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A 10-year-old boy was attacked by a Burmese python while visiting a pet store. The snake’s possessor had brought the animal into the store and allowed the boy to hold the snake. The boy was bitten on the shoulder and the chest and suffered 40 puncture wounds before the animal was removed.

Rocko, a “pet” wallaby, escaped from his pen and roamed the neighborhood. He was later recaptured.

Four Burmese pythons escaped from their cage and were recovered the next day in a closet in a nearby home.

An 8-year-old boy was bitten on the leg by his father’s “pet” tiger.

Police recaptured an escaped “pet” savanna monitor lizard.

A “pet” binturong escaped and was recaptured after a night of roaming.

A “pet” monkey escaped and was on the loose.

A part-time zookeeper trainee woman was cleaning the sleeping area of two Siamang gibbons at the Honolulu Zoo when a 34-year-old female gibbon attacked. The partition separating the keeper from the gibbons was not properly locked. It required 45 stitches to close the wounds on the keeper’s legs.

A 40-year-old “pet” California desert tortoise escaped from his enclosure and was still missing.

A capuchin monkey escaped from his home and was found a mile away in a tree house.