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A pet snake valued at $450 was allegedly stolen by a former boyfriend. No arrests have been made.

For the second time in almost a month, a female chimpanzee escaped form her enclosure tying up Las Vegas police and the city’s animal control for more than an hour in the northwest valley. CJ, a female chimpanzee, was tranquilized and transported to the Southern Nevada Zoological-Botanical Park. CJ’s handler was not given an opportunity to reclaim her.

CJ had escaped with her male counterpart, Buddy, on July 12. Buddy was fatally shot after he allegedly “aggressively approached” a group of onlookers.

School officials found a python snake near the Chaffee High School foorball field. As the team was changing in the locker room after practice, coaches and school staff noticed the snake. The Missouri Dept of Conservation took possession of the snake. The snake is not native to Missouri and is believed to be a former pet.

Authorities seized dozens of sick animals, including exotic birds, turtles, sugar gliders, and hedgehogs, among several breeds of dogs and cats kept in deplorable conditions from a town home. The couple who lived there have several charges pending along with animal cruelty.

Cleveland Animal Control was called out to a residental backyard for the report of a alligator. Officers found a 4-foot alligator in a small pool with four dogs in the yard. All 5 animals were confiscated. The owner of the animals was already in jail when the animals were seizedn – the reason for his incarceration was unknown at the time.

The Indianapolis Zoo announced the arrival of two new dolphin calves on the evening of July 12, but according to the zoo, one of the calves has died presumably due to being premature.

A New Jersey man was reading on his deck when he spotted a snake, which turned out to be a 15-foot albino python. Police arrived with snake handlers to capture and take away the snake. Four days later, the same man spotted a 10-foot python. Animal control believe the snakes were released by someone who had moved.

A 12-foot python spent more than 24 hours wedged in Richfield’s sewer after it got away from its owner during visit to a neighborhood park. The snake’s owner had taken the 45-pound python to a park to spend time outdoors and play in the grass.

A man spotted an alligator swimming in a city canal. Animal control caught the two-foot long juvenile reptile with a net and turned it over to a tropical animal expert. Police think it was a pet that was let loose when it got too big.

A large snake, possibly a Burmese python, is thought to have been set free by an owner, has been seen constricting an oppossum at a restaurant parking lot. One of the kitchen staff stabbed it with a knife and it slithered into the underbush and had not been seen since.