19th, 2011. good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i m betty nguyen. in eastern ohio this morning, dangerous wild animals are on the loose and authorities are trying to hunted them down. dozen of animals, including lions, tigers, bears and wolves escaped from a wildlife preserve in zanesville, late yesterday. area residents have been warned to stay indoors and at least four school districts have canceled classes. wild animals. wild animals that you would see on tv in africa. right now, we are shooting to kill. deputies equipped with night vision and armed with assault rifles hunted the animals through the night. at last word, more than half had been killed but there could be a dozen or more still on the loose. staffers from the columbus zoo are also on the scene hoping to tranquilize and capture the animals without killing them. there were grizzly bears and black bears there and there were cheetahs and there were lions and there were tigers. reporter: the a
this is the cbs morning news for wednesday, october 19th, 2011. good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i m betty nguyen. in eastern ohio this morning, dangerous wild animals are on the loose and authorities are trying to hunted them down. dozen of animals, including lions, tigers, bears and wolves escaped from a wildlife preserve in zanesville, late yesterday. area residents have been warned to stay indoors and at least four school districts have canceled classes. wild animals. wild animals that you would see on tv in africa. right now, we are shooting to kill. deputies equipped with night vision and armed with assault rifles hunted the animals through the night. at last word, more than half had been killed but there could be a dozen or more still on the loose. staffers from the columbus zoo are also on the scene hoping to tranquilize and capture the animals without killing them. there were grizzly bears and black bears there and there were cheetahs and the
ohio, where dozens of dangerous animals escaped. a couple are still on the loose. leaves us with what we believe is only two animals that are missing from this farm. and one would be the nothing monkey. would be a monkey and another. tigers, bears and lions were freed, before he killed himself. officers moved in and gunned down at least 30 animals. we could not have animals running loose in this county. we were not going to have that. reporter: some animal rights groups are criticizing the sheriff for not using tranquilizers. but he has supporters. the sheriff has to make a decision. you can t say, i ll check on it in the morning. he had to do what he had to do, period. reporter: the animals did not attack anyone, but they put everyone in this small town on edge. we went to take care of the cattle this morning. and a couple of guys i went to work with took a gun with them. reporter: ken maxwell drove 50 miles from columbus, hoping to see an exotic animal.