Dallas Zoo

2023 - 1 - 31

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Police release photo of person of interest in Dallas Zoo missing ... (CBS News)

The Dallas Police Department is asking for the public's help identifying a person of interest in the case of two missing emperor tamarin monkeys.

She was shot with a dart gun in a hallway and sedated. Fish and Wildlife Service joined the police department in their investigation into Pin's death. He lived at the zoo for the last 33 years and was one of only 27 lappet-faced vultures in captivity in the U.S. There's a good chance lappet-faced vultures could move to critically endangered or even go extinct in our lifetime," said Harrison Edell, Dallas Zoo's executive vice president for animal care and conservation said that day. Pin was also one of four at the nationally acclaimed zoo and sired 11 offspring. "I've been in the zoo profession over 30-plus years, and never had a situation like what happened Saturday.

Police release photo of man they want to speak to about missing ... (CNN)

The Dallas Police Department released surveillance video and a photo of an unidentified man they want to speak to in regard to two tamarin monkeys who were ...

[the enclosure of some langur monkeys](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/16/us/dallas-zoo-leopard-missing-fence-tampering/index.html). The closure was later extended through Wednesday due to an ice storm impacting the area, the [zoo said](https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=552403126917770&set=a.206183841539702). Dallas police opened a criminal investigation after it was discovered that the fence around Nova’s enclosure had been “intentionally cut,” police said. Police said at the time that it was “unknown if the two incidents are related.” In the surveillance video, the man can be seen walking slowly down a nearly empty zoo sidewalk, looking back and forth as he moves. Police haven’t said how the monkeys came to be at the home, and no arrests have been made. [said](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/24/us/dallas-zoo-vulture-death/index.html). [found dead in his habitat](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/22/us/dallas-zoo-vulture-death-investigation/index.html). [closed](https://twitter.com/DallasZoo/status/1620080891379728388) for Monday due to [inclement weather](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/weather/winter-ice-storm-south-central-us/index.html). “They will be evaluated by our veterinarians this evening.” [released surveillance video](https://dpdbeat.com/2023/01/31/dallas-police-investigating-missing-monkeys-at-dallas-zoo/) and a [photo](https://twitter.com/DallasPD/status/1620464705985970177) of an unidentified man they wanted to speak to about the case. [said](https://twitter.com/DallasZoo/status/1620195239347511298?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet).

Pair of monkeys missing from Dallas Zoo less than a month after ... (WOKV)

"Officers responded and the preliminary investigation determined an intentional cut was made into a tamarin monkey enclosure at the zoo," the department said in ...

"In the past week, we have added additional cameras throughout the zoo and increased onsite security patrols during the overnight hours," the statement from the zoo read. Both police and zoo officials said the vulture, named Pin, did not appear to die from natural causes. Two monkeys that were reported missing from the Dallas Zoo on Monday have been found, zoo officials announced. 21, zoo workers found a rare and endangered vulture dead in its enclosure, describing its death as "unusual." "Based on the Dallas Police Department's initial assessment, they have reason to believe the tamarins were taken." Dallas police launched a criminal investigation into the incident.

Missing monkeys, one killed vulture and an escaped leopard: what ... (The Guardian)

Monkeys were reported missing Monday after a vulture died, a clouded leopard escaped and a monkey cage was damaged.

Another hole was found in the enclosure of the langur monkeys, but none got out. In the most recent twist of events, yet another enclosure appears to have been intentionally tampered with. She was found on zoo grounds near her habitat.

The latest suspicious occurrence at the Dallas Zoo: Two tamarin ... (NBC News)

A pair of emperor tamarin monkeys disappeared from their enclosure at the Dallas Zoo and are believed to have been taken, the latest suspicious incident ...

As authorities were investigating Nova's escape, they found a similar cut at the habitat that houses langur monkeys. It also offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and an indictment. A police spokeswoman said a preliminary investigation revealed an intentional cut to the habitat. [fled from her wire mesh enclosure](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/clouded-leopard-goes-missing-dallas-zoo-grapples-serious-situation-rcna65734) after an incision was made in it, authorities said. A cause of death wasn't clear. 21 with what zoo officials described as an "unusual wound."

Monkeys missing from Dallas Zoo in fourth suspicious incident (BBC News)

Two missing monkeys are the latest in a string of suspicious incidents over the past three weeks.

The bird was one of only 6,500 on the planet and its death was deemed "very suspicious". Ed Hansen, chief executive of the American Association of Zoo Keepers, said it appeared that someone "really has an issue with the Dallas Zoo", but that the zoo had an "excellent" reputation in the industry. Dallas police said on Tuesday that they had found the monkeys in a closet of an abandoned home in Lancaster, about 16 miles (26km) from Dallas, and that they had been returned to the zoo. No arrests have been made in any of the investigations, and Dallas police have refused to say if the incidents are linked. "We are thrilled beyond belief to share that our two emperor tamarin monkeys have been found," the zoo said in a statement. Two monkeys taken from Dallas Zoo in Texas have been found in an abandoned home, as police continue to search for a person of interest in the case.