Unlike many of the reviewers, I felt nothing but anger and contempt for Terry, the jailer of these poor animals. Although he professed his "love" for his lions, he was barely able to take care of himself, much less these magnificent creatures. He preferred to confine them to a horse trailer rather than find a sanctuary which would give them a better life. Watching Lambert's agonizing and unnecessary death in his squalid cage will give me nightmares for many nights to come.
The true hero of this film is the officer who has no legal recourse to remove these animals and tries in every way to make their lives bearable. The true villains are the state legislatures which have refused to ban the sale and keeping of exotic pets. Even the footnote at the end of the film has its ironies. While Governor Strickland signed a law banning the sale and keeping of exotics in Ohio, his unworthy successor, John Kasich has taken much of the teeth from the law.
The true hero of this film is the officer who has no legal recourse to remove these animals and tries in every way to make their lives bearable. The true villains are the state legislatures which have refused to ban the sale and keeping of exotic pets. Even the footnote at the end of the film has its ironies. While Governor Strickland signed a law banning the sale and keeping of exotics in Ohio, his unworthy successor, John Kasich has taken much of the teeth from the law.