but marian thompson had law on her side. so, ohio officials released the animals, which thompson says she has a deep emotional bond with. admitting to zoo officials, that even one of the man kiss often slept with her. the reason that marian had the law on her side is that ohio has no law against having these animals. now, the state was talking about passing legislation that would require inspections but it's not passed. now, it's up to local officials to make sure the animals are treated well. the humane society was out there three times before the animals arrived and everything was fine. but now, the animals are on the farm. >> a lot of people find this story frustrating. david kerley, thank you for your coverage. >>> many us of plan for all sorts of disasters, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods. here is a calamity few of us could anticipate. a giant sinkhole threatening to swallow up a house. this is happen right now to families in florida. and this mounting, there's mounting anxiety about how big this hole is going to get. here

marian thompson is getting two leopards, two primates and a bear from the columbus zoo. the animals were taken to the zoo after her husband set them free and killed himself. mrs. thompson plans to take the survivors back to her farm. >>> and the skies will be a bit brighter this weekend. stargazers can feast their eyes on the biggest full moon of the year. it's called a supermoon. that's when the moon makes its closest approach to earth. appearing 14% and 13% bigger and brighter. the supermoon is said to occur tomorrow night at 11:35 eastern time. >> take it easy with the cinco de mayo parties to enjoy that view. >>> time for a look at weather across the country on your friday morning. rain and mountain snow in the pacific northwest and in the northern rockies, as well. some dangerous winds, golf ball-sized hail and possible tornadoes threaten sioux falls, omaha, chicago, cincinnati and nashville. severe weather in the northeast. thunderstorms around atlanta, birmingham and biloxi. >> 80s in new orleans and atlanta. 58 in boston. 70s in detroit, chicago and the twin citi

>> reporter: well, according to the law marian thompson can bring that's animals wherever she wants,them back to the farm here, she can take them to another location. it seems as if in terms of everything we've been told in terms of what we've been told from officials, the animals are headed back to the thompson farm. they're still about 20 miles away. you can see the thompson farm behind me. this is where some of the animals were kept before. waiting to hear from marian thompson in terms of whether or not the five animals that have been released back into her care, if the animals will be kept in some of the cages you see now. understandably, there are a number of people who live in this rural community who are very concerned about these animals returning. one, in fact, who spoke to us, sam copcheck, remembers the day those animals were released in october. he saw a tiger go by, a lion go by. he had to hide in his barn. he doesn't want to see something like that happen again. take a listen. >> i felt she deserves to have the animals back, but hopefully she would put them in a facilit

marian thompson picked up the animals. they were the anl to survived after the incident.pted now to pass a law that would ban new owners of exotic animals. >>> you drive past them every day, but have you ever taken a second look at the large highway signs andal po atall poles lini interstates? >> reporter: virginia crews working overtime we pairing highway signs. after this sign came crashing down on interstate 66. >> i was surprised that the sign structure on i-66 had fallen. we are inspecting them frequently. >> reporter: nick roper is in charge for our area. >> we've been canvassing since the failure. >> reporter: they. still don't know why it fell, but they're focused on the anchor bolts. vdot shows an estimated 8% of northern virginia's overhead signs are in poor condition. records show these high mast light poles have the most problems. inspectors look for very specific things. for instance, on this high mast pole they have a problem with the fact there's no cover, you can get to the electronics, and the system holding up the lights. but below they focus on anchor b

the survivors will be returned to thompson's widow, marian, and will allegedly go back to these cages, which reportedly haven't been repaired for improved. upon hearing the news, jack hanna immediately took to twitter. it breaks my heart to think these animals could be returned to the horrid conditions in which we found them. what i saw in zanesville last october changed my life forever. hanna tried to wrangle the animals that night. and shortly after, spoke with "good morning america." >> i know you said you're going to be haunted by this. >> i see the pictures, it's something hard to believe. >> reporter: the local humane society said, if they're past three visits, they found no violations. and thompson's lawyer says she's ready to have her animals back. but her neighbors don't feel the same. >> we don't want the animals coming back here after the experience we had. >> reporter: once the animals are returned, there's no ohio law requiring state officials to check up on the animals or to mandate improved living conditions. robin? >> no doubt the neighbors are concerned. thank you. >>

remaining animals currently under the care of the columbus zoo will be returning to that farm and thompson's widow marianrector emeritus jack hanna took to twitter. "it breaks my heart to think that these animals could be returned to the horrid conditions in which we found them. what i saw in zanesville last october changed my life forever." hanna tried to help wrangle the animals that night and shortly afterward spoke with "good morning america." >> i know you said you are going to be haunted by this. >> when i see these pictures it's hard to believe. >> reporter: the animals in question could be sent back into these cages which reportedly haven't been repaired or improved since that october 18th catastrophe. >> the state has no authority to dictate any improvements be made to the property. >> reporter: the local humane society says in their past three visits, they found no violations and thompson's lawyer says she is ready to hm >> we really don't want the animals coming back here after the experience we had. >> reporter: paula faris, abc news, new york. >> i wouldn't want the animals coming back eithe