exotic animals ran rampant in the town within Ohio. Exotic animal owning is a two sided debate. Owners of these animals believe they are playing a role in preserving wild life and their numbers. In contrast others believe it to be cruel to keep animals in captivity.
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[@lynleybeukes250]

Breaks my heart to see the bodies of these magnificent beasts laying dead, just because of 1 selfish human being.

[@munchiis2486]

Sad ending to all those poor animals from the first story. They guy could have called someone to take the animals OR if he was going to take his live, at least leave the animals in the cages so when the police arrived, they could've called for help with the animals to be taken to other places instead of what happened here. Just my opinion. RIP those poor animals, they didn't deserve that. Humans are the most dangerous beings in the world, the animals are the voiceless victims. Their lives are more important, especially in this situation.

[@borderlinebarbie3]

please know that Terry did care about those animals. alot don't believe he left those cages open. the whole situation was/is sketchy.

[@elle3745]

​@borderlinebarbie3 nobody who loved animals would have kept them in cages like that. There is absolutely zero benefit for the exotic animal to be kept like that. People who think it's OK to keep such creatures as "house pets" probably need to be on SSRIs and monitored closely by a team of doctors.

[@dherald1532]

There was no love here. Even zoos are moving to confining in more natural habitats. No one wants to hear conspiracy theories when true animal lovers are broken hearted by the deaths of animals.

[@ejwatcher5643]

Wild animals should remain just that, WILD.

[@mmkr0000]

And then get extinct because of habitat loss and poaching

[@elizabethbacon7270]

Very true

[@thefishingfool3397]

Every animal is wild dum dum

[@thefishingfool3397]

​@@mmkr0000exactly. Ppl don't get it

[@armaddparham1981]

Fr tho it's sad how this turned out it put everybody in a situation

[@rarebird_82]

Selfish humans keeping trophy pets in a prison for clout... then act surprized when they attack 🙄

[@bonjovisfamclub]

It’s trippy hearing Joe Exotic of all people making complete and ethical sense

[@morgaankelton5296]

I've talked to people who knew the family. In the beginning, Terry had multiple people who helped care for his animals including his wife. As the years went on, ppl stopped helping and he and his wife separated. After this, he became severely depressed and turned to alcohol. That famous night he released the animals so they wouldn't die in the cages as no one came and visited Terry; and he took his life. As a result of the massacre, some of the leopards and primates who were still contained, were housed by the Columbus Zoo. About 6 months after, news came out that one of the leopards were killed due to negligence. A cage door was dropped on the cat's neck and spine, killing it. The zoo did not take responsibility.

[@CarsonDouglas]

I live in Ohio. Exotics are allowed with special permit and other documentation. Big cats belong in their respective habitats. Smaller american lynx, clouded leopard, ocelot, margay can be kept, but its not for everybody. This guy was sick. Hoarding exotic cats.

[@phillyguy2736]

Ohio slowly turning into the Midwest Florida lol

[@ivonned32]

That should STOP NOW

[@Nick-cy2tn]

GTA writers really do have limitless material to draw from in America. What a bizarre country.

[@timothymoelk1346]

THE SHERIFF LOOKS HELLA HIGH

[@mamabear1324]

He really does

[@borderlinebarbie3]

well, that is a rumor that maybe well founded. it may also be the reason why this whole mess took place... just a little gossip from a resident of Zanesville

[@DeeDeex007o]

Mmmhmmm

[@F-KOONClarenceThomas]

Terry, the wildlife guy, was his supplier 😂

[@kingeris1657]

600 million pet cats in the world. Common. There are 600 million cats in my area alone. At least that’s what it feels like 😊

[@deanhawkins8629]

You can't be right in the head pal with a comment like that I bet you read that back when you was sober and thought wtf

[@CarsonDouglas]

This trash hoard house has a cat box on their porch. Strays breed amd eat year round. It's really trifling and inconsiderate of the neighbors. Those cats breed twice a year. The house is a nuisance.

[@wildandbarefoot]

The most dangerous animal is a human with guns and a grudge.

[@maeganroberts4447]

Wild animals need to stay in the wild and I know how terrible the police officers must feel but they did what they had to do to keep everyone safe ❤

[@e-scope]

I remember when this all went down, I live not too far from Zanesville, and when all this went down I was in first grade, so you can imagine how upsetting this all was. Just randomly today I remembered that this happened. Horrible situation man

[@josiffexplosiff1]

Aw, poor fairy did it hurt your fa fa feewings

[@e-scope]

@@josiffexplosiff1 ???

