Ohio has some of the nation’s loosest laws concerning exotic animals, and after the tragedy in Zanesville Wednesday, those laws are under even greater scrutiny from animal-rights activists and the press. So is Gov. John Kasich, the Republican serving the first year of his first term, who declined to extend a policy that would have shut down Terry Thompson’s farm.
Why the Zanesville Animal Tragedy Could Haunt Ohio’s Governor
in Born Free USA In The News on October 21, 2011