Clouded leopard

Dallas Zoo remains closed Friday afternoon as the search for a small missing cat that escaped her enclosure continues ...

Zoo officials said at the time that the animal basically "got out of his bedroom, but was still in the house." [Tufani the gorilla escaped](https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/gorilla-briefly-gets-out-of-dallas-zoo-enclosure/2113686/) her locked living quarters and was spotted by a zoo employee preparing food behind a closed door. The Smithsonian said that in the wild a clouded leopard will eat gibbons, macaques, slow loris, small deer and wild boars. The zoo tranquilized Tufani and returned her to her living area within an hour. Both Nova and Luna, who are about 4 years old, were brought to the Dallas Zoo in 2021 after being raised at the Houston Zoo, - The Dallas Zoo discovered Nova, a clouded leopard, was not in her habitat Friday morning and issued a Code Blue -- an alert indicating a non-dangerous animal was not in its home. "The Zoo is closed today as our teams work to find and recover the animal." Male cats weigh up to 50 pounds while the females are smaller and weigh 25-35 pounds. "Clouded leopards are not a 'type' of leopard as their name implies. After Nova was located, zoo officials said the zoo would be open to visitors Saturday. "We are thrilled to report we located clouded leopard Nova on-grounds at the Zoo this afternoon at approximated 4:40 p.m. He added that the Dallas Police were assisting in the search, looking at treetops with drones equipped with infrared technology.

Zoo officials and Dallas police are searching for a clouded leopard that is missing from its exhibit at the Dallas Zoo.

Clouded leopards are categorized as “vulnerable” by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature due to habitat loss and poaching. The zoo was closed Friday as workers and police searched for the missing feline. [posted a video on its YouTube channel ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkP5A3F0sCw)of its two clouded leopard sisters, Nova and Luna. “The fence it escaped from was intentionally cut.” Nova was discovered missing after zoo workers discovered that a fence around her enclosure had been cut. “She was located very near the original habitat, and teams were able to safely secure her just before 5:15 p.m.”

A missing clouded leopard named Nova has shut down the Dallas Zoo, officials said Friday, as a search was on for the leopard.

Nova's sister, Luna, was there and staff were under the assumption the animal escaped. But Friday evening, the zoo confirmed on Twitter they were "thrilled to report" the clouded leopard was found on the zoo's grounds at approximately 4:40 p.m. A missing clouded leopard caused Texas' largest zoo to shut down Friday before the zoo said she was found on its grounds and safely secured.

The Zoo said it's a "non-dangerous" animal, and Dallas police are helping with the search.

The zoo issued a “Code Blue” and called the police to help find Nova, a 25-pound clouded leopard that escaped from its enclosure on Friday.

Frandsen said he likes to think of the name as a nod to their treetop dwellings. Officials said they found a tear in the mesh in the zoo’s two-story clouded leopard enclosure. “The females are a little bit nicer than the males,” Dr. At a news conference earlier on Friday, before the criminal investigation was announced, Mr. “So we know that at 1 a.m., we have staff who believe that both cats were accounted for in the same spot, but the specifics of the timeline are something that we’re still working through right now.”. It’s not like a little cat.” Nova, who weighs 25 pounds, was found on the zoo grounds at 4:40 p.m. Officials said she had been missing after an intentional tear was made in the mesh of her enclosure. She did not appear to be injured, [the zoo said](https://twitter.com/DallasZoo/status/1614043396519391233?s=20&t=Yzf9cdgOR2ApMTn3lRufJg). Investigating further, they found Luna, a 3- or 4-year-old clouded leopard, safely in her habitat. Warren Mitchell of the Dallas police said at a news conference on Friday afternoon that crime scene investigators had determined that the tear in the mesh had been made intentionally. The Dallas Zoo said on Friday afternoon that a clouded leopard that had been missing all day had been recovered after officials said they found a “suspicious” tear in the animal’s enclosure.

Dallas Zoo said it issued a “code blue,” for a non-dangerous animal outside of its habitat. Clouded leopards are found in southeast Asia and China and males ...

