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you're going into the lion's den. >> he said, why don't you go and meet the lion handler.et. we're just off to get breakfast before i become the lion's breakfast. >> charlie doesn't realize how accurate he is. >> turned up at the lion handler's cage and there was a lion that looked enormous. i said that's not a baby. he said it's called baby lion. that's his name. charlie decides that despite his doubts, the shoot must go on especially after being reassured by the lion handler. >> i wasn't sure whether i should go in. you see the sign, prowling up and down pouring at the cage. i spoke to the lion handler. he's raised lions and leopards and hyenas. he said it's safe. i've got control over it. i can tell if it's in a bad mood and if it is i wouldn't let you in. >> right before charlie steps into the cage, the lion handler gives him some unsettling advice. >> he says, if anything goes wrong, you can't run and you have to try to look like you're not scared. in i went and the door closed behind me. at first i was there crouching down stroking the lion and it's sort of poring at

those animals included a wolf, six black bears, two grizzlies, nine male lions, eight fee may lions, a baboon, three mountain low beyonds and 18 tigers. there are two missing animals. one being a gray wolf and one being a a monkey. we transported six animals to the columbus zoo for jack and their work. one was a grizzly bear. there were three leopards and two monkeys. i want to state someone asked about mr. thompson's wife, she has been here. she was taken up to the seen and she helped the zoo officials get the animals out of the house and is cooperating with us. we are not interested in taking the animals but tonight the animals were taken to the zoo and that situation will be worked out at a later date. the animals that were dispatched were buried on the property. that has already been done. that was at the request of his wife, the recommendation of jack and the crew. we also have talked with the agricultural society and we made sure we did everything proper in that regard and we felt that was the best thing for this situation. we are, we will be, currently, and will be talking abo

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the legendary lion king puts on a special show. the legendary lion king puts on a special show. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. the case of amanda knox always had all the elements required to focus public attention. a grisly murder, a beautiful young american girl from the pacific northwest who was then held for four years in italy while the justice system ground through various fits and starts. and while millions of americans watched back home. it all came down to today in an italian courtroom. millions watching live around the world had to wait for the translator hoping they heard it correctly. but the verdict was unmistakable. she exploded in tears when she heard it. she is free to go, free to return home to the united states. lester holt starts us off tonight in perugia, italy. lester, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. this was all an appeal to her 2009 conviction on six criminal counts. today, the judge ruled that five of those counts would be thrown out. the lone remaining conviction, a slander charge

>> yeah, there's a lion on mt. perry road. >> tonight, the harrowing haunt comes to a close. >>> plus, is marriage for white people? with single black we means finding husbands more easily if they just dated and married white men? we meet the man behind the controversial new book who says yes. and we go out with one woman, putting it to the test. >>> and heavy metal cuisine. he's a disciple of satan. a strict vegan. and the star of a devilishly popular cooking show on the internet. tonight, unmasking the vegan black metal chef. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," october 19th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin with big cats on the loose in small town america. late tonight, ohio authorities called off a hunt for the last of dozens of potentially deadly animals, apparently set free yesterday by a preserve owner in a final desperate act before he took his own life. what followed was a tense, blo

and the only follow this will meet with fellow scientists studying sea lions. we're now approaching my take you island the main destination of our trip the place is very beautiful and interesting here the sea is about a hundred meters deep ships are best to steer clear of this place during a storm or change inside there is no telling what tricks it may have in store for you. but. the pacific's northernmost habitats of sea lions is almost to kill island in the late one nine hundred eighty s. scientists raise the alarm after discovering a dramatic form in the number of these mammals. since then an international group of scientists has come to the ski arlen's each year. to begin with all the adults to shoot away from the beach then they were called the pups so as to estimate the size of the population more accurately the newborns of intact and given a number. the procedure makes it possible to track the animals movements in the sea of a halt and. roughly twenty years which is the average lifespan of a sea lawyer. what we see with this book obviously the animals do

