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Bianca, a 20-year-old jaguar, was euthanized after widespread cancer was found earlier this month.

Ash, a 14-year-old Mexican gray wolf, was euthanized after medical intervention was no longer able to help her declining condition. Ash reportedly had a number of common age-related health issues, including arthritis in her knees and back.

A sickly four-foot-long boa constrictor was found inside a third-grade classroom. It was captured by a custodian and then picked up by animal control. Officers believe the snake may have been an escaped pet from a nearby house.

A rhesus monkey, who was likely someone’s pet, was spotted near a road.

Contractors who were demolishing a house reported seeing a 6-foot boa constrictor slither off the property, which apparently escaped when its terrarium was knocked over.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife confiscated an alligator that a man was illegally keeping on his property after a concerned citizen called the sheriff’s office. Officials found the 3 1/2 foot alligator in a heated, rubber-lined tank.

Tankh, a 17-year-old male snow leopard, was euthanized after experiencing severe kidney disease over several years, which resulted in kidney failure.

A 13-year-old male Orinoco crocodile was treated for an infected wound on the left-front wrist. Zookeepers believe the wound came from a bite from another crocodile.

A motorist stopped at a traffic light and tossed a Patagonian mara onto the street. The rodent was captured by wildlife officers at a nearby strip mall.

Candy, a female chimp who was more than 50 years old, died. She spent decades of her life alone in cramped cages at Dixie Landin’, an amusement park adjacent to Blue Bayou waterpark.