September 11, 2005 Boone County, MS A wallaby was found dead after being hit by a car on a rural road. The wallaby had been on the loose since April. Other
September 10, 2005 Bridgeport, TX A 4-month-old tiger was found wandering in and out of traffic near an Interstate exit. The cub escaped from the back of his possessor’s pick-up truck. Big Cats
September 6, 2005 Royal, NE The director of the unaccredited Nebraska Zoo shot and killed three chimpanzees when they escaped from their pens. The chimpanzees escaped when a keeper left the padlock unlocked after a routine cleaning. The remaining chimpanzee was sent to a private breeding operation near Kansas City. Primates
September 3, 2005 Coal Valley, IL A lion cub named Amani died at the Niabi Zoo after the pulley on 80-pound door to the lion exhibit broke, causing the door to fall on him. After discovering that the cub’s spinal cord was severed, the zoo veterinarian decided to euthanize him. Big Cats
August 31, 2005 Las Vegas, NV Gildah, an Asian elephant on exhibit with the Siegfried & Roy show, owned by Ringling Bros. Circus’s parent company Feld Entertainment, died in her enclosure at the Mirage Hotel-Casino. Gildah, who was housed alone, was 57. Elephants
August 31, 2005 Springdale, OH Dillion, a Capuchin monkey with the Hendricks Bros. Circus, leaped from his trainer’s shoulder after a train whistle frightened him. He was found the next day. This was Dillion’s second escape. Primates
August 27, 2005 Brackenridge, PA Crocus, a 2-ft-long alligator, escaped from his backyard enclosure and was recaptured by a girl. Reptiles
August 25, 2005 San Antonio, TX Jackson, a baby monkey at Primarily Primates, was recaptured after he escaped his enclosure through a hole in a chain link fence. Walter Swett, the facility owner, said the Southwest Foundation had trained him in how to capture animals for Biomedical Research. Primates
August 25, 2005 Mt. Pleasant Township, PA A woman suffered a sprained wrist and possibly torn ligaments when Jewel, an Asian elephant on exhibit at the Westmoreland Fair, grabbed her wrist with her trunk after she reached to pet the 8,200-pound pachyderm. Jewel is one of two elephants owned by Cole Bros. Circus and leased to Wambold’s Circus Menagerie, a Florida-based act that travels the country with several exotic animals. Elephants
August 18, 2005 Leominster, MA A police officer was attacked by a “pet” squirrel as he was arresting the squirrel’s possessor. Other