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Four “pet” Alaskan wolves escaped from their enclosure and attacked a neighbor woman. The wolves tore her clothes, but she escaped injury.

A 4-year-old boy was mauled to death by a wolf-hybrid. The wolf-hybrid bit the boy several times and severed his jugular vein.

A chimp owned by a private farm near Festus went on a rampage and was shot by a teenage boy trying to defend his friends. The chimp’s son, Travis, would also go on a rampage and critically injure and permanently disfigure a woman, Charla Nash, on 2/17/2009 in Conneticut.

Three chimpanzees wandered out from behind an unlocked fence at ChimParty, a facility that rented primates for parties and commercials. One chimp was shot by a neighbor who felt threatened by the animals; the chimpwas later euthanized.

A kookaburra (bird) flew out of its cage at the Los Angeles Zoo before being captured the next day.

A man was mauled by his “pet” bear while fixing the corn crib used to cage the bear.

A poisonous cobra bit a snake charmer in front of a crowd of about 500 people during a performance of the Royal Palace Circus. The man was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment.

Jagger, a Bengal tiger working with Wildlife Safari, killed his trainer and injured his “owner” while being prepared for an advertising photography shoot.

A teacher filed a formal complaint against the Shrine Circus for the alleged abuse of one of the circus’ elephants. According to the teacher and her 8-year old child, an elephant was removed from the ring for failing to perform up to expectations and then chained by one leg and beaten with a bullhook until the animal began to scream.

A zebra bit the arm of a 3-year-old boy who tried to feed bread through a car window to some llamas at the Olympic Game Farm. The boy was pulled from vehicle and dragged until rescued by a relative. Stitches were required to close the wound on his arm.