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Tuesday, October 18, 2011, Terry Thompson, 62, released approximately 56 exotic animals from his farm before committing suicide, according to USA Today.

Sheriff’s deputies have shot and killed all but one of the exotic animals that were released in Zanesville, Ohio Tuesday, according to the LA Times.

The remaining animal, a monkey, is believed to have been eaten by one of the large cats, according to the LA Times.

Lions, tigers, leopards, black bears and more were released by Thompson before killing himself.

The killing of these animals has resulted in tragic photos of the dead animals streaming across the internet and television news.

These photos have police sheriffs defending their actions of killing these animals.

Officers explained that if the event happened earlier in the day then they would have been able to prepare. However, with the animals being released with only a few hours before night fall, the officers said they couldn’t take the chance of having them roaming come night fall, according to CNN.

The deputies were not given tranquilizer guns, according to USA Today.

Once officials arrived with tranquilizers, they were faced with an aggressive Tiger. A veterinarian got close enough to the tiger to shoot it, however, it resulted in the tiger reacting in a crazy manner and running into a wooded area where officers later had to put it down, according to USA Today.

The photo spreading on the news and internet shows the animal carcasses piled up on the wet ground.

In a news conference Thursday morning, Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz stated among many goals that they have regarding this situation, among the goals is finding out who in fact leaked the photo of the deceased animals, according to the LA Times.

Among the animals that were released and killed, five animals remain alive after being captured. These animals include a grizzly bear, three leopards and two monkeys, according to the LA Times.

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People may think it takes millions of dollars to qualify under the top one percent of wealthiest Americans; however, this is not true, according to CNN.

According to new statistics released from Internal Revenue Service, it took just $343,927 to be grouped under this title, according to CNN.

Protestors have been occupying Wall Street voicing their anger and raising awareness towards to growing gap between the rich and everyone else in America, according to CNN.

Just under 1.4 million households qualified for a spot for a position under this group, according to CNN.

These people earned approximately 17% of the nation’s income and paid around 37% of its income tax, according to CNN.

On average the top percent of Americans made about $960,000, according to CNN.

According to the state Comptroller’s Office, the protesting Americans made an average salary just over $311,000 in 2009, as shown on CNN.

This leaves the cash difference between the one percent and rest of the Americans with a gap of $649,000.

This protest of Americans that started on September 17, 2011 is still ongoing as the other 99% fight for economic equality.

This article contains information from CNN.