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Police summoned to a home to serve a restraining order confiscated two baby alligators kept in fish tanks in the home’s basement.

Parents were charged with child abuse in connection with an attack by an 18-ft. python on their 3-year-old son. The child was bitten and squeezed to the point of unconsciousness. One of the parents stabbed the snake to free the child. The snake was subsequently euthanized due to the knife wounds.

A zoo worker was attacked and seriously injured by one of two jaguars. The worker had failed to secure the area. Both jaguars, Diego and Evita, were then quarantined for 30 days observation.

Zoo worker is attacked and seriously injured by one of two jaguars. Worker failed to secure area. Both jaguars, Diego and Evita, are now quarantined for 30 days observation.

Kimra, a 300-lb Bengal tiger, escaped from his enclosure but was humanely tranquilized and kept by authorities until his possessor improved the integrity of Kimra’s compound. The possessor is legally licensed to keep the tiger.

Charley, a 28-year-old chimpanzee, died at the Maryland Zoo. Keepers found Charley dead. It is believed he died overnight without showing any signs of illness. Charley is the third adult chimp to die at the zoo in the past two years.

Florida game officials attempted to capture a rhesus macaque monkey sighted in a tree near the intersection of two highways.

19-year-old Simba, an African male lion at the Buffalo Zoo, was euthanized due to continued deteriorating health conditions.

Four exotic hybrid wolves abandoned in Orange County after Hurricane Ike were placed in a special section of the Austin Zoo. They joined another female hybrid wolf already at the zoo.

A panicked “owner” called police after a 7-ft-long python escaped his enclosure in an apartment. Police recaptured the snake and turned it over to Animal Care and Control. The possessor was charged with unlawful possession of a wild animal.