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Alice the alligator escaped from her enclosed pond for the second time in a week.

An iguana escaped from his cage and crawled out of a window in his possessor’s van while being transported to a veterinarian.

An escaped monkey bit two people at the Winona County fairgrounds. Five monkeys from the Staples Safari Zoo and Animal Rescue escaped when two boys pried open their locked trailer door. Four monkeys were quickly recaptured, but the fifth fled, and bit when cornered. People who caught the monkey and were bitten received rabies shots while the monkey was placed in quarantine.

A long-tailed macaque was found scampering through a neighborhood backyard.

A Nevada resident visiting friends in Temecula lost his 8-year-old spider monkey when the animal jumped from the car while outside a restaurant.

Seven gorillas escaped from their enclosure at the Columbus Zoo after the zoo’s daily closing. A door left open allowed the gorillas to wander freely in the ape house. The gorillas were coaxed back into their habitat some three hours after their escape.

For the second time in the past two years, a 16-ft-long python escaped from a mobile home.

An Australian wallaby, Melbourne, escaped from a private petting zoo and wandered the surrounding area for more than two weeks. According to the zoo’s owner, Melbourne was “not friendly.” Melbourne was eventually trapped and returned to the zoo.

A 5-ft-long boa constrictor was found in the street, apparently hit by a car.

An elephant trainer at Six Flags Marine World was gored by Misha, a 23-year-old 7,000-pound African elephant. While Misha was grazing she turned suddenly and knocked the man to the ground, causing a wound that penetrated his abdomen “all the way through,” according to a park spokesman. The trainer was taken to a nearby hospital where he underwent surgery, and was expected to recover. Misha previously showed aggressive behavior toward trainers.