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Red_Texas_Forever t1_j6p1px0 wrote

2 were just stolen from the zoo in Dallas earlier this week.

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MagnificentCat t1_j6p36ev wrote

There was a series of animal escapes in Sweden too recently - a snake (called sir Hiss), two owls and some chimps - all in the news lately.

The owls were found by a librarian called Mr Owl (Uggla) out on an island where he said he knew they didn't belong - he had always been interested in owls because of his name.

Sir Hiss escaped through a lamp and the zoo had to close until he was found a week later.

The chimps were sadly shot upon escaping, which was extra sad since they had escaped before and their old handler had just taken them by hand and walked them back. They new staff at the zoo got scared and shot them instead.

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WE-NEED-MORE-CATS OP t1_j6p2mb5 wrote

Kind of makes you wonder if these two are related. I'd heard that they're suspecting these monkeys from the Louisiana zoo were stolen (as opposed to just being inadvertently released due to vandalism).

Poor monkeys :( If they're sold to some exotic pet owner somewhere then hopefully they're at least spoiled and treated well.

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Possible-Extent-3842 t1_j6peme7 wrote

Yeah exotic pet owners (specifically exotic mammals) are mostly garbage people. They don't love their animals like normal people love their cats and dogs. It's about their own egos and power.

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lotusflower64 t1_j6p2tq1 wrote

Exotic pet black market. Poor little monkeys.

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antent t1_j6pdbjn wrote

Another one?! they should check out the Coalition for the Liberation of Itinerant Tree-dwellers. They've done stuff like this before.

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EvilRedRobot t1_j6p1au6 wrote

Did they happen to spray paint "We did it!" on the wall? I'd start by looking for a crazy guy named Jeffrey.

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cmiller0513 t1_j6p7v0c wrote

I guess it's better a zoo than the Tulane Primate Research Center ?

https://www.nola.com/news/communities/st_tammany/the-little-known-tulane-primate-center-what-sort-of-research-is-done-there-why-what/article_36d70ab4-d0a3-5ecf-bec3-7677844e0de1.html

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WE-NEED-MORE-CATS OP t1_j6pdvyz wrote

Wow, what the fuck? I lived in South Louisiana for 30+ years and never once heard about that place. That's insane, look how fucking big it is! That was a really interesting read

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SpickeZe t1_j6pit06 wrote

Someone call Theo Von. He has experience with this sort of thing.

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forbeskin t1_j6p1ia4 wrote

How often does this happen?

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_MrBalls_ t1_j6p7d8v wrote

Perhaps all these missing animals are part of a secret society and they all have escaped to rendezvous at a secret meeting location because of how close the humans are to launching nuclear war.

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TKAPublishing t1_j6pafkb wrote

Sounds like a break-out.

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rikki-tikki-deadly t1_j6pdp1j wrote

Yeah, I get the impression any evidence of a break in was done by the monkeys themselves to cover their tracks and deflect suspicion. Clever little buggers, they are.

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drz1250 t1_j6pc1pa wrote

Apparently they got aggressive when only 2 were allowed on the ark

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aphilsphan t1_j6pgvhg wrote

Homer stop playing with those monkeys. Somebody’s gonna get parasites.

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Cetun t1_j6p8mms wrote

How do we know they broke in? Could have just as easily been the other way around.

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srv50 t1_j6p1ivq wrote

Those Louisiana women. Always looking to upgrade their male options!!

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