[@pisstakecentral]

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[@AwesomeAngryBiker]

Bragger 🙄🙄🙄

[@karenmanley9397]

I would rather be put down than being locked in a cage all my life.

[@PariahQuail]

The footage of Joe exotic did not age well

[@hanniballecter4924]

I'm surprised that the Animals didn't attack one another.

[@anonymoususer5266]

My only guess as to why is if they were released in their respective groups (meaning, it takes some time to bolt cut things so not all the animals were released ALL at once) it would have been no different than just moving around the exhibit (at least until they got out into the general public and away from the woods) all together! So for example the lions got let out and got far enough away in the time it took to release the other animals if that makes sense, so the lions may have never even seen the bears

[@Miss_Meee]

What I want to know is how was ONE man allowed to keep SO many deadly exotics??

[@Acedadon]

How did he feed all of those animals😭 he had 19 tigars alone aint no way

[@juliebollman3944]

You're not an animal lover when you think they should be confined for your selfish needs

[@emaaustin1620]

Those animals could have been tranquilized and sent to the Wilds which is in Zainsville(check spelling). Someone should have intervened and helped the deceased man get the animals to a sanctuary before he knew he could no longer get the care they needed. This is why animals are endangered because of negligence and ignorance and fear.

[@teresafaria6772]

I don’t think police in Gainesville, Ohio go around with big game tranquilizers in their pockets, by the time enough for there to sedate that many animals half of the population would have been severely injured or killed. This guy should have never been allowed to have those animals to begin with.

[@chickfilamediumfrywithsauce]

Another video on this incident had a vet talk about why they couldn’t be tranquilized. First they didn’t have enough amount for 50 large animals. And she also mentioned that it could take anywhere from 10 minutes to take effect. Which they don’t have if they are roaming around town.

[@Aw-ns1qx]

It is 100% the owners fault. I believe what was done was what they thought was best. The owner was a selfish narcissist. The enclosures alone were awful to keep anything in. He didn't want to be incarcerated, but he did that to those animals.

[@emaaustin1620]

@@teresafaria6772 I think there should be a new checks and balances agency regulated by the EPA for inspections of all animal enclosures and living conditions for wild animals or exotic species. That way safety is never an issue. I understand that the officers did what they thought was best. I just hurt for the animals that could have lived longer in a zoo or sanctuary somewhere else where they could be cared for and their species protected. I mean, if all wild animals are killed and go extinct; what will the children of the future generations have to admire or respect or even see.

[@graffic13]

The guy in stoney ridge ohio couldn't keep a roof on his house, idk how people thought he was able to feed all those animals. Walking through their feces swimming in the same water they drink. It was gross. Glad those animals got to good homes finally!

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[@batchagaloopytv5816]

joe exotic 😂😂😂😂😂the man who knew Tiger King woulda exploded 😅😅😅

[@godfather4377]

I'll never forget when this happen. I was afraid to take my dog outside, fearing we might get mauled by a bear, lion, or tiger. This was a WILD time, literally, if you lived in Ohio. I remember hearing reports people going to the mall, and seeing these animals. Laws in Ohio are now very strict because of this.

[@borderlinebarbie3]

it wasn't as well contained as this program is making it out to be, huh? I remember guys loading up in trucks with shotguns in hopes of getting a tiger. and remember they had a few monkeys they never found? i often wonder what happened to them

[@borderlinebarbie3]

I remember this so well. it was crazy to hear the roars of the animals. and a few dumb people tried to steal the animals pelts.

[@awnutz]

My concern is what would happen if a large carnivore got loose and killed or maimed domesticated animals including household pets or farm animals. Also I have two horses living in very modest circumstances who keep me broke. Hay, feed, vet, farrier. I’m broke all the time. How do these people afford these animals.

[@wildguy4773]

Sad fact is that tiger experts and conversations then estimated they killed almost 1% of tiger population back then with that massacre

[@geminipriestess]

Super sad

[@xianxian3231]

Less than 1000 in The wild

[@Only1free.]

I remember that day they couldn’t find one of monkeys and gave up looking…

[@somedude5637]

I read that they only counted the missing monkey, even though there was 2-3 missing wolves also. The claim was that the native species needed less paperwork, so the number of wolves black bears cougars or bobcats that were on the property is not well documented. I'm not sure that it's true, that's just what the article claimed.