and african lions. i think three bears. one of the bears charged a deputy and the deputy shot it. >> we don't go to the academy and get trained on how to deal with 300-pound bengal tigers. >> reporter: danielle white and her two children live next door. for them it was a terrifying night. >> the gunfire was very close to the house. i almost felt at one point that it may have been right in the backyard. >> that is a bear. >> reporter: today, schools were closed as a precaution amid new questions about the animal's owner. neighbors and other area residents called thompson eccentric. last month he was released after more than a year in federal prison on gun charges. six of his animals, including three leopards, have been safely taken to the columbus zoo. scores of others had to be killed to protect the community. >> tragedy for the animal world is what it is. it could have been a bigger tragedy for the human world. that's what we tried to avoid here. >> reporter: tonight most of the exotic animals have bee

this ruling sound means the sea lion has laid claim to the area. what are the things i have been working with such animals for more than twenty years but i'm still and they said their behavior sea lions on shore behave very differently at sea. but the notion of up with when they're on the beach they're agile like birds but at sea they get very inquisitive they approach tigers in stick with them for some time but they frighten such an especially if they're wearing shiny objects by sea lions attack humans oh no that has never happened with . the scientists of label two hundred c. laws. and pups each of the animals now has difficulty recording their weight and individual characteristics. after a day or two it will be as humans were never here to sea lions will return to their daily routine lying around on the beach going to sea in search of food and they're seeing their pups. after the departure of their colleagues the following morning the or mythologists of them i get a nature reserve resume. in the daytime these calling me to kill island so loud th

and a lion is a lion. >> reporter: the problem is that's getting exotic pets is all too easy. >> how much they going for? >> reporter: they are sold at animal auctions like this one caught on hidden camera in alabama. and also in the classifieds of animal magazines. $8,000 for a baby tiger, $30,000 for a snow tiger. 28 states ban ownership of the most dangerous exotic pets-- lion, tigers, bears-- 15 others require a license to own them. the humane society says missouri, nevada, north carolina, ohio, and oklahoma are the most lenient when it comes to allowing dangerous wildlife as pets. in some places there are more laws about having cats and dogs than there are mountain lions. martine colette says an animal psychology is often damaged by having been someone's pet and then abandoned. what happens to these animals? >> unless we find a good quality zoo or park for them to go to, they remain here for the rest of their lives. >> reporter: in 35 years, she has cared for 76,000 rescued animals. >> pelley: the financial crisis in greece has had a ripple effect on markets all around the world

as more than 50 lions, bengal tigers and bears roamed the streets. residents locking their homes, children kept behind closed doors. the animals were unleashed on the town by a suicidal man that kept them in his backyard. and abc's david kerley spent the day following this inconceivable story and the animal scouts who had to track wild prey in zanesville, ohio. >> reporter: this sign perfectly captured the fear that gripped this small ohio town today -- exotic animals, wild animals on the loose. what may be the biggest release of dangerous carnivores in u.s. history. the frantic 911 calls. >> 911. >> yeah, there is a lion on mt. perry road and gratiot. >> i am pretty sure i just saw a wolf. >> i think i just seen one. looks like a jaguar or wolf or something. >> reporter: deputies with shoot to kill orders used their pistols to take down lions, tigers, bears and wolves before the sun went down. and with daylight -- >> it is still, still, not a completely secured area. >> reporter: there were still

if you do see a mountain lion, call 911. >>> mountain lions are native to california and the bay area and are becoming more visible as humans continue to encroach on their habitat. according to the department of fish and game, between 1,000 to 1,600 mountain lions live in the area. if you encounter a mountain lion don't run or crouch. try to appear larger and back away slowly. >>> federal investigators are at the scene of a train collision that injured 17 people. it's a story we first brought you just minutes afterit happened minutes after it happened on the 10:00 news. one passenger was stopped and unloading passengers when another train ran into it. our ken pritchett is live with what may have caused the accident. >> reporter: railroad experts i talked to say that at this stage this early on that may, may be too simple of an explanation. the trains hit nose to nose. but for the passengers on board. >> everybody got an awful joke. >> reporter: amtrak says 125 passengers were on board the train that was stopped at the station. the moving train had 14 people on board. >> one of the amt

