Dallas Zoo closes to search for missing clouded leopard.

[cuffem]

12 Squirrel Monkeys stolen from Louisiana Zoo

Several squirrel monkeys stolen from Louisiana zoo: police

All other animals appear to have been undisturbed, zoo officials said Monday.

myfox8.com

Maybe there is some kind of organized animal theft ring going on.

 

[Eli9]

Dallas police said they believe someone cut an opening in an enclosure and took two emperor tamarin monkeys, small primates with long whiskers that look like a mustache.

“It was clear the habitat had been intentionally compromised,” the zoo said in a statement that offered few other details.
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The zoo has said that it has added additional cameras and increased overnight security patrols.
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Animals have escaped enclosures from the Dallas Zoo before. Most notably, a 340-pound (154-kilogram) gorilla named Jabari jumped over a wall in 2004 and went on a 40-minute rampage that injured three people before police shot and killed the animal.

Mystery at Dallas Zoo: 2 monkeys taken from zoo after leopard escape, dead vulture

DALLAS (AP) — Two monkeys were taken from the Dallas Zoo on Monday, police said, the latest in a string of odd incidents at the attraction being investigated —

news4sanantonio.com

 

[ohemgee.kay925]

I hate this for these poor animals and the people who love and care for them!

 

[sds71]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1620570508495409152

 

[airportwoman]

This is almost certainly an inside job. Bet the culprit(s) will be former or current employees.

 

[acutename]

This is almost certainly an inside job. Bet the culprit(s) will be former or current employees.

this is just weird. most monkeys can be aggressive- not sure about these, but why steal them? Very curious about the culprit(s) and what the motives are.

 

[cuffem]

Well it could not have been a sophisticated crime ring if they were found in a closet in an abandoned home.
Now I think this one is done by some kid.

A real zoodunit: Monkeys found but mystery deepens in Dallas

Two monkeys taken from the Dallas Zoo were found Tuesday in an abandoned home after going missing the day before from their enclosure, which had been cut. Dallas police said they found the two emperor tamarin monkeys after getting a tip that they could be in an abandoned home in Lancaster...

www.yahoo.com

 

[cuffem]

HERE IS A PIC FROM SURVEILLANCE OF POSSIBLE POI AT DALLAS ZOO

Dallas police release photo of man who may have information about zoo's stolen monkeys

The Dallas Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying a man who may have information about the theft of two monkeys from the Dallas Zoo.

www.yahoo.com

Maybe he used Doritos to lure them out?

 

[cuffem]

Dallas police release photo of man who may have information about zoo's stolen monkeys

The Dallas Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying a man who may have information about the theft of two monkeys from the Dallas Zoo.

www.yahoo.com

 

[cuffem]

Hey I figured out how to post a pic!!

 

[ohemgee.kay925]

HERE IS A PIC FROM SURVEILLANCE OF POSSIBLE POI AT DALLAS ZOO

Dallas police release photo of man who may have information about zoo's stolen monkeys

The Dallas Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying a man who may have information about the theft of two monkeys from the Dallas Zoo.

www.yahoo.com

Maybe he used Doritos to lure them out?

I would be so easily lured with Dorito's if I were a zoo animal so I wouldn't put it past 'em!

 

[airportwoman]

I'm glad those mustachioed monkeys were found alive.

 

[cuffem]

This might be a case of mental illness. A church owner of the property where the 2 monkeys were found in a closet and they are the ones to alert LE. It seems they suspected this location because they have found numerous animals locked inside in the past. CHICKENS, PIGEONS, AND OTHER BIRDS AND CATS WERE FOUND AT THIS HOME.

The man in the pic had been to the church and seemed off and it is thought he was living in the boarded up home with various animals. Family saw his pic and called LE. There has been no arrest.

Dallas Zoo monkeys found unharmed but a little lighter in Lancaster home owned by church

The monkeys were recovered by police Tuesday night in a house in Lancaster where church officials reported finding other animals including chickens and other birds.

www.yahoo.com

There is video in the link of the monkeys in the home when found.

 

[BeckyF]

this is just weird. most monkeys can be aggressive- not sure about these, but why steal them? Very curious about the culprit(s) and what the motives are.

I was thinking the same about aggressive monkeys. I would have been afraid of handling them. Whoever took them was taking a risk. Poor monkeys might not have survived.

 

[sds71]

Man arrested in connection to missing Dallas Zoo monkeys, sources say

WFAA recently reported the monkeys were found in an empty church in Lancaster.

www.wfaa.com

 

[Catmommy]

My apologies to the staff of the Dallas Zoo for suggesting a possible inside job. My kudos for the Dallas Zoo doing everything they did/do to ensure the welfare of the animals in their care.

 

[acutename]

My apologies to the staff of the Dallas Zoo for suggesting a possible inside job. My kudos for the Dallas Zoo doing everything they did/do to ensure the welfare of the animals in their care.

yes but one wonders if this guy was practically living in the zoo... hiding and staying overnight? from the the videos it looks as if there is a lot acreage. wonder how they clear the area at the end of the day.

 

[Eli9]

This is happening elsewhere as well.

Zoo officials in New York City are trying to recover a Eurasian eagle owl that escaped its enclosure on Thursday night.
The owl, who lives in the Central Park Zoo and is named Flaco, was discovered missing around 8:30 p.m. Its exhibit "had been vandalized and the stainless steel mesh cut," according to a statement from the zoo.

On Saturday, five days before Flaco's exhibit was tampered with, 12 squirrel monkeys were stolen from a Louisiana zoo. Two days after that, on Monday, two emperor tamarin monkeys went missing at the Dallas Zoo.

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/03/1154336196/own-central-park-zoo-escaped

 

[Eli9]

Irvin’s arrest followed a sighting of him at another home for exotic animals, The Dallas World Aquarium, where an employee recognized him from news coverage of the missing monkeys.

“We do believe that (Irvin) was looking to commit another crime,” Dallas police spokeswoman Kristin Lowman said at a Friday news conference.

Man arrested, but motive unknown in Dallas Zoo monkey theft

DALLAS (AP) — The arrest of a 24-year-old man accused of taking two monkeys from the Dallas Zoo has shed some light on a mysterious string of events there as po

news4sanantonio.com

 

[Edvis]

Sounds like we have a man with the Dr. Dolittle syndrome and maybe in his mind believes he is helping the animals?. As for how he was handling the animals is scary in itself. As mentioned Monkeys can get down right testy and as for cat's, about the same.