| Hawking, Black, and Johl Publishing Group 34 Miller Rd. Farmingdale. NY, 11735 Click here to edit your preferences. Big cats can threaten more than just their owners. The most infamous example occurred in 2011, when exotic animal owner Terry Thompson opened the doors to almost all of his pets' cages before shooting himself. In what came to be known as the Zanesville massacre, law enforcement officers had to hunt and kill 18 tigers, 17 lions, and three mountain lions, as well as bears, a baboon, and wolves. ?It was like Jumanji in real life,? said Harrison, who was one of the two dozen or so officers who responded to the incident. Many of the people who responded to the call that day suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, Harrison claimed. They had no choice but to kill the animals, then they faced virulent public backlash for doing so. Zanesville is an extreme example, but it's not the only case of exotics turned loose. One problem is there's a lack of places equipped to take in these animals ? even zoos don't want them. Since starring in a 2011 documentary The Elephant in the Living Room, about exotic cat ownership, Harrison gets about 30 calls a year from people desperate to find a new home for their lions or tigers. With few options, some people donate their cats to shady facilities that use them for breeding. Others abandon them. The New York Times recently reported that a woman looking for a place to smoke a joint stumbled upon a caged tiger in a vacant home in Houston. Unsurprisingly, the owner did not immediately come forward to claim the tiger, but she was later arrested and charged with one misdemeanor count of cruelty to a nonlivestock animal. Rachel Nuwer | Longreads | March 2020 | 28 minutes (7,033 words) A headline-grabbing murder-for-hire plot helped expose the dark side of exotic animal ownership in the U.S. Is there now enough momentum to reform the industry? Anonymous | Longreads | January 2020 | 20 minutes (4,879 words) Envy over her success led her husband, also a writer, to become violent. She fights every day for her safety ? and to avoid being relegated to obscurity like so many writers who are mothers. Michael Musto | Longreads | February 2020 | 8 minutes (2,000 words) Once upon a time, nightlife journalist Michael Musto didn't set the strongest boundaries with the boldfaced names he covered. Laurie Penny | Longreads | June 2020 | 21 minutes (5,360 words) The soft-focus Britain of Downton Abbey bears little resemblance to the real Britain collapsing under the weight of racism, austerity, and COVID-19. As Brexit plods on, it's time for an honest reckoning of the history and future of this outsize little island. | 
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