Lions and Tigers and Bears oh my!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/us/police-kill-dozens-of-animals-freed-from-ohio-preserve.html

I called the Zanesville, OH police department who said all the animals were buried - no chance for a tiger / lion pelt.

The Muskingum County Sheriff's Office said all the pelts were turned over to the "owner". I said that I had read that he committed suicide, but they tersely replied, "He was married."

Seems like they may be getting quite a few calls re: the pelts, but what an awesome and potentially cheap source for something so exotic.

The picture in the article is sad. All those wasted pelts. Imagine the garb......

You know you're addicted to Dag when exotic animals are set free and exterminated and all you care about is the garb potential! xD

It's even sadder they had to kill them all, but I also agree that if you are going to kill an animal you should atleast donate/sell the pelts/claws or something. We used to go hunting for white-tail deer in Wyoming. Our butcher would keep the pelts as his payment if we gutted it. Worked out kind of nice.