The tigers that escaped a Georgia safari park ravaged by a tornado have been captured

Wild Animal Safari:

Like much of Southwest Georgia, Pine Mountain Safari sustained extensive tornado damage this morning. Fortunately, none of our animals and employees were hurt. However, several animal enclosures were breeched, and two tigers briefly escaped. Both have now been found, tranquilized, and safely returned to a secure enclosure.

Dallas Zoo has raised the reward for information on the thief/saboteur

Emperor tamarin monkeys, Bella and Finn, were so happy to snuggle into their nest sack here at the Zoo last night! Our vet and animal care teams have said, beyond losing a bit of weight, they show no signs of injury. pic.twitter.com/Nf5DXvGxJX

— Dallas Zoo (@DallasZoo) February 1, 2023

We can also announce that the Zoo is increasing the reward to $25,000 for information that leads to the arrest and indictment of the person(s) responsible for these incidents.

— Dallas Zoo (@DallasZoo) February 1, 2023

They recovered the Dallas Zoo monkeys

Dallas Police, with the help of the Lancaster Police Department, located the two missing tamarin monkeys from the Dallas Zoo at an abandoned home in Lancaster.
Pictured is one of the animals still inside the closet of the house.
The monkeys have been returned to the zoo. pic.twitter.com/vfWj7aAt3T

— Dallas Police Dept (@DallasPD) February 1, 2023

We will share an update on the tamarins tomorrow. Details about the recovery will come from Dallas PD.

— Dallas Zoo (@DallasZoo) February 1, 2023

Is this man the Dallas monkey thief?

Anyone with information, please contact DPD at 214-671-4509. https://t.co/a1RhGI7cMN

— Dallas Zoo (@DallasZoo) January 31, 2023

The crime wave at the Dallas Zoo continues

On Monday morning (January 30), Dallas Zoo alerted the Dallas Police Department after the animal care team discovered two of our emperor tamarin monkeys were missing. It was clear the habitat had been intentionally compromised. pic.twitter.com/NzBhIh7xS3

— Dallas Zoo (@DallasZoo) January 30, 2023

This is an active Dallas Police Department investigation. This is all the information we are able to share at this time.

— Dallas Zoo (@DallasZoo) January 30, 2023

They need to switch the additional cameras they set up to livestream, and turn internet sleuths lose until the culprit(s) are identified.

Third suspicious incident at the Dallas Zoo in less than two weeks

In the past week, we have added additional cameras throughout the Zoo and increased onsite security patrols during the overnight hours. We will continue to implement and expand our safety and security measures to whatever level necessary to keep our animals and staff safe.

— Dallas Zoo (@DallasZoo) January 22, 2023

NBC:

An endangered vulture was found dead at the Dallas Zoo over the weekend with an "unusual wound," facility officials said Monday — the third suspicious incident there in less than two weeks.

A clouded leopard escaped her enclosure this month after, authorities said, it was intentionally cut. Similar incisions were also found at the langur monkey habitat, although none of the animals escaped.

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[The zoo] plans to offer a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and indictment

The Dallas Zoo thinks a clouded leopard is loose on the property

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*Found later today, leopard reportedly unharmed, damage to enclosure seems like intentional sabotage.

Coincidentally, this popped up in my feed today:

@qinhan111 #leopard #wildanimals #fyp ♬ suono originale - Ella Alborova

*Previously: Five African lions escaped their enclosure at Sydney's Taronga Zoo while the zoo was hosting a "Roar and Snore" overnight stay program for visitors

"Four chimpanzees still loose inside Swedish zoo a day after escape"

Guardian:

Three others have been shot dead.

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The zoo told Swedish media that the animals had to be killed because there was not enough tranquilliser for all of them.

i can't stop repeating "Zoo says they were 'out of tranquilizers'" https://t.co/eUIxcZ6dNY

— Christian Brown (@DeepOmega) December 15, 2022

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Five African lions escaped their enclosure at Sydney's Taronga Zoo while the zoo was hosting a "Roar and Snore" overnight stay program for visitors

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From the zoo's official site:

An initial review of this morning’s incident has confirmed that an integrity issue with a containment fence enabled five lions to temporarily exit their main exhibit.

CBS has a little more:

Taronga Zoo — set in a leafy, affluent neighborhood with views of Sydney's famous opera house and harbor bridge — said it would be opening as normal later in the day. Zookeepers were seen probing the fences of the lion enclosure for signs of damage.

