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Red_Texas_Forever t1_j6p1px0 wrote

2 were just stolen from the zoo in Dallas earlier this week.

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MagnificentCat t1_j6p36ev wrote

There was a series of animal escapes in Sweden too recently - a snake (called sir Hiss), two owls and some chimps - all in the news lately.

The owls were found by a librarian called Mr Owl (Uggla) out on an island where he said he knew they didn't belong - he had always been interested in owls because of his name.

Sir Hiss escaped through a lamp and the zoo had to close until he was found a week later.

The chimps were sadly shot upon escaping, which was extra sad since they had escaped before and their old handler had just taken them by hand and walked them back. They new staff at the zoo got scared and shot them instead.

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WE-NEED-MORE-CATS OP t1_j6p2mb5 wrote

Kind of makes you wonder if these two are related. I'd heard that they're suspecting these monkeys from the Louisiana zoo were stolen (as opposed to just being inadvertently released due to vandalism).

Poor monkeys :( If they're sold to some exotic pet owner somewhere then hopefully they're at least spoiled and treated well.

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Possible-Extent-3842 t1_j6peme7 wrote

Yeah exotic pet owners (specifically exotic mammals) are mostly garbage people. They don't love their animals like normal people love their cats and dogs. It's about their own egos and power.

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