The entire nation seemed captivated by the suspected theft of two emperor tamarin monkeys from the Dallas Zoo -- but no one was more worried than zoo staff members, who were already on edge after a string of other disturbing incidents there.
But no one was more worried about Bella and Finn than zoo staff members, who were already on edge after a string of other disturbing incidents there. There was the suspicious death of a vulture, enclosures were cut open, and a clouded leopard went missing after enclosures were tampered with. Things also went missing from the otter enclosure. “We care about these animals deeply, and so their safety is our number one priority,” said Lisa Van Slett, the zoo’s mammal curator.
The SWAT team used its high-tech drones to search for the leopard, but it was a very low-tech squirrel who spotted Nova just some 30 yards away from the cat’s habitat. One of the curators said, “Why is that squirrel so pissed off?” Edell recalled. The squirrel had spotted the leopard, curled up in a cabinet in an unused habitat, peering out, and the alarmed squirrel was “barking” a danger alert, he said. Then, a lappet-faced vulture named Pin was found dead.
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