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One of Sydney's most famous animal escapes occurred in February 2020, when baffled onlookers watched three baboons scampering about an inner-city car park after they bolted from a medical research facility.

Book your own Roar and Snore experience:

Unwind in our comfortable safari-style tents, falling asleep to the sounds of the Zoo

From the Guardian's write-up of that baboon escape:

These particular baboons are in a family group of seven – the three who escaped and four other females. The NSW health minister, Brad Hazzard, said the group would be reunited on Friday, after the male’s vasectomy, which was delayed by a day.

Hazzard said the male and “two of his wives” escaped due to a faulty lock on the truck. It’s unclear how many locks were between the baboons and freedom.

Today's funny posts

The Egyptian Mummy Neck Plank... not easy!

[also probably not the official name 😂] pic.twitter.com/tNmtKyt00p

— George Russell (@GeorgeRussell63) April 22, 2020

Real-life kaiju photographed?; Blindfolded giraffe; Miura memorial

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My friend who works at the local Barnes and Nobles did this and I’m emotional pic.twitter.com/xutENDzos5

— Crimson Shepherd (@AruJoestar) May 23, 2021

i don’t want me to see a story about a young willy wonka. i want to see a very old wonka who let himself go after giving up the factory, and has to get his shit together to kill one last kid

— mike ginn (@shutupmikeginn) May 24, 2021

Boris Karloff on the set of the Mummy. At first I thought this was some sort of Monty Python out-take. pic.twitter.com/FQ80YrrzVb

— Paul Tobin (@PaulTobin) May 24, 2021

Stay overnight at the Pairi Daiza and wake up next to bears and walruses

The Pairi Daiza zoo in Belgium offers a variety of overnight options. The hobbit-like house looks onto a forest enclosure:

(FR) 🐻 Petit coup d’oeil dans un Full Moon Lodge, au cœur de The Last Frontier, le monde de Pairi Daiza qui vous emmène en Colombie-Britannique. Vus du séjour, de la salle de bain ou du sauna, les ours sont en pleine forme !

Réservez votre séjour sur https://t.co/NAxmYtG6YG ! pic.twitter.com/K54RcXgw3a

— Pairi Daiza (@pairidaiza) June 9, 2020

Or wake up next to a walrus:

(FR) 🤓 Dernier petit contrôle des chambres avant l’arrivée, ce lundi, des premiers résidents en séjour dans le Pairi Daiza Resort. Et oh... un imposant pensionnaire vient donner un coup de main à nos équipes! 😉

Réservez votre séjour sur https://t.co/NAxmYtG6YG ! pic.twitter.com/91Gyu8V7iE

— Pairi Daiza (@pairidaiza) June 8, 2020

(FR) 🙃 Comment bien commencer sa journée...

Pour réserver votre séjour parmis les morses du Pairi Daiza Resort, c'est par ici: https://t.co/NAxmYtG6YG ! pic.twitter.com/TAI51Tpo82

— Pairi Daiza (@pairidaiza) June 13, 2020

Ten funny tweets

Pray for the zoo animals in this time of crisis. I mean, they're getting really well taken care of, but they're also living through an era of zookeepers saying, "Y'know what? Fuck it, lets just show them each other!" pic.twitter.com/DazZP88322

— 🌟 Stiffler 🌟 (@FindChaos) March 22, 2020

get yourself a man who looks at you the same way q looks at picard trying to solve a problem pic.twitter.com/4Q0LvsJLQh

— ▀▀▀▀▀▀ (@immolations) March 23, 2020

He likes his tummy rubbed?! I’ve never met a cat who likes that. Every cat I’ve ever known would tolerate ONE TO ZERO TUMMY PETS before TOTAL HAND ANNIHILATION. This dude fell asleep while I was petting his tummy. pic.twitter.com/86CpWx3W6R

— Lucy Knisley (@LucyKnisley) March 22, 2020

I’m a FAN of this employee of the Melbourne Zoo and his work on the live cam. I added “Rasputin” by Boney M for added sass. pic.twitter.com/iIdazdkfkX

— Darienne Lake (@dariennelake) March 21, 2020

This pre k Zoom meeting with 22 four year olds is not very productive, but it’s super duper cute. 💕 pic.twitter.com/aoBXjTwGOw

— Lindsay Kaplan (@lindsaykap) March 23, 2020

asked my mom about this guy Ben in my hometown and she said “no one cares about that Ben anymore, there’s a hotter Ben now”

