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Ohio authorities used a tranquilizer gun to subdue an African eland antelope that escaped a safari resort. The 1,000 pound animal broke free from Kalahari Resorts Safari Adventures Animal Park in Huron Township causing a scare for some local residents.

A 12-foot long python is on the loose in an apartment complex after escaping from it’s owner living in that complex. Residents were warned, and the snake has not been located.

In response to multiple bite reports, Pender County Sheriff’s Office Animal Control removed a pet monkey named Elvis from the home of Nancy Browning. The male macaque had reportedly bitten one of Browning’s neighbors for the second time in two months. According to officials, the animal had bitten the woman once before and her son twice. After the first incident, the macaque had been quarantined in the home for 30 days for observation. State authorities have stepped in and ordered the euthanization of the monkey and testing for rabies.

A snake estimated to be around 7-feet long was spotted by a woman in Louisianna. The woman attempted to kill it with a tree branch, but it escaped. It was speculated that the snake was either a native species or an escaped python.

A man lost his 6-feet long Columbian red-tailed boa. The boa got loose after the man left it in the backyard to sun. The snake has not been located.

A Patas monkey has been spotted in and around the Duval neighborhood. FL Fish and Wildlife officials have set up traps in an attempt to capture the primate, but so far have been unsuccessful. Patas monkeys are considered a Class II animal which requires substantial experience with specific cage requirements. People with permits are being contacted.

The Texas State Aquarium’s bottlenose dolphin, DJ, died unexpectedly. A necropsy is scheduled to figure out the cause of his death.

Kennet authorities are looking for alligators that were sold as babies by a Colorado man out of a trailer 14 months ago. So far, they have recovered 2 that were being kept as pets often in the backyard, and one that nearly snapped off its owner’s hand. Kennet has laws governing exotic pets, including a ban on alligators.

A 12-year old girl visiting friends was bitten by a vervet monkey being kept to demonstrate to kids why monkeys make bad pets at Cub Creek Science Camp, a science and summer camp for kids.

An American alligator was confiscated froma Des Moines home this week after authorities found it in the same house as an infant and a dog. Colby Ryan Karaidos was cited for possessing the alligator. A license is required to keep an alligator in Iowa.