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A 6-foot long boa constrictor anemd Rocky bit a backup dancer for singer Nicki Minaj while rehearsing for the MTV Video Music Awards. The dancer was treated immediately at a hospital a different snake was used for the actual performance.

A zookeeper was bitten and scratched by a female lion during a routine transfer of the lions into a restricted area. One of the zookeepers accidentally left the door of an enclosure area open, allowing the lion to approach them.

A pet peacock escaped its enclosure and has not been caught.

A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspector observed several incidents that took place during “Tiger Playtime,” an interactive session with tiger cubs. A visitor was pawed and mouthed in the face, one child was bitten on the top of his thigh, another child was grabbed from behind and both sides of the head and ears were mouthed by a cub, and the inspector was bitten on the back, resulting in broken skin and bleeding.

Zookeepers used physical abuse to handle two tiger cubs and five primates (two lemurs, a macaque, a capuchin, and a vervet).

Zookeepers exhibited two tiger cubs without any distance or barriers between the animals and the public, and three members of the public were scratched or bitten by the tigers.

A California woman visiting the Henry Vilas Zoo in Wisconsin climbed into a giraffe exhibit where she was first licked, then kicked by the animal. The woman sustained minor injuries and was cited for harassment of zoo animals.

A 6-foot long reticulated python has been missing for almost 2 weeks. Police have put out a notice, but the snake still has not been found.

A 6-foot Boa constrictor was found in the engine compartment of a vehicle while parked at a shopping center. Police were called and the snake was given to a man wanting to take care of it.

A 22-year old intoxicated woman collided with a car, then smashed into a Nassau County Fire Station while being strangled by a snake she had just stolen. The woman was charged with reckless endangerment, theft, reckless driving, driving while intoxicated and unlawful possession of marijuana. Then snake was returned to the pet store from where it was stolen.