Widow to Retrieve 5 Exotic Animals From Ohio Zoo An Ohio zoo plans to transfer five exotic animals back to the widow of a suicidal animal owner who released dozens of wild creatures last fall. Two leopards, two primates and a bear have been held at the Columbus zoo since October under a state-issued quarantine order, which was lifted Monday. The zoo will return the animals to Marian Thompson on Friday. A friend of Thompson's says the woman plans to take them to her Zanesville farm in eastern Ohio. Thompson is the widow of Terry Thompson, who released 56 animals - including black bears, mountain lions and Bengal tigers - before he committed suicide. Authorities were forced to kill 48 of the animals. The five animals that were quarantined are the survivors. The zoo had to euthanize one leopard.