Ohio police track escaped exotic animals

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Police in Ohio have shot and killed dozens of exotic animals after they escaped from a private zoo in the town of Zanesville.

Sheriff Matt Lutz told reporters he believed all but a few of the animals had been accounted for.

Wildlife expert Jack Hanna said the sheriff was right to order the animals to be shot, and advised people, "if you see these animals, do not run.

"The tiger doesn't know you're a human being... they'll think of you as something to catch."

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