how a sea lion survived crossing busy 101. good evening. it didn't end peacefully, but after more than a month of living in fear, tonight relief in a northern california town, now that a massive man hunt is finally over. the sheriff says aaron was shot and killed outside fort bragg today. he was walking down a logging road when authorities spotted him and opened fire around noon. the sheriff says he raised his high powered rifle, but did not fire. he was hit seven times in the torso and died nearly instantly. local and federal authorities had been combing for more than a month. after he reportedly shot and killed a fort bragg councilman. he is also suspected of killing a county land trust official. two days ago, alameda county sheriff deputies got into a shootout, but he got away. officers found him today with the help of a blood hound that found his tracks after he reportedly burglarized a truck store yesterday. >>> and a home invasion turned deadly tonight in contra costa county and it's the suspect who has been killed. a man forced his w

the a lion that is missing. >> how far off of 40?half a mile. it was going west. >> it's going west. >> it was heading west in a hurry. >> all right. we'll get somebody out in that area. if you see it again, don't approach it, okay? >> i'm far from there. i was driving. >> reporter: and obviously, anderson, that lion had to be taken down a short time later. the big question now for investigator, why terry thompson, a man by all accounts loved these animals, why he set them free and opened the cages and then took his own life. >> a short time later i spoke with sheriff lutz. >> mr. lutz, what's the status of the animals? >> right now we believe we have one animal unaccounted for. that animal could be missing or could have perished in one of these incidents with the lion eating it. >> that's the monkey? >> yes, the monkey. >> so there was a wolf earlier on the loose. was that wolf put down? >> yes. it was actually shot last night. with everything going on here -- it had crossed a road from the property that it came from. deputy mary wa

matt stafford puts the lions on top. lions take a four-point lead there.h time ticking down, 49ers mount a drive. alex smith to walker for the touchdown with under 2:00 left. 49ers beat the lions 25-19, butt story of this game came from the handshake. watch this. san francisco coach jim harbaugh excited. finds jim schwartz of the lions. handshake and a big slap on the back. schwartz did not like that, the lions' head coach. chasing harbaugh down the field, giving him an earful and trying to mix it up. they had to be separated by coaches and players. look at him trying to chase him all the way in the locker room. after the game, both coaches spoke about the incident. >> went to congratulate coach harbaugh and got shoved out of the way. then didn't expect an obscenity at that point. it was a surprise to me at the end of the game. >> who shoved you, and who shouted the obscenity? >> i'll just leave it right there. >> that's totally not me. i shook his hand too hard. i really went in. it was a strong, you know, kind of a slap-grab handshake. kind of like same

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>> yeah, there is a lion on mount perry road in gratiot. >> there were leopards, lions, and tigers, mountain lions, wolves, as well as black bears and grizzly bears. >> shepard: and officers grabbed their guns. >> it may be hard for some people to understand, human life is at the forefront here. >> shepard: tonight, schools cancelled, families forced to stay indoors and man vs. beast in the ohio farmland. a new search at the home of the missouri mom who got drunk and lost her baby. but this time investigators came with a warrant. tonight, what police and the fbi are saying about this search. plus, practice is ending and it's just about time for the big game. tonight, getting ready for the first pitch of the world series right here in st. louis. and good evening from busch stadium just about one hour away now from game one. the home team cardinals taking on the rangers from texas on what's been a dreary and drizzly and cold and windy day in st. louis and the weather is not going to get any better. the forecasters calling for temperatures in the upper 40s. dropping into the 30's during the gam

four feet away from me was this mountain lion.on: you describe him as kind of a teenage mountain lion? >> yes. a little bit later on after he and zeus had their tetatet there, i was able to go to different location and realize there was another mountain lion that was much bigger actually than the one that you see in the pictures. and, the assumption is that was the mother of this adolescent mountain lion. jon: mom is taking her teenager out for a stroll. you hadn't seen, as i understand it, you hadn't seen mountain lions around your property, you're in the foothills around boulder they are there but you hadn't seen one before, right? >> that's right. i unfortunately had neighbors dogs eaten by mountain lions i know they're one but i haven't seen one. jon: what kind of sound was sues making this whole time? >> each of them was quiet. jon: really? >> the mountain lion in some of the pictures was hissing. but zeus doesn't say anything. jon: the reality you have a mountain lion sculpture in your yard and the teenager took a liking to

