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The owner of an Iowa zoo is expected to recover from injuries suffered during a tiger attack. The owner was attacked while feeding an adult tiger.

A potentially dangerous, large, flightless bird native to Australia called a cassowary, escaped from the Denver Zoo. It was later located and returned to the zoo.

A 10-foot python was discovered in a chicken coop with dead and injured chickens. After the resident called county officials and was told that they did not have anyone to come get it, her son shot and killed the snake.

Snakes kept as pets escaped and were reported to the county Humane Society. By the time officers arrived, they were back in their cages. However, the man was cited for not having correct registration and had his anaconda taken away as it is illigal to own in the county. He was allowed to keep his Burmese python and red tail boa.

Animal control officers seized an 8-foot anaconda from a resident after it and two other snakes, a 10-foot Columbian red tail boa constrictor and a 6-foot Burmese python, escaped from the garage of the man’s home. All three snakes had been rounded up by their owner by the time police and animal control officers arrived. All three snakes were initially confiscated, but the boa constrictor and python were later returned as they were deemed less threatening.

A ball python believed to be a former pet was found in a resident’s yard. It was taken to the Cape Fear Serpentarium.

A homeowner called authorities and reported that a large lizard was lounging on a widowsill at her home. Animal control caught the 4-foot Nile monitor lizard, believed to be a former pet, and will hold him for 7 days, at which point he will be turned over to the IL Dept of Natural Resources if the owner does not claim him.

A man found his 5-foot long red-tailed Columbian boa contrictor missing when he returned to his car after visiting a store for 5 minutes. It was known whether the snake escaped or was stolen.

A six-foot boa constrictor was found dead on the side of the road. The snake is believed to be a former pet. It is unclear how the snake died.

A man was arrested by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for illegally trying to sell a 1-year old marmoset being kept in a small bird cage.