From the floor to the ceiling, as in a gigantic poultry farm, they were cooped up in open cages, five of them in each 9-foot-square space.

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Terry Thompson died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on October 18 shortly after he pried open cages and opened the farm's fences that held his private menagerie of lions, tigers, bears, wolves and monkeys.

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Only last week in Ohio a man with a menagerie of more than 50 animals, including tigers, giraffes and bears, decided to open up his cages and then shoot himself in the head - after being convicted of animal cruelty.

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Under the plans, badgers will be shot in the open without first being trapped in cages which is current practice.

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Inside, the warehouse was a big open hall, divided into metal cages piled high with different grades of insulating material.

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Under the plans the animals will be shot in the open without first being trapped in cages, which is current practice.

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Rather than break open in their rush to grow, it seems the carbon cages stay locked, meaning they expand seamlessly, rather than crack and grow new facets.

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