The Dallas Zoo is making security improvements after a series of bizarre crimes involving animals.
This photo provided by the Dallas Zoo shows emperor tamarin monkeys Bella and Finn at the zoo. The zoo is making security upgrades weeks after the monkeys were taken.
In January, some enclosures were cut open and a clouded leopard escaped, setting off a massive search effort. The animal, named Nova, was eventually found on the zoo grounds. is accused of vandalizing those habitats. He is also accused of stealing a pair of emperor tamarin monkeys – Bella and Finn – weeks later. The animals were eventually found in a vacant home. They are reportedly back in their habitat at the zoo. at the zoo is still being investigated.
The upgrades are more subtle and discreet to ensure the zoo doesn't feel like a"prison," zoo officials said. Two missing tamarin monkeys from the Dallas Zoo were discovered by the Dallas Police Department with assistance from Lancaster Police in an empty home. Davion Irvin, the man accused of taking the animals, allegedly admitted to wanting to steal more."You have to balance a fun family educational facility and not look like you're literally down in Huntsville," said Seane Greene, the Dallas Zoo's associate director..
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