Dallas Zoo missing leopard: Previous animal escapes at zoo

DALLAS — The Dallas Zoo closed Friday morning after a clouded leopard named Nova was reported missing from her habitat. 

The zoo round 10:15 a.m. posted that it was closed “due to a serious situation.”

Zoo officers stated they issued a “code blue” for a “non-dangerous animal that is out of it habitat.” 

This isn’t the primary time an animal has escaped an enclosure at the Dallas Zoo.

Here are the previous situations the place animals both escaped their enclosures or habitats:

Jabari, a western lowland gorilla, escaped from his enclosure on March 18, 2004, rampaging via the Dallas Zoo for about 40 minutes and injuring three folks earlier than Dallas police shot and killed the animal. Those patrons obtained $500,000 from a lawsuit settlement with the town authorities, in 2009, in keeping with WFAA archives.

A zookeeper who was new to the gorilla space broke protocol when she didn’t make a visible verify of the place the animal was earlier than opening its cage. Tufani bought out of her enclosure, however didn’t escape from the constructing.

She was discovered contained in the gorilla home, tranquilized and returned to her habitat.

The zookeeper was suspended.

Officials stated Koko bought out of her bed room and roamed right into a hallway. Zoo keepers have been cleansing her cage once they realized she was not in her regular space. She bought out of her bed room, however was nonetheless in a confined space.

As a precaution, the Wilds of Africa exhibit was evacuated. A Code Red was issued. That means a harmful animal is on the free.

The feminine chimp was found and tranquilized. 

Veterinarians needed to tranquilize a spider monkey at the Dallas Zoo after the primate escaped for his enclosure.

The monkey bought on prime of its cage and a code blue was issued at the zoo. Zoo officers have been uncertain of how the animal bought out.

The spider monkey was free for 30 to 40 minutes, whereas zoo staff tried to lure it off the cage with meals. Once that did not work, they tranquilized the animal. The space across the primate habitat was cleared as a precaution, however officers insisted there was no menace to the general public.

There have been no accidents, human or primate.