August 3, 2003 Dayton, OH A firefighter was bitten on his left hand by his “pet” rhino viper snake and rushed to the hospital where he died the next day. Reptiles
August 3, 2003 Wilkinsburg, PA A 4-ft-long alligator was recaptured in a residential yard after he had escaped. Reptiles
July 29, 2003 Otis, MA Six wolf-hybrids escaped from their home and were spotted roaming nearby neighborhoods. Two of the animals were recaptured. Other
July 29, 2003 Osage County, OK A motorist spotted an adult and two small monkeys along Oklahoma Route 123. Primates
July 27, 2003 Fort Wayne, IN A monkey bit the hand of a female employee of the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo. The woman was feeding two spectacled langures at the Indonesian Rainforest exhibit when she was bitten. Paramedics were called and the woman was treated at Parkview Hospital and released. Primates
July 23, 2003 Harrisburg, PA A 2- to 3-ft-long alligator was found swimming in the city’s Italian Lake and was subsequently captured. It was suspected that the alligator was someone’s “pet.” Reptiles
July 23, 2003 Manatee County, FL A 12-ft-long Burmese python escaped and was found the next day. Reptiles
July 22, 2003 Kingston, MA A 3-ft-long monitor lizard was found in a cranberry crop. The lizard, thought to be someone’s “pet,” was recaptured. Reptiles