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A Siamang broke into the neighboring lemur exhibit and bit two lemurs named Buddy and Junior on the tails. Buddy recovered, but Junior died from the bite.

Dozens of animals, including two capuchins, four chimpanzees, two baboons, seven lemurs, two mangabeys, one bear cub, one Africa crowned crane, three tortoises, four wolf hybrid puppies and one cat, died after a fire at Hollywild Animal Park. The park had been the target of a PETA investigation.

A California woman finds a 5-foot boa constrictor coming out of the toilet in her office bathroom. Animal control captured and took the snake to a veterinarian for assessment. The origination of the snake is unknown.

A 10-year-old tamarin froze to death during a power outage at the Forest Park Zoo. One of the monkeys belonged to a rare species.

Officers responding to a house fire find several tigers in a shed attached to the house dead from smoke inhalation. Authorities had not known tigers were being kept as pets at the residence.

A 19-month-old marmoset monkey died as a result of injuries suffered in a fight with other monkeys.

Two polar bear cubs born to Aurora died the day they were born. One appeared to be stillborn, and the other died later the same day.

A U.S. Department of Agriculture inspector reported that a young tiger named Lilly was injured in her enclosure, resulting in a wound on the left front leg and the amputation of one toe. The zoo owner claimed that the injury occurred when Lilly got her paw stuck between metal piping and chewed on her own paw and leg in an attempt to free herself.

A monkey was spotted by several neighbors in a Tampa residential area. Neither the whereabouts nor where the monkey originated have been located.

16-year-old Bengal tiger named Lucy died after staff discovered bleeding in her mammary glands and a mass in her lungs. Lucy was given anesthesia for an x-ray and did not recover from it, so veterinarians euthanized her.