see below
yup, the guy that owned the place set the animals free then committed suicide.
the authorities tried to tranq a bengal, it charged and they had to put it down. they didn't have the resources to round up all the animals, so they shot them.
lions and bears, big deal.
but there are less than 2000 bengal tigers left in the world, and they killed 17 of them.
pardon my french but it's a goddam disaster.