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A marmoset on the loose was captured by Animal Control.

A Bengal tiger escaped from his enclosure due to an electrical outage, and mauled a landscape worker at the Zoo Dynamics exotic animal facility. The man’s wounds required more than 2,000 stitches. Marcus Cook, owner of Zoo Dynamics, had previously been charged with multiple animal care and handling violations by the USDA, as well as being charged in a civil suit for alleged violations under his facility’s previous name, ZooCats, Inc. Animals from Zoo Dynamics were also involved in previous injury incidents. See 02/12/05.

A crocodile monitor escaped his cage and roamed the streets.

An alligator was spotted on the loose in a neighborhood.

Gita, a 48-year-old Asian elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo, died in her enclosure. Activists protested her death outside the zoo, citing unnatural conditions at the zoo being responsible for her death.

A 29-year-old Asian elephant Romani at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo gave birth to a stillborn calf. This would have been Romani’s fourth birthing.

A 5-ft-long caiman is found in a backyard playground.

A 4-ft-long South American caiman that escaped from Witty Kitties animal shelter was fatally shot by a resident.

A 6-ft-long kangaroo named Buddy escaped from the Carroll County Petting Zoo when winds blew his cage door open. He was spotted by a motorist about a mile away in a cow pasture and was caught using a net.

A wallaby was captured by Animal Control after being spotted by construction workers.