In the wild they eat monkeys, small deer and wild boars. The zoo said Dallas police are on the scene as they continue to search for the big cat. “One of our clouded leopards was not in its habitat when the team arrived this morning and is unaccounted for at this time,” the zoo said in a statement on Twitter.

The opening isn't believed to be because of habitat failure. The fence was intentionally cut, Warren Mitchell with the Dallas Police Department said. “It is our ...

As police deployed infrared drones and launched a criminal investigation, Twitter users shared their own search tactics, like shaking a bag of treats really ...

“Has anyone tried pspspsps,” another [asked](https://twitter.com/too_much_salsa/status/1613975162856308737?s=20&t=5WadPhGU5jvKmukp8GyDtA). Nova was bred in Dallas and then born in the Houston Zoo alongside her sister, according to [CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/clouded-leopard-found-dallas-zoo/). [dispatched](https://twitter.com/DFWscanner/status/1613944235031498776?s=20&t=5WadPhGU5jvKmukp8GyDtA) to the zoo under the impression that the release of the animal was an “intentional act,” Sgt. [said](https://twitter.com/IsaacMRosenthal/status/1614034444121432064?s=20&t=5WadPhGU5jvKmukp8GyDtA). Clouded leopards are “the smallest of the big cats” and originate in Southeast Asia. Warren Mitchell of the Dallas police [said](https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/clouded-leopard-found-dallas-zoo/) in a press conference on Friday.

Nova, the clouded leopard found on Dallas Zoo grounds after an hourslong search that spurred a criminal investigation, was reunited with her sister Saturday ...

However, Edell said Nova was “pretty nervous” when she was found, so the zoo’s veterinary staff had to sedate her. It’s quite the adventure.” “She had a long day. “Physically, she looks great.” [Nova is the latest Dallas Zoo animal to get out. The 4-year-old cat was reported missing Friday morning from an enclosure authorities believe was intentionally cut open.

The Dallas Zoo and Dallas police are still trying to figure out who cut a tear in the mesh around the clouded leopard enclosure, leading to Friday's search ...

"Everything about their body is built for them to be in trees," Smallwood said. "We have cameras throughout the zoo in various locations." "Physically, she looks great," Edell said. "I know you might have seen a few memes or a few people saying, ‘I saw that cat in my backyard,’" he said. "Not many people, before yesterday, even knew what a clouded leopard was," Dallas Zoo conservation interpreter David Smallwood said. We asked DPD for their opinion and they agreed with that," he explained.

The search for Nova, a clouded leopard that went missing from its habitat at the Dallas Zoo, ended on Jan. 13 when the animal was found and secured.

The leopard was not found in its habitat that morning, sending the zoo into a Code Blue, a status for escaped "non-dangerous" animals. Many across the Internet became invested in the story after the Dallas Zoo announced the news with a The Dallas Zoo wrote in a tweet on Jan.

Police said Saturday a cut similar to the one in the leopard's enclosure fence was found at the habitat for a breed of monkey. It's unclear if the two ...

An injured child was treated at the scene and released. Both cubs were being trained to obey handlers' commands to return, the Houston Zoo said in 2020. Nova was born in November 2019, alongside Luna, at the Houston Zoo. On Saturday, police said a cutting tool was used to create an opening in the fencing of the leopard’s habitat. Edell said clouded leopards weigh between 20 and 25 pounds and pose no danger to people. His mother, Keisha Herd, 26, was hospitalized with minor injuries. Jessica Reyes, spokesperson for the Houston Zoo, said Nova and Luna were sent to the Dallas Zoo in July 2021 based on Association of Zoos & Aquariums recommendations to ensure genetically diverse populations of animals at zoos and aquariums. Nova was evaluated by vet and animal care teams and returned to her habitat, where she perched on a high branch Saturday, according to the zoo. Dallas police launched a criminal investigation Friday after it was determined the fence in Nova’s enclosure was intentionally cut, police and the zoo said. Nova likely hid in a treetop after escaping, said Harrison Edell, executive vice president of animal care and conservation at the Dallas Zoo. The zoo shut down for the day Friday as it dealt with the clouded leopard's escape, which it described as “a serious incident.” Officials had said the animal was not dangerous. A similar cut was also found at the habitat for a breed of monkey called a langur, police said.