[CE] Exotic animals

Dozens of exotic animals, including tigers, lions and bears were let loose on Ohio farmland by their owner before he committed suicide, sparking a shoot-to-kill hunt in which 48 of the wild beasts, including 18 endangered Bengal tigers, have been killed.

I found this quote while reading about 56 exotic animals that had been set loose when their owners committed suicide. That is so scary. I would be terrified if I looked out the window and saw a huge tiger outside. Yikes! Well the article states the the owner committed suicide but released these animals right before. What made him think of letting them loose? Why did he suicide? What was he thinking when he released these animals? I mean doesn't he care about all the people that might be attacked by these creatures? What confuses me is why in the world does he have so many of these types of animals on his farm! What is he going to do with them?

The article also states that the owner Terry Thompson had been charged with animal cruelties 11 times already! Now I'm wondering what kind of person is this? No offense or anything but he had treated animals cruelly 11 times already yet he has more than 50 exotic animals on his farm.

So that aside, the article says that out of 56 of those animals, 48 of them had been shot and killed to prevent danger towards the citizens. Eighteen of them, Bengal tigers, were killed and that really sucks because Bengal tigers are an endangered species and now the world just lost eighteen of them. Those poor animals. Let's hope the survivors are kept in a safe place.