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An 80-lb Burmese python, Lurch, escaped his cage and wrapped himself tightly around the leg of his possessor’s mother. Paramedics arrived and freed the woman.

A goral goat antelope discovered a hole in the fence of its exhibit at the Los Angeles Zoo and escaped before the zoo opened.

A “pet” piranha attacked and bit a small child on the finger. The child was rushed to the hospital and expected to be fine.

A man was attacked by his “pet” bear.

A “pet” tortoise was found roaming a neighborhood. The reptile was subsequently recaptured and returned to her home.

A 300-lb black bear escaped from its cage and was later recaptured.

A wild cat attacked a woman’s parked car. Police suspected that the wild cat escaped from a private home.

Wayne Newton’s “pet” wallaby escaped from her home and led police and Animal Control on a 2-mile chase before she was recaptured.

Rosey, an 18 year-old lion at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, was found dead in her cage by a night watchman. She had been attacked and killed by two other lions who entered her cage after a zoo worker left a gate open. The zoo worker was suspended for 5 days.

A 7-ft-long alligator at Gatorland bit a handler on the face during preparation for the park’s Gator Wrestling Show. The handler was in fair condition with a gash to the face. The handler had 4 years of experience handling large reptiles at the park.