Police are scouring the Dallas Zoo's trees for an escaped clouded leopard, but the big cat just needs a big cardboard box.
An escaped clouded leopard caused the Dallas Zoo to shut down as police are helping the zoo staff look for the missing cat.A missing clouded leopard caused Texas' largest zoo to shut down Friday before the zoo said she was found on its grounds and safely secured. due to a “serious situation,” and that Dallas police were helping search for 4-year-old Nova — one of the zoo’s two clouded leopard sisters.
But Friday evening, the zoo confirmed on Twitter they were"thrilled to report" the clouded leopard was found on the zoo's grounds at approximately 4:40 p.m. Caretakers noticed the leopard was missing from her habitat and a tear in the mesh of the enclosure this morning, Harrison Edell, executive vice president of animal care and conservation, told the Associated Press. Nova's sister, Luna, was there and staff were under the assumption the animal escaped. The zoo said they didn't consider Nova to be a threat to humans andprobably somewhere hiding on the property because she's attached to her sister and territory.
We are thrilled to report we located clouded leopard Nova on-grounds at the Zoo this afternoon at approximated 4:40 p.m. She was located very near the original habitat, and teams were able to safely secure her just before 5:15 p.m.
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