COLUMBUS: Six exotic animals that survived a big-game hunt by sheriff’s deputies with orders to shoot to kill will be kept under quarantine at a zoo for now instead of going to their owner’s widow, the Ohio Department of Agriculture ordered Thursday.The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium was trying to stop Marian Thompson from reclaiming three leopards, two primates and a young grizzly bear that have been kept at the zoo since last week, when owner Terry Thompson set them and other wild animals, including tigers and lions, free in a rural area near Zanesville before committing suicide. The other animals were killed by each other or by deputies armed with high-powered rifles.The zoo said it had Marian Thompson’s permission to care for the six surviving animals but has no legal rights to them. A veterinary medical officer for the Department of Agriculture looked at the animals and determined they needed to remain quarantined, as allowed by Ohio law, which provides for the agriculture director to quarantine animals while investigating reports of potentially dangerous diseases.The announcement came after Gov. John Kasich learned the widow planned to retrieve the animals and asked the agency to ensure they didn’t pose a health threat.Kasich last week signed a temporary order to use existing laws to crack down on such animals before new laws are proposed.The Department of Agriculture said it was concerned about reports that the animals had lived in unsanitary conditions where they could be exposed to disease. The order prevents the zoo from releasing them until it’s clear they’re free of dangerous diseases.