Virginia governor vows to examine laws on owning exotic animals

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They weigh nearly 500 pounds, reach 10 feet in length, and are gorgeous, with muscles rippling through their striped orange-and-black coats. An adult Bengal tiger could be yours for about $700.

But if you take one home, you'll need much deeper pockets. Tigers such as those that were kept at a farm in Zanesville, Ohio, can eat more than 20 pounds of meat a day. The owner of the farm, Terry Thompson, who apparently killed himself, had 18 Bengals, 17 lions and eight bears in his menagerie of 56 exotic animals. Forty-eight were shot dead last week after Thompson freed them.

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Zachary A. Goldfarb 24 Oct, 2011

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