January 21, 2011 Kansas City, MO Police officers performing routine license checks at a McDonald’ parking lot found a metre-long alligator in the back of one of the cars. The reptile belonged to a man wanted for drug possession and driving on suspended license. The alligator was transported to Monkey Island Sanctuary in MO. Reptiles
January 14, 2011 Knoxville, TN An 8,000 lb elephant named Edie at the Knoxville, Tennessee Zoo backed a trainer into a wall and crushed her to death. Elephants
January 13, 2011 San Simeon, CA Three zebras from Hearst Ranch escape and wander onto nearby property and are all killed by two ranchers purporting to be protecting their horses and cows from the zebras. The two ranchers then immediately called a taxidermist to have the 3 zebras skinned and their hide tanned to make rugs out of them. Other
January 10, 2011 Grain Valley, MO A pet ferret bit off 7 fingers from a 4 month-old infant boy. The family’s ferret had gotten into where the baby was sleeping and began to take off the baby’s fingers. The infant’s father killed the ferret. Police are looking into the incident. Other
January 5, 2011 Clovis, NM A giraffe named Jay slipped on ice and injured his head, resulting in him being euthanized. Other
January 4, 2010 Ipswich, MA A female wolf jumped the fence at Ipswich’s Wolf Hollow Refuge by climbing up a snowdrift piled up against the wolf pen fence. The wolf returned on it’s own later that day. Other
December 21, 2010 Miami-Dade County, FL A black and white capuchin was apprehended and is now in custody of the FL Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission when it jumped on a man’s shoulder and bit him on the ear. The victim was taken to a local hospital. Authorities are looking for the owner. Primates
December 20, 2010 Fayetteville, AR A man, Jason Wiles, was sent to the hospital after an being bit by his pet green mamba snake. Green mamba’s come from South Africa and is listed as one of the top ten most dangerous snakes. Their bites are considered lethal. The man possessed several other snakes on his property including cobras and pit vipers. All the snakes were confiscated and destroyed. Reptiles
December 17, 2010 Rogersville, TN Deputies with the HCSO Narcotics Unit found, and was assaulted by, aggressive primates while conducting a search for methamphetamine production. One of the primates attacked and ripped an officer’s jacket. The man was taken into custody for drug related charges but was not cited for the primates as they are legal in Tennessee. Primates
December 10, 2010 West Palm Beach, FL A camel being used for a Christmas performance at the First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach fell off the stage onto the audience. Other