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Article: Ownership, auction of exotic animals common in United States.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- July 31, 2002
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AKRON, Ohio _ A tiger paces at the L&L Exotic Animal Farm, which is under scrutiny of the Summit County Health Department.
Look behind Lorenza Pearson's tumbledown home in Copley Township, Ohio, and you'll see what may seem like an unusual site _ 60 caged lions, tigers and other exotic animals.
But this kind of menagerie is more common than you might think.
While state and federal officials are scrutinizing Pearson's L&L Exotic Animal Farm for unsanitary and unsafe conditions, he is not alone in owning exotic animals _ animals not native to this country.
No one knows how many exotic animals are in the United States. Private ownership of ...