Dallas police arrested a 24-year-old man over the disappearance of two South American monkeys from the city’s zoo earlier this week and charged him with six counts of animal cruelty, authorities said. | AFP
“Our vet and animal-care teams have said, beyond losing a bit of weight, they show no signs of injury,” the zoo said.
The tip came from members of a church group next door to the Lancaster home, where authorities also discovered more animals, such as birds and cats, the Dallas Morning News reported, citing Tonya Thomas, the daughter of the church’s pastor, as its source.Emperor tamarin monkeys are native to South America’s Amazon River Basin. The small monkeys have red tails and long, white whiskers that resemble a mustache, according to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute.
Their disappearance came just three weeks after a 25-pound clouded leopard escaped its enclosure through a hole that was intentionally cut in the fence. The cat was eventually found nearby. Police continue to investigate multiple cases of suspicious activity at the zoo, including the death of a 35-year-old vulture in its enclosure.Considered a person of interest in the case of the monkeys, Irvin was taken in for questioning and later booked in the Dallas County Jail, police said. Bond was set at $25,000, according to jail records. It is not clear if Irvin has a lawyer.
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