there's a sea lion on the freeway. >> drivers taking a double take. good everyoning. i'm annette. the biggest man hunt in recent history in northern california is over. the county sheriff says aaron was shot and killed outside fort bragg today. he was walking down a logging road when authorities spotted him and opened fire around noon. the sheriff says he raised his high powered rifle, but did not fire. he was hit seven times in the torso and died nearly instantly. local and federal authorities had been combing the forest for more than a month after he reportly shot and killed a fort bragg councilman. he is suspected of killing a county land trust officer. just two days ago, alameda county sheriff deputies got in a shootout. officers found him today with the help of a blood hound dog after he reportedly burglarized a store. we'll have more tonight at 11:00. >>> he allegedly shot the councilman in august as he investigated an illegal marijuana growing operation. tonight, asked about the problem plaguing northern california neighborhoods. >> medical marijuana groves are turning up i

, yes, the detroit lions, are undefeated. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> all the beautiful weather we've had in the great lakes and northeast is coming to an end. rain is on its way. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." detroit tigers in american league championship series. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. history made in the alcs and it took 11 innings to happen. game two, rangers/tigers. rangers down a run with nelson cruz crushed one. no doubt about that. solo shot tied the game 3-3. stayed that way until the 11th. sacks full and cruz again. this time a walkoff grand slam. first in postseason history. rangers are on cruise control leading 2-0. >>> milwaukee where pujols put on a show. the plot thickened in the third. pujols drove one to deep center. morgan was there to make the grab but couldn't come up with it. cards up 5-0. how about the finale, another double, another run. take a bow, albert. four hits, five rbi

. >>> a lockdown after a mountain lion was spotted near campus and one in a parking lot a my away. now, one person even got a picture of it. >> reporter: there were a few tension moments as fish and game wardens converged on this wooded area behind the parking lot here. a man reported seeing a mountain lion after 1:00 in a field next to the buffalo wild wings restaurant on monte vista avenue. they did not find evidence of a mountain lion in the area and say they don't know if the sighting was of the same mountain lion reportedly seen near an elementary school a mile away. >> our initial plan was to be nearby the school in the event someone getting out of school was confronted or saw a mountain lion. and the next thing we know it is a mile away. >> reporter: this photo was taken by a resident on a cell phone who said he saw the mountain lion resting near the school. after the photo was turned over to the police they asked them to lockdown the school and keep the children inside. after searching for hours the authorities determined that the areas near the restaurant and the school we

that's normal sea lion pup growling and roaring.s they mature their voice deepens and they don't make that growling noise. that is a typical sound you would hear from a sea lion pup. >> this is a good bro prank. brian simon decided to get one of his buddies in the office. it's a classic prank that doesn't seem to be executed any better than this. >> a little prank here a while back to one of the guys i worked with involving tape. >> in the bathroom again and i have three cameras set up. we'll try to trick him this time. hopefully he will be expecting the one on the door. we have an extra chain of events here. >> brian's got tape set up on the bathroom door for when his buddy comes out of the bathroom. but, that's not the end of it. >> the best part. >> not going to get you yet. not going to get me again. brian! >> i love how he was so cocky coming out of the bathroom. oh. >> not going to get me again. >> that's great. >> best part is the slo-mo of his nose. >> i love those pranks. and he knew it was coming. he totally planned that o

, yes, the detroit lions, are undefeated. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> all the beautiful weather we've had in the great lakes and northeast is coming to an end. rain is on its way. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." [ female announcer ] at verizonfios.com, you can choose your channel package. ♪ you can choose your own internet speeds. ♪ you can even choose to chat with a live person. ♪ and you're always guaranteed the lowest prices online. so don't wait... try, compare and buy at verizonfios.com today. because there's never been a better time to build the perfect fios bundle. >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports last night the texas rangers relied on a one-man wrecking crew against the detroit tigers in american league championship series. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. history made in the alcs and it took 11 innings to happen. game two, rangers/tigers. rangers down a run