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On October 18, 2011 over 50 large exotic animals were set free from their backyard zoo in Zanesville, Ohio by their owner Terry Tempos who later took his own life, according to Mark Guarino, staff writer for ABC News. The local police slaughtered 48 of the renegade animals instead of trying to capture them. In the United States, unqualified civilians owning exotic animals is a potentially dangerous problem that, if not properly dealt with, could lead to the endangerment, injury or even death of innocent animals and people. I believe the best way to handle the problem is to create stricter laws on the owning, purchase, shelter and sale of exotic animals. Hopefully, this will keep animals like tigers and bears out of the hands of everyday people. In the United States the laws on owning large exotic animals such as tigers are vague and surprisingly rare. There is only one Federal law on owning exotic animals and ideally, to comply, you should be affiliated with an animal rescue or animal study program to qualify for it. States with laws for exotic animals are still in the single digits. Those laws are non-descript and repetitive. Even though laws may exist it is extremely difficult to enforce them because there is no group or organization to enforce them. This allows people to be able to obtain exotic animals for a low price in places like auction houses and the internet. It has been known for people to buy infant tigers and lions for as little as $400 each. State laws prohibits the owning of large animals but often ignore legislation on smaller creatures. Exotics like birds, reptiles and monkeys have a tendency to be as, if not more dangerous, and more invasive than their larger counterparts. This can lead to human ... ... middle of paper ... ...ehaviour 124(3-4) 1993, pp. 165-195. (15) Sunquist, Melvin E. The Social Organization of Tigers (Panthera tigris) in Royal Chitawan National Park, Nepal. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology Number 336. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981. (6) Sunquist, Mel. Wildcats of the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. Thapar, Valmik. Tiger The Ultimate Guide. New York: CDS Books in association with Two Brothers Press, 2004. Tilson, Ronald L. and Ulysses S. Seal, ed. Tigers of the World. Park Ridge, NJ: Noyes Publications, 1987. (5) Ward, Geoffrey C. "The People and the Tiger." Audubon July/August 1994, pp.62-69. (16) World Wildlife Fund. "U.S. Gives Notice to China and Taiwan to Stop Rhino and Tiger Trade." Traffic USA 13(1) 1994, pp. 1-3. (11) World Wildlife Fund. "Species of Special Concern." Focus. Vol. 17 No. 6. November/December 1995, p. 4.