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June 3, 2016
Dalton, GA

John Allen Bedwell is charged with theft after stealing a ball python and an albino pacman frog from the Petland pet store. The snake was found behind a nearby store, but the frog has not been located.

  • Reptiles
June 2, 2016
Beaver County, PA

An 8-foot carpet python was found on an SUV in a parking lot. The snake was injured, likely after being run over by a lawn mower. Officers used a noose to corral the snake, believed to be someone’s pet, and took it to Aquatic Gardens in Beaver Falls.

  • Reptiles
June 2, 2016
Suamico, WI

A 2-year-old North American otter named Bonnie and her 2 pups died unexpectedly of salmonella poisoning. The zoo director said the otters appeared fine the day before and then became extremely ill. The zoo’s remaining two adult and two young otters were placed in isolation as a precaution.

  • Other
June 1, 2016
Union, NY

An intoxicated man was filmed allowing his friend’s pet alligator to bite his nipple.

  • Reptiles
May 30, 2016
Middlebury, VT

Police responded to a report of a missing pet snake, described as being a one-year-old Colombian red tail boa constrictor, approximately 5 feet long and 2 inches in diameter.

  • Reptiles
May 30, 2016
Jackson Township, NJ

Police and animal officers pulled a young 2-foot alligator out of Maple Lake. It is believed the gator was owned as pet then dumped into the lake. An exotic reptile handler was given temporary custody of the animal.

  • Reptiles
May 28, 2016
Cincinnati, OH

A 4-year-old boy fell into the enclosure of a 17-year-old gorilla named Harambe. Harambe dragged the boy through the enclosure’s moat, and a team from the zoo responded by shooting and killing the gorilla. The zoo later argued that tranquilizing him would have posed too great a risk to the boy.

  • Primates
May 28, 2016
Cape Coral, FL

Gina Henry’s pet 5 1/2-foot ball python, Debo, escaped. The snake has not been found.

  • Reptiles
May 28, 2016
Omaha, NE

A pregnant sea lion at the Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium died after zookeepers tranquilized the animal when she was claiming another sea lion’s newborn pup as her own. She was tranquilized shortly after the zoo opened, leaving spatters of blood in the partially drained pool as a few zoo guests watched. She came to and started calling out to her family. Keepers stayed with her for 30 minutes, then left to check on the pup. When they returned 10 minutes later, the sea lion was dead, about two hours after being tranquilized. A necropsy showed that her unborn pup had died a day or more prior.

  • Marine
May 27, 2016
Lincolnton, NC

A woman was hospitalized after being injured by her pet kinkajou. Animal Control staff said the woman has three of the animals in her home, and has the proper permits.

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