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An 18-year-old Red Oak man was taken into custody relating to the 07/05/07 shooting death of a zebra on HiView Farm near Rockett. The man was charged with cruelty to animals after officers recovered a .30-30 rifle, shell casing, and the bullet from the zebra’s body.

A baby American alligator escaped from his possessor’s home and was found at a neighbor’s house. An animal pest company retrieved the alligator and he was being held at Animal Control along with another alligator that belonged to the same person. It is against the law to own any reptile in the crocodilian family in the City of Spokane.

Suzy, Bunny, and Minny, elephants from the Garden Brothers Circus, escaped from their pens after the electric fence keeping them enclosed was accidently disabled. Police officers responded after community residents called 911 after encountering two of the elephants while walking down residential streets. The elephants were subsequently recaptured.

State and federal investigations were underway to determine how three tigers, a lion, a black leopard, a cougar, and a brown bear ended up in a Cumberland County gorge on property advertised as a romatic getaway in a wildlife canyon. Authorities seized the animals from Campbell’s Wildlife Canyon. The animals were in good condition.

Police discovered an alligator, 2 rattlesnakes, 21 poisonous vipers, and 2 cobras along with several guns at the home of a suspect charged with threatening a man he found with his former fiancee, a prosecutor said. The snakes and alligator were turned over to the San Diego Zoo. (NBC11.com)

Four rare white tiger cubs died at the Zoo Dynamics facility. The tiger cubs’ possessor claimed that they did not die as a result of care or zoo condtions. The cubs’ bodies were sent to a laboratory for examination. ** Update: The USDA revoked the exhibitor license of Kaufman-based big cat exhibitor Marcus Cook. Cook was found guilty of numerous violations of the Animal Welfare Act.

A large rodent referred to as a Patagonia cavy or mara was found wandering around Cheney, a town in the greater Spokane, Washington area.

A 24-year-old female dolphin, Phoenix, died suddenly at the Indianapolis Zoo’s Dolphin Pavilion. She wss found floating dead in her pool just prior to the planned afternoon dolphin performance. A necropsy showed no immediate cause of death, and further investigation was planned.

A second alligator was captured in Pennypack Creek and authorities warned residents that more reptiles could be lurking in the waters. The 2-1/2-ft-long foot alligator was smaller than the one caught previously in the same area on 06/20/07.

Authorites were hunting for two wolf dogs who escaped their possessor and attacked and killed two dogs.