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EricWI
at Thu May 13 21:03:10 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by EricWI ]
WITI-TV, MILWAUKEE - It's a job that's going to take more than 24 hours to complete. Experts from animal control in Milwaukee, the DNR, Racine Zoo and fire and police officials are all taking part in the removal of hundreds of exotic animals from a building near 13th and Lincoln on the city's south side.
Snakes as long as 30 feet, turtles, spiders and alligators are just some of the animals being removed from the building. Officials say there were literally hundreds of creatures inside the structure. Thursday, officials from all the agencies involved were methodically removing the animals from the building.
All of the creatures are said to be the property of Terry Cullen, a nationally-known expert on exotic animals. They were being housed in cages and tanks. Some were kept in plastic containers; others in horse troughs.
Police executed a search warrant on Cullen's building on Wednesday afternoon and found the animals. Why the warrant was issued in the first place has yet to be revealed. But when officers first entered the building, they felt threatened by some dogs that met them at the door. Those officers shot and killed two Tibetan mastiffs.
www.fox6now.com/news/witi-100513-exotic-animals-story,0,6418101.story
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