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Four exotic hybrid wolves abandoned in Orange County after Hurricane Ike were placed in a special section of the Austin Zoo. They joined another female hybrid wolf already at the zoo.

A panicked “owner” called police after a 7-ft-long python escaped his enclosure in an apartment. Police recaptured the snake and turned it over to Animal Care and Control. The possessor was charged with unlawful possession of a wild animal.

County commissioners granted six months to an exotic pet “owner” to upgrade his facility to full compliance with county codes. The facility housed two African servals and other large cats.

A district court judge signed a temporary restraining order blocking state wildlife officials from seizing a 550-lb Siberian-Bengal tiger named Tony from the Tiger Truck Stop. The possessor attempted to have the Iberville Parish Council amend a 1993 ordinance that prevented him from getting a state permit needed to keep Tony.

An 18-year-old tiger named India escaped her enclosure at the Black Pine Animal Park but returned the next morning.

A man jumped into the Black Rhino enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo and was cited for violating a park code making it illegal to bother, harass, chase, or throw things at zoo animals.

A Narcotics Task Force found a 2-ft-long alligator during a drug bust. The alligator was turned over to a Riverbank reptile rescue facility.

A man performing as Santa Claus was bitten by a bobcat-type cat during a photo event at a local PetsMart store. Santa suffered bites to the wrist and hand and had to undergo a series of rabies shots as the possessor of the cat disappeared after the incident.

The Department of Natural Resources issued a report regarding tiger who escaped from his enclosure and was shot and killed by his possessor on the Monongahela National Forest property.

A serval cat that escaped his possessor last month was shot and killed as he attacked a flock of chickens in their coop.