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A fisherman caught an 11-ft-long Burmese python. It was suspected that the snake was an abandoned “”pet.””

A family was attacked by their neighbors’ “pet” monkey in their own front yard. The monkey escaped from his home and bit two children.

Kutosha, a 7-year-old chimpanzee at the Miami Metrozoo, died while en route to Busch Gardens in Tampa. The Metrozoo has been accused of not adopting lifelong care policy and was also involved in another controversy involving Edith, chimpanzee at Metrozoo, until her ownership changed and she ended up in deplorable conditions in Texas.

A kinkajou escaped and attacked an 82-year-old woman. The woman was sweeping her porch when the kinkajou jumped on her and wrapped his tail around her arm. The woman received 20 stitches as a result of being attacked and repeatedly bitten by the animal. The woman’s son captured the animal and as a result was bitten as well.

An 8-ft-long snake was found wrapped around a car engine. The snake was probably an abandoned “pet.”

A woman found alligator in her backyard. The alligator was an abandoned “pet.”

A python devoured a turkey then got stuck in a fence. The snake was an abandoned “pet.”

A serval cat escaped from his home.

A 12-ft-long python devoured an 18-lb Siamese cat. The snake was an abandoned “pet.”

Bill, a 59-year-old chimpanzee at the Sequoia Park Zoo, escaped when vandals broke into the zoo after closing and cut a hole in his cage. Bill’s primary keeper found him at a house 1-1/2 blocks away and walked him back to the zoo.