Will ##ingham : Exotic animals must not be exploited as ` ` ' '' or as oddities . Travers : Ohio slaughter of many wild animals , including 17 tigers and 17 lions , is appalling . The bill failed , and just four years later in 2010 , an emergency executive order was put in place after a 24-year-old man was mauled to death by a black bear kept in a Columbia Township compound . Ohio has a record of violent encounters between animals and people , he says . ` ` Owning '' exotic animals inexcusable , he says , and also puts human lives at risk .
Will ##ingham : Exotic animals must not be exploited as ` ` ' '' or as oddities . Travers : Ohio slaughter of many wild animals , including 17 tigers and 17 lions , is appalling . Ohio has a record of violent encounters between animals and people , he says . ` ` Owning '' exotic animals inexcusable , he says , and also puts human lives at risk .