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A black bear cub, a monkey and a 3-pound fox were confiscated by officials from a man keeping them as pets due to lack of proper permits. Officials are trying to locate sanctuaries that could take them in.

A fast moving fire left a giraffe, birds and dogs dead at the Animal Kingdom Zoo. This was the third fire on the property in a year.

A baby bottlenose dolphin died minutes after birth at the Brookfield Zoo. Cause of death has not been determined.

Authorities in Florida shot and killed a 16-foot long python after it swallowed an entire 76-pound adult deer. The python had a girth of 44 inches with the deer in its stomach. Burmese pythons have been breeding in the Everglades over the past several years after they escaped from owners, or the owners dumped them.

A sewer department employee found a 7-foot python in a sewer pump station. Haywood County Animal Services was called, who then turned the snake over to a Cherokee reptile dealer, Green Desert Reptiles. It was speculated that the snake was a former pet.

Puiji, a 25-year old female beluga whale died following a seizure. Preliminary findings from a full necropsy showed changes in her spleen, lymph nodes and other organs not evident in previous medical exams.

A group working to clean up Chartiers Creek captured a caiman, a close relative of the alligator. Wildlife officials suspect the caiman was purchased as a pet then released when it got too big to keep in aquarium. The animal would not have been able to survive the winter in PA.

Koko, a 25-year old chimpanzee at the Dallas Zoo escaped from her enclosure and police were summoned. Authorities evacuated and closed the Wilds of Africa exhibit. The chimp was shot with a tranquilizer dart and returned to the exhibit. This is the same exhibit where an adult male gorilla escaped from his enclosure, injured 3 people, and shot to death by police.

An anonymous tip led police to he basement of a Crystal Lake home where officers found a 10-foot long alligator, a 12-foot snake, a caiman, a white fox and 7 turtles. The alligator, snake and caiman were confiscated, but the fox and turtles were not. The home’s owner was charged with possession of a danterious anmal and possession of an endangered species.

A couple found a carpet python under their shed and turned it over to the Colorado Reptile Humane Society. On Oct. 15, another carpet python was found and turned over to the society. Both are believed to be former pets.