Do you remember the Ikea Monkey? That's just the tip of the iceberg. A lack of provincial laws around exotic animals in Ontario means that there's nothing preventing you or I from owning just about any kind of dangerous animal. To illustrate how this works today: The story of some lions who are in Ontario, were once a part of a roadside zoo and are now ... well, we don't know exactly where they are now. Really.

GUEST: Grant LaFleche, investigative team The Toronto Star (Read lions-ate-his-tiger-police-say-inside-the-troubled-journey-of-ontarios-tiger-king.html">Grant and reporter Sarah Crookall's investigation right here.)

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