Less than a week after 24-year-old Davion Irvin was arrested following a series of crimes at the Dallas Zoo, the Houston Zoo said they discovered a cut in one...
, the Houston Zoo said they discovered a cut in one of their enclosures.
On Monday, the Houston Zoo said keepers found a four-inch gap in the mesh surrounding their brown pelican habitat, which appeared “to be a result of vandalism.” “[The keepers] immediately determined that the animals in the exhibit were secure and unharmed, and then alerted the Zoo’s security team,” the zoo said in a statement. “Out of an abundance of caution, all other animal areas were closely examined, and nothing similar was found.”“The Houston Zoo is prepared to prosecute to the fullest extent allowed by law anyone who compromises the animals in our care,” the statement said.
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