Dallas Zoo

2023 - 1 - 13

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Clouded leopard escapes at Dallas Zoo, believed to be hiding ... (CBS News)

The Dallas Police Department said it is helping zoo officials find the animal while the zoo remains closed as a search for the animal was launched. "We have an ...

"One of our clouded leopards was not in its habitat when the team arrived this morning and is unaccounted for at this time." [calling the incident](https://www.facebook.com/DallasZoo/posts/pfbid0XuL7jZRaX59xntB3nnnhJd7hZArbpJtTJut4BJ22t1WJCFVq9VT1uVS5s5UtK5s9l) a "serious situation." "While I wouldn't put it past her to hunt squirrels or birds given the opportunity, she is absolutely not a danger to humans at all," said Harrison Edell, Dallas Zoo's executive vice president for animal care and conservation, the station reported. Nova's habitat is located in an area not far from the Children's Zoo, CBS DFW reported. [tweet](https://twitter.com/DallasZoo/status/1614043396519391233). The leopard, named Nova, was sighted very near her habitat late Friday afternoon and the zoo team was able to secure her without incident by 5:15 p.m.

Dallas Zoo closes to search for missing clouded leopard (ABC News)

The Dallas Zoo has closed its doors Friday as it searches for a clouded leopard that appears to have escaped from its enclosure.

In the wild they eat monkeys, small deer and wild boars. "We're committed to bringing her home." "She does not pose a threat to humans," Edell said. "And so we have started a criminal investigation." local time, said the zoo, which was closed Friday due to the missing resident. Females only reach about 25 to 35 pounds.

Dallas Zoo Closes as Staff, Police Search for Escaped Clouded ... (NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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.

Dallas Zoo closes during search for missing clouded leopard (CNN)

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.”

Missing Leopard Shuts Down Dallas Zoo, Crews and Dallas PD ... (WBAP News/Talk)

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – The Dallas Zoo is closed temporarily after a clouded leopard vanished from its habitat. The Friday morning disappearance prompted ...

Missing Clouded Leopard Prompts Dallas Zoo to Close (The New York Times)

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.