[@sachinraghavan4556]

This is why animals shouldn't be kept in captivity for human entertainment or pleasure. For goodness sakes stop domesticating and containing animals, just leave them be.

[@donnalehman6805]

What is a "woof"?

[@cat.h.08]

Rural midwestern/Appalachian pronunciation of “wolf”

[@ejwatcher5643]

What a dog says.

[@ChrisLifts710]

"animals have rights, but humans have more." Not the right way to look at the world. Animals were here first.

[@spirit13the1st6]

Easy to make proclamations WHATS THE SOLUTION?

[@sachinraghavan4556]

@@spirit13the1st6 Simply to stop throwing wild animals, especially carnivores who eat slaughtered livestock meat, in captivity.

[@awnutz]

We are animals. Dumb animals. But animals nevertheless.

[@dkd8747]

I think the owner was wrong and evil for releasing those animals before he takes himself out. He putting others in harms way. All along he had no business keeping exotic animals anyway.Obviously he didn't care about the lives of other people. Sad and Bad way to go and to end your legacy

[@juliebollman3944]

Is our government not responsible? For what reason does any person need a wild animal?

[@MichaelWalsh-qn3ef]

Humans have more rights, SAYS WHO? Only for the more rights of humans, these innocent animals would be alive today. What a dumb thing to say.

[@meganh1966]

You know some of the officers in charge of shooting these animals were probably big animal lovers who hated to essentially put them down but they had to think of the human lives in their jurisdiction.

[@keondracrump4275]

He had some money to maintain all of these exotic animals.

[@greggcravenersr3327]

The cop in the suit that they're interviewing sure looks like he smoked some weed, look at his eyes, they're barely open 😆 🤣 😂

[@kristabotkin7687]

He didnt let those animals go!!

[@colie2020]

Then what happened

[@shawnrae4022]

22:02 - 😮 What is going on....

[@KoolKats5]

No one should be able to keep an exotic pet outside entertainers and those used in the film/tv industry and they should be highly regulated, regularly inspected, including random inspections. They suffer the same fate as many domestic pets, they're cute when they're young, but once they mature they can be violent and unpredictable, not to mention very expensive to feed and care for.

[@JoshMowery-42088]

"We're all puppets Laurie, I'm just a puppet who can see the strings."

[@LUVLAYNE34]

There shouldn't BE a need for wildlife rescues!!!!

[@maryjanedowns4040]

I raised a few but lived on a farm and returned as the were old enough to go back

[@josiffexplosiff1]

Did they say who the body was that the white lion was chewing on?

[@Youngtrout50]

The monkey lady weird af 😂

[@westvirginia5200]

Disgusting people think a wild animal cant be let loose

[@ivonned32]

The wild animals were the Thompsons! Crazy unfit wild humans.

[@GuitarWithDofka]

😢

[@dkd8747]

Im trying to figure out how did they know they killed all the animals

[@colie2020]

They didn't

[@dkd8747]

@@colie2020 Thats crazy its still a risk going out not knowing its more stranded futher out and someone falls victim later down the line smh

[@AngryKidaardman1998]

@@dkd8747 I’m sure that last surviving animal (or animals) are probably dead by now. Especially since this was 2011 and these carnivores were full grown adults at the time of their deaths. Also from my understanding there were a few other animals that were never killed by police. They were macaques but it’s believed the reason they were never found was because the big cats and maybe the bears and one wolf ate them.

[@NathanBlizzard]

💔

[@westvirginia5200]

Its not justice these animals were caged to begin with

[@meganlopez1046]

This did not age well.

[@westvirginia5200]

But still reptiles are allowed to be caged and sold

[@colie2020]

Joe didnt write or sing those songs. He doesnt have a successful country career.

[@Macrodosian897]

Blasphemous!

[@mikebell87]

I honestly believe that situations like this is manufactured to create legislation

[@lolly1405]

You think a man killed himself and released all his exotic animals to create legislation? Really?

[@colie2020]

🤦🏾‍♀️🤣🤣🤣🤣what is wrong with yall

[@keondracrump4275]

They didn't have to kill all of them!

[@josiffexplosiff1]

Those cops are kind of lucky. It’s like the world’s greatest hunt well except for the fact that they’re caged in a small area kind of unfair but still pulled a lot of trophies out.