— Rachel Sennott (@Rachel_Sennott) March 22, 2020

Recording this week’s show (well, I closed the closet doors while I read my narration). @ThisAmerLife pic.twitter.com/SrTO0hsgyz

— Ira Glass (@iraglass) March 22, 2020

just found a shop called maximum chonk and I want every chonky bestie now pic.twitter.com/USe7TQ88TW

— CAN I PET THAT DAWG?? (@anygirlfriday) March 23, 2020

When her human is busy, Taika entertains herself. Clever girl. #QuarantineActivities pic.twitter.com/D6CJ64wKEB

— Trevor Donovan (@TrevDon) March 21, 2020

so helpful of my dog to put the chair under my feet, love him to death pic.twitter.com/qGGuz4MgME

— bob burger and his wife (@monsterrats) March 21, 2020

*More funny posts.

"Paris zoo evacuated after 52 baboons escape enclosure"

"'Our colleagues have them surrounded,' one policemen told Le Parisien."

"Overnight inside a Polar Bear’s Den"

"the Safari Lodge of Zoo de la Flèche, a 14-hectare zoo that opened in 1946 in the Loire Valley of France. Two years ago, the park ventured into the world of luxury hospitality when it began expanding the enclosures of their polar bears, grizzlies, wild tigers and wolves, so that guests could spend the night."

"Visitors watch in horror as live donkey is fed to tigers at Changzhou zoo"

Sh:

In a video that has gone viral on Chinese social media

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It took them 30 minutes to kill the donkey

"Australian greyhounds forced to race cheetahs at Shanghai Wild Animal Park"

SMH:

The Shanghai Wildlife Animal Park is no stranger to controversy. It is infamous for its staging of "animal olympics" featuring up to 40 "sports" such as bear bicycle races, dog hurdling, a gorilla on a balance beam and basketball between elephants. In 2012, it was reported that a press officer for the park deflected criticism by stating it was pleasant for the animals because all games were "based on their nature". However, a year later an Olympic bicycle race between a bear and two monkeys ended in horror after

Link roundup

1. "A mystery investor [in Turkey] who first appeared a year and a half ago with $450 million of bets on a single day, almost double the market average, is now executing major transactions with increasing frequency, scaring away competitors who can’t figure out when he or she will strike next, traders and bankers said."

2. The misadventures of the Russian fleet destroyed by Japan:

They slowly make their way around Africa, fighting off several more "torpedo boats" and picking up a variety of exotic pets like crocodiles and snakes that now roam the ships. Their refrigerated ship fails and they have to dump large quantities of rotten meat, causing a swarm of sharks to follow them around.

They had a long stopover in Madagascar. During a funeral for a crewmember who died of illness, a live shell was mistakenly used in the gunnery salute, hitting the cruiser Aurora.

3. "A koala in a Los Angeles Zoo enclosure was mauled to death, and the beloved Griffith Park mountain lion P-22 is believed to be the animal responsible, the zoo's director said Wednesday."

Surveillance footage showed P-22 getting into the LA Zoo

4. "McCafé Ad Featuring Gay Teen Sparks Controversy in Taiwan"

In the ad, the son scribbles on a McCafé cup the words "I like guys," to which his father reacts by getting angry and storming out. Eventually, the father returns with another cup from McCafé and writes on his son's cup, "I accept that you like guys." Religious groups in Taiwan are not pleased

Link roundup

1. "Last Friday the MYSTERY SHOW #2 - The Traveller’s Collection opened at Rotopolpress in Kassel.... The concept of the show is, that every participant will get a little box with several objects inside. (You don’t know what you will get so it’s always a surprise.) The task is to use all those objects as inspiration for the final illustration."

2. If you're considering buying the remote control BB-8:

The one negative that could actually be a pretty big negative if half of my house didn’t have hardwood floors…the device doesn’t run well on carpet. In fact, it doesn’t really run at all. The head will move, but that’s about it.

3. Relatedly, here's a look at the Mignola and Olly Moss prints from the Star Wars Art: A Poster Collection (Poster Book): Featuring 20 Removable, Frameable Prints ($15).

4. "Toronto Zoo briefly closes baboon exhibit after matriarch's death sparks violent power struggle"

5. "Mattel’s latest Wi-Fi enabled Barbie doll can easily be hacked to turn it into a surveillance device for spying on children and listening into conversations without the owner’s knowledge." Via.

Baboons take apart some luggage

Video of baboons in Knowsley Safari Park.