No this isn't sports news.

The breaking news of the release of numerous exotic animals, including lions, a tiger and grizzly bears, the death of their bizarre ex-felon owner under suspicious conditions in Zanesville, Ohio last night begs the question of what may exist here.

As many as 48 wild animals, including cheetahs, grizzly bears, black bears, wolves, lions, a white Siberian tiger, camels and giraffes are on the loose across Zanesville, which has a population of about 25,000 residents. Police said that orangutans and chimps were found in Thompson's home, but they were still in their cages.
Are there such 'collectors' here in metro Detroit-Windsor? What are the regulations and what monitoring is in place for such activities? For instance, I know that the practice of having wild Russian boars on Michigan hunting farms has recently been outlawed for fear of their escape.