[@reaux3921]

Evil maIes

[@bigshot9557]

Bro stop with the trying to make money off animals that dont belong in this country they arnt from here they don’t need to be here look how fat that tiger was he was walking around you don’t see wil ones like that I think a zoom needs to keep a couple of each animal for people to see but besides that they need to be let to be a wild free animal like there supposed to be wild animals arnt supposed to be touched and not supposed to be held up by wire it’s ridiculous

[@westvirginia5200]

Rescue means treat needs set free

[@EatingAnElephant]

Suspicious that two exotic animal owners died within months of each other.

[@colie2020]

No it's not

[@Macrodosian897]

And I heard they both died on days with the same letter at the end….very suspicious🧐

[@EatingAnElephant]

@@Macrodosian897 1 I knew one of them. His death was very suspicious.

[@lesreed8803]

4'03 Mr Terry Thompson was a licensed machine gun broker his license expired he still had inventory and that's where that charge came from expired license😢😮

[@lesreed8803]

Police corruption harassment and it drove him to the point to where all this happen is the outcome point blank the police was on him for those wild exotic animals they were danger to society that's what happened he had to stop focused on making his money start focusing on the animals and the police and all the neighbors complaining and he couldn't think no more they give me the same way I'm going through the same s*** right now that's why I keep bringing this Tony Terry Thompson up cuz I'm sick of this b******* God damn it they've been trying to find something to put me in the penitentiary arresting everybody of my family members my friends everybody on the internet trying to get somebody to divorce some information that's incriminating and that's the app is doing this s***falsified police reports in sick in the police on everybody wasting resources Mark Zuckerberg is the cause

[@lesreed8803]

Is owner of that establishment and paying the salaries of those Atmos Mark Zuckerberg is the one that we go and investigate an audit all of the computers time frame timestamps who was working on that computer at what time and that's the people we interview and that's the people that have the information those are the ones robbing the cyber crime the Cyber theft the Bitcoin the Las Vegas heist all this s*** is the computer access is someone on the computer the app is the cricket they're at work getting paid what the f*** the robbing us and we can't even get to work they canceling us from being on LinkedIn delete my account they all In cahoots I'm sick of this s*** they holding us hostage and stagnating that's why America is failing now worth SINCE THE DAYS OF THE INTERNET THESE M************ ARE F****** US UP FOR GENERATIONS AND WE DON'T EVEN SEE IT MARK ZUCKERBERG ADMIN IN ALL THE WHAT ATMS ARE IN CAHOOTS THAT ALL OF THE CREDIT CARD COMPANIES ALL OF THEM ARE CONVEYING AND KEEPING TOGETHER IN A CRIMINAL RING SYNDICATE IN ALL OF THE COMPANIES IN THE WORLD ARE CORRUPTION IS COMING FROM THE COMPUTER SYSTEM THEY ALL LINK TOGETHER

[@amyfromkc]

Joe Exotic for president

[@antonitobendrito2243]

Again, if wife stayed probably this could be avoided….

[@colie2020]

Why the f would she stay

[@JunoAbby]

Why are exotic animals and guns “a dangerous mix” ? Do the animals use the guns?😂 One could argue that someone who has lions should be REQUIRED to have the ability to neutralize them in the event of escape or attack.

[@westvirginia5200]

Zansville police got a free safari! Disgusting they couldhave tranquilizers

[@TerrainJeremy3945]

Its ridiculous to say they couldnt use tranquilizers..Its more like they didnt want to use tranquilizers.nIve seen a grown monkey drive a power wheels car in FL it was hilarious. And how did this doc go from zanesville to a lady in a toy store to joe exotic running for president? Wth>

[@Patricia-gz3nw]

They could of got veterinary help and darted some of them to save them. This guys word dispatch the animals. Sick sick sick the entire situation

[@Patricia-gz3nw]

Lisa is nuts

[@elviscool9822]

Ds is cruel to shoOt the greatest animals in the world

[@cornell833]

I agree they could have did a better way to save them 49 animals killed these people are nuts

[@AFVfan1]

@@cornell833I agree that it’s sad, but there was no other alternative. Tranquilizer darts can take several minutes to sedate an animal. Within that frame of time, an animal could have severely hurt/killed someone. There was no other way.

[@carolineharrold4460]

It was cruel to keep them like that!

[@jennibishop718]

Yea, public safety is their priority. That man should have never been allowed to keep them