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A 6-year-old Siberian tiger named Max died of lymphoma.

A man climbed a fence and touched a sleeping tiger. He faces criminal trespassing charges.

A highly venomous 2-foot-long suphan monocled cobra got out of his cage in the owner’s house. A visitor to the house opened the cage to get the snake to move, and the cobra lunged at the man, then slithered away. Officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission search the area but found nothing. The visitor was charged with a misdemeanor.

Jamili, a 9-year-old female giraffe, was found unresponsive in her behind-the-scenes living quarters. The death was blamed on an accident involving a piece of equipment intended for enrichment. Zookeepers reported that Jamili became entangled in a “toy” made from a soft drink barrel.

A patas monkey was seized from a home after New Hampshire Fish and Game received a tip that he was being illegally kept as a pet.

King Zulu, a 20-year-old white Bengal tiger, was euthanized after a “steep decline in health.”

Praline, a female gorilla, threw a block of wood at a crowd of spectators. It hit a pregnant woman, sending her to the hospital.

Peter, a chimpanzee in his 40s, died of a suspected heart attack.

While investigating a home, police found a 4-year old boy with severe burns from a blowtorch and several exotic animals, including an alligator and snakes. The conditions inside the home were unlivable, with exposed wiring, floors stained with excessive amounts of urine and feces, and a vandalized furnace and water heater that were pumping carbon monoxide into the bedrooms. The Cascades Humane Society temporarily took in the alligator.

Ivy, a 15-year-old Mexican wolf, was found dead in her enclosure of unknown causes.