The centre opened in 1993 as a place to rescue and care for rare birds of prey and exotic animals.
He recently finished a home for an oil executive that included a 1, 000-square-foot trophy room for the exotic animals he'd shot in Africa.
The organization not only provides a no-kill shelter for traditional domestic pets, they care for a variety of more exotic animals as well.
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Overnight, police have urged people in Zanesville to stay indoors and flashing signs along nearby highways told motorists: "Caution exotic animals" and "Stay in vehicle".
The Osa Peninsula is a wildlife treasure trove, a black sand and blue skies paradise with an abundance of exotic animals, insects and plant life.
Stories of big cats in the UK go back to the 1960s and 70s when it was legal and fashionable to keep exotic animals as pets.
Legislation that would tighten rules regarding private ownership of exotic animals passed the Ohio Senate in April and is now being heard in the House of Representatives.
Richard Thomas of Traffic International, an organisation trying to stop the illegal trade in exotic animals, said both species of tortoise involved in this case were incredibly rare.
Jimmy Ratcliff, one of the RSPCA's two north west exotic animals officers, said the RSPCA believes snakes should not become people's pets, because they are "unsuitable as companion animals".
Businessman Ray Coyle, owner of Largo foods, the company behind Tayto in the Republic has turned 55 acres of farmland into an American-themed park, which will include an Indian village, adventure playgrounds and exotic animals from buffalo to cougars and mountain lions.
The stone cages would have held the tigers, lions and other exotic animals that were hoisted in wooden elevators through 80 vertical tunnels up to the arena. 2000 years ago, it must have been chaos down here with the gladiators, animals, large sets for other parts of the productions and hundreds of stagehands putting on the show.
The RSPCA has already been called out to deal with a number of "exotic" animals this year, including a Cayman crocodile found in Kent in August.
It's possible when the Dangerous Wild Animals Act was passed in 1976, which made it illegal to own exotic but dangerous animals, a handful of owners released their pets into the wild.
Run by German carrier Lufthansa, animals range from domestic pets to more exotic specimens destined for zoos and animal reserves, explains Axel Heitman, director of the Animal Lounge.
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The first of the three parks we visited was Lake Manyara National Park, a lush nature reserve teeming with all kinds of animals, including giraffes, elephants, exotic birds and baboons.
Combined with finds of exotic objects in and around the circles, the evidence from isotope analysis of the bones of animals eaten at these sites points to the fact that people were travelling to get to them.
The animals are endangered in the wild and protected by international law, but are sometimes illegally smuggled as exotic pets.
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