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An 18-inch boa constrictor was stolen from a home. Neither the thief nor the snake have been found.

A young, male orangutan escaped from his enclosure and was loose in the park for about an hour before being recaptured by zookeepers.

A white Bengal tiger named Scooby bit the arm of animal keeper Sara Romswinckel hard enough to break it. The keeper hadn’t noticed that the tiger’s den was unlocked. When the tiger then rubbed his face against the gate, it opened, prompting Romswinckel to push the gate in an effort to close it, exposing her arm. Both county and U.S. Department of Agriculture officials have since inspected the facility. The county inspector reported that the tiger, if he escaped the den, could have hopped a 6-foot wooden fence.

Francois, a 25-year-old sloth bear, was euthanized when zookeepers could no longer treat a severe, degenerative disc disease in his spine.

The shed skin of a boa constrictor was found, leading police to search for a possible escaped pet. Based on the size of the skin, officials estimated that the snake is probably more than 10 feet long.

An African lion named Zawadi had to have the tip of his tail amputated after it got caught in a hydraulic door.

Video of the incident can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/1Xnv8J5

A 3-5 foot long ball python was spotted in a backyard by a landscaping crew. It is not native to the region, and is likely an escaped pet. The snake remains on the loose.

Two black and white lemurs, a male and female, passed through a gate left open that morning by a zoo keeper. They remained inside the zoo grounds, and were captured and returned to their exhibit an hour later.

A manhunt began after a policeman stopped a vehicle containing two men, a woman, a dog, and a 6-foot-long python. Thomas Neal Evans fled the vehicle. The python was turned over to the driver of the vehicle, who was released.

A 9 1/2 foot boa constrictor escaped from a private yard. An officer found the snake several hours later wrapped up inside the engineer compartment of the owner’s truck.

The law requires snakes to be locked up at all times, which the owner promised to follow in the future.