January 6, 2014 Phoenix, AZ Two 8-month old tiger cubs were found in separate backyards. AZ Game and Fish officials took custody and transferred the cubs to Out of Africa Wildlife Park. The cubs are believed to be siblings. It is illegal to own a tiger as a pet in Arizona. The owner has not been found. Big Cats
January 3, 2014 Sapulpa, OK A man found a dead 7-foot long constrictor in his workshop believed to be an abandoned or escaped snake. Reptiles
January 3, 2014 Spring Hill, FL A lioness escaped her enclosure at the Survival Outreach Sanctuary after she dug under the fence into open grounds. The lioness was later found, tranquilized and returned to her enclosure. A week later at the same sanctuary, a woman was gored by a deer and lost her eye. Big Cats
December 29, 2013 Little Rock, AR A 13-year old giraffe named Jigsaw died when he aspirated after being attacked by another giraffe, Mesi. Mesi broke through a large metial gate and sparred with Jigsaw until the older giraffe fell. Jigsaw was considered to be in good health prior to his death. Other
December 21, 2013 San Diego, CA Tiga Tahun, a 4 1/2-year-old Malayan tiger died instantaneously when her male partner Connor, in the course of grabbing her by the neck during mating, severely injured her spinal cord and caused damage to her respiratory system. Big Cats
December 14, 2013 Hattiesburg, MS A jaguar briefly escaped his main holding area before the zoo opened. A zoo spokeswoman said the animal never got outside of a secondary containment area. Big Cats
December 9, 2013 Montgomery, AL Montgomery Zoo’s white, female tiger escaped through an underwater break in the fence into the zoo’s Asian hoof stock exhibit. The tiger was out of her exhibit for approximately 30 minutes before staff were able to tranquilize and return her to her enclosure. The zoo was in lockdown for the duration and none of the hoof-stock animals were injured or killed. Big Cats
December 2, 2013 Duluth, MN A zoo-keeper was bitten by a tiger at the Lake Superior Zoo when the food slipped from her hand and the tiger tried to grab it. Her finger was seriously mangled and she was taken to the hospital. Big Cats
November 20, 2013 Dyer County, TN A woman reported to authorities that someone had killed nearly $5,000 worth of her pet snakes. The incident occurred inside of a heated out-building behind her residence. When she went to check on the snakes, she discovered five of them had been killed – a Guyana red-tailed boa, a Mohave ball python, a cinnamon ball python, a yellow-belly ball python and a regular ball python. Reptiles
November 20, 2013 Cullman, AL A five-foot,25 pound boa constrictor was found discarded near a housing